The 5 Common Deadly Mistakes Diabetics Make and How to Avoid Them (part 3)
Part 3
(Continued from Part 2) I am no bearer of bad news or using scare tactics. I am not here to deliver glooming and bad news either and this is no scare tactic. I am just delivering reality, facts and a lot of hope.
Hope? You might ask! How can there be hope after all this bad news? Yes, I am here to tell you that YOU can control diabetes and bring it under control and prevent ALL of its deadly complications.
For 20 years I have successfully coached patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases, provided them with simplified but powerful information and helped them get the results most were not aware they needed to achieve. Most made common mistakes and as consequences paid the ultimate price.
I want to help you avoid making those same mistakes and reap priceless health benefits, diabetes control, and ultimate quality of life.
Here are the five common deadly mistakes almost all diabetics make and how you can avoid them:
1) Not getting diagnosed on time or when diagnosed they become in denial and do nothing:
Currently there are 57 million pre-diabetics and about 7 million who have full-blown diabetes but have not yet been identified or avoid doing so. Most diabetics have been diagnosed after having diabetes for several years when extensive damage to their precious internal organs has already occurred. Denial of having diabetes and “ My kind of diabetes does not require treatment…” kind of attitude, not knowing to get screened soon enough or avoid being screened or identified as a diabetic are common contributing factors to premature death.
Solution: If you are overweight, have a family history of diabetes, lead a sedentary lifestyle, have frequent bouts of thirst and the frequent need to urinate or suddenly losing weight without any effort of your own contact a doctor and get screened immediately. The sooner you get diagnosed the more manageable your condition becomes and the less danger you expose your precious internal organs to.
2) Not knowing the symptoms of hypoglycemia and not being informed about the proper solutions:
Hypoglycemia or dangerously low blood sugar levels is a very potential side effect of most of diabetes medications and if not reversed can be fatal in a very short period of time from minutes to hours. What I witnessed during pharmacy practice is that a good majority of diabetics either are not familiar with the signs of hypoglycemia or do not know the most effective and easiest solution for it.
Solution: The critical signs of hypoglycemia are nausea, dizziness, sweating and ill feeling. At the first signs of any of the mentioned symptoms the most efficient and fastest solution for this potential problem are dissolving 3 to 4 Glucose tablets back to back and within seconds hypoglycemia will be reversed. Glucose tablets are very cheap and they can be found at any pharmacy in the diabetes section and every diabetic must carry them at all times.
3) Not knowing where their current levels of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol are and where safety is:
Almost all diabetics have elevated cholesterol and blood pressure levels which currently are responsible for over 75% of all death related to diabetes. It all can be avoided if diabetics claim their health and not deeded it off to their doctor.
Solutions: Every diabetic must be involved in his or her own health and MUST KNOW their numbers in order to get to safer shores. Diabetics can and have to know their numbers by monitoring.
Here are the magic numbers: Fasting blood sugar Must be below 110 and above 70, 2 hours after a meal your sugar must be below 145. Your blood pressure must be below 130/80. Your total cholesterol must be below 135 (Yes below 135), your LDL (Bad) cholesterol must be below 100, your HDL (good) cholesterol must be above 45 and your Triglyceride below 150.
YOU CANNOT GET TO SAFETY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE SAFETY IS. Those are the numbers every diabetic must aim for if they want to avoid horrible consequences, have peace of mind and enjoy the ultimate quality of life. You can achieve those goals by medications and lifestyle changes. Let your doctor know if your numbers are consistently higher those recommended ones so your doctor can take action and help you. (To be continued in Part 4)
For more detailed information on any of these topics log on to: www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com and check out these information packed lifesaving book and e-book volumes: LIFESTYLE MAKEOVER FOR DIABETICS AND PRE-DIABETICS and 4 other e-books: Lifestyle Makeover: Sex, Stress, and Alcohol , Lifestyle Makeover for All Couch Potatoes , Lifestyle Makeover: Defeat High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure , and Lifestyle Makeover for all Tobacco Users . The author of this article is also the author of these volumes
Test your knowledge on these various issues and take a simple True and False quiz by logging on to: www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com
Copyright © 2008 by George Tohme All rights reserved.
(Continued from Part 2) I am no bearer of bad news or using scare tactics. I am not here to deliver glooming and bad news either and this is no scare tactic. I am just delivering reality, facts and a lot of hope.
Hope? You might ask! How can there be hope after all this bad news? Yes, I am here to tell you that YOU can control diabetes and bring it under control and prevent ALL of its deadly complications.
For 20 years I have successfully coached patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases, provided them with simplified but powerful information and helped them get the results most were not aware they needed to achieve. Most made common mistakes and as consequences paid the ultimate price.
I want to help you avoid making those same mistakes and reap priceless health benefits, diabetes control, and ultimate quality of life.
Here are the five common deadly mistakes almost all diabetics make and how you can avoid them:
1) Not getting diagnosed on time or when diagnosed they become in denial and do nothing:
Currently there are 57 million pre-diabetics and about 7 million who have full-blown diabetes but have not yet been identified or avoid doing so. Most diabetics have been diagnosed after having diabetes for several years when extensive damage to their precious internal organs has already occurred. Denial of having diabetes and “ My kind of diabetes does not require treatment…” kind of attitude, not knowing to get screened soon enough or avoid being screened or identified as a diabetic are common contributing factors to premature death.
Solution: If you are overweight, have a family history of diabetes, lead a sedentary lifestyle, have frequent bouts of thirst and the frequent need to urinate or suddenly losing weight without any effort of your own contact a doctor and get screened immediately. The sooner you get diagnosed the more manageable your condition becomes and the less danger you expose your precious internal organs to.
2) Not knowing the symptoms of hypoglycemia and not being informed about the proper solutions:
Hypoglycemia or dangerously low blood sugar levels is a very potential side effect of most of diabetes medications and if not reversed can be fatal in a very short period of time from minutes to hours. What I witnessed during pharmacy practice is that a good majority of diabetics either are not familiar with the signs of hypoglycemia or do not know the most effective and easiest solution for it.
Solution: The critical signs of hypoglycemia are nausea, dizziness, sweating and ill feeling. At the first signs of any of the mentioned symptoms the most efficient and fastest solution for this potential problem are dissolving 3 to 4 Glucose tablets back to back and within seconds hypoglycemia will be reversed. Glucose tablets are very cheap and they can be found at any pharmacy in the diabetes section and every diabetic must carry them at all times.
3) Not knowing where their current levels of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol are and where safety is:
Almost all diabetics have elevated cholesterol and blood pressure levels which currently are responsible for over 75% of all death related to diabetes. It all can be avoided if diabetics claim their health and not deeded it off to their doctor.
Solutions: Every diabetic must be involved in his or her own health and MUST KNOW their numbers in order to get to safer shores. Diabetics can and have to know their numbers by monitoring.
Here are the magic numbers: Fasting blood sugar Must be below 110 and above 70, 2 hours after a meal your sugar must be below 145. Your blood pressure must be below 130/80. Your total cholesterol must be below 135 (Yes below 135), your LDL (Bad) cholesterol must be below 100, your HDL (good) cholesterol must be above 45 and your Triglyceride below 150.
YOU CANNOT GET TO SAFETY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE SAFETY IS. Those are the numbers every diabetic must aim for if they want to avoid horrible consequences, have peace of mind and enjoy the ultimate quality of life. You can achieve those goals by medications and lifestyle changes. Let your doctor know if your numbers are consistently higher those recommended ones so your doctor can take action and help you. (To be continued in Part 4)
For more detailed information on any of these topics log on to: www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com and check out these information packed lifesaving book and e-book volumes: LIFESTYLE MAKEOVER FOR DIABETICS AND PRE-DIABETICS and 4 other e-books: Lifestyle Makeover: Sex, Stress, and Alcohol , Lifestyle Makeover for All Couch Potatoes , Lifestyle Makeover: Defeat High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure , and Lifestyle Makeover for all Tobacco Users . The author of this article is also the author of these volumes
Test your knowledge on these various issues and take a simple True and False quiz by logging on to: www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com
Copyright © 2008 by George Tohme All rights reserved.
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