Diana's Life With Diabetes: My Life As A Pin Cushion: 10 Things I Hate About Diabetes

Quotes

Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine

Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
Dale Evans

Today, diabetes is now epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other national healthcare leaders.
Tim Holden

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi

Fasting blood glucose: 70-99 milligrams per deciliter (3.9-5.5 mmol/L)
2 hours after eating (postprandial): 70-145 mg/dL (3.9-8.1 mmol/L)
Random (casual): 70-125 mg/dL (3.9-6.9 mmol/L)

Blood Pressure Range Chart Notes
Systolic - Diastolic
210 - 120 - Stage 4 High Blood Pressure
180 - 110 - Stage 3 High Blood Pressure
160 - 100 - Stage 2 High Blood Pressure
140 - 90 - Stage 1 High Blood Pressure
140 - 90 - BORDERLINE HIGH
130 - 85 - High Normal
120 - 80 - NORMAL Blood Pressure
110 - 75 - Low Normal
90 - 60 - BORDERLINE LOW
60 - 40 - TOO LOW Blood Pressure
50 - 33 - DANGER Blood Pressure

High and Low Glycemic Index Classification

Foods are classed as low, medium and high GI.

Low-GI foods have values of 55 or less.

Medium-GI foods have values between 56 and 69

High-GI foods have GI values of 70 or above.

Diana's Life With Diabetes

Friday, November 16, 2012

My Life As A Pin Cushion: 10 Things I Hate About Diabetes

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