Of course you know that eating right and exercising are good for you. But do you know that a healthy diet and regular physical activity are directly related to your ability to have normal sexual function ? If you have diabetes, it’s even more important to pay close attention to your diet and exercise routine. The benefits of exercise and healthy eating constantly reinforce each other. First of all, good blood flow to the penis is essential... 

Men with diabetes are twice as likely as other men to experience erectile dysfunction (ED). What’s more, they tend to develop erection problems 10 to 15 years earlier than men who don’t have diabetes. Those numbers may sound grim, but there’s hope. You can take control of your sexual health by managing your blood glucose, or blood sugar levels. If you want to prevent erection problems or keep them from getting worse, you must... 

LifeScan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company and makers of the OneTouch® Brand of diabetes testing supplies, has identified several incidents of counterfeit OneTouch® Ultra® and OneTouch® (Basic®/Profile®) Test Strips. These test strips being sold in the United States are intended for use with various models of LifeScan’s OneTouch® Brand Blood Glucose Monitors used by people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose(1). Source:... 

When I was first diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 21, I had not given the first thought to living a healthy diabetic lifestyle. As far as I was concerned, a healthy lifestyle was reserved only for fitness junkies and overweight moms. I didn’t know squat about the benefits and overall happiness a healthy lifestyle would lead to. I was perfectly content eating frozen pizza, smoking cigarettes, and binge drinking on a regular... 

Diabetes is becoming a major problem in the world and it is growing which is forcing the diabetes community to make some quick judgements: Prevent diabetes from ever occuring. Develop the cure to diabetes. Or take care of the people who have it in order to prevent complications. All three approaches are actively being pursued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the CDC, or Center for Disease Control. The National Institutes of Health... 

Rising blood sugar levels are not usually associated with rising gas prices or a recession but if you take a look at the effect that the inflation of gas prices is having on our food prices, I think you’ll agree that there is a direct connection between rising gas prices raising your blood sugar. If you know anything at all about Diabetes…  Read More →

This whole dietary balancing act can get frustrating sometimes. As a diabetic and someone who is generally trying to lead a healthy, fit lifestyle, I need to go easy on the simple carbohydrates. That leaves more need and more space for protein from my daily caloric intake. But here’s the catch – most protein sources are high in fat and cholesterol . So if I eat less pasta and replace it with red meat, whole eggs, etc I’ll eventually... 

The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign is making a stop at the Third Avenue Merchants Spring Expo in Manhattan. The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign will there on Sunday, April 29th from 11am – 6pm. Taking on the role of spokeswoman for the BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign, Delta Burke has been battling her own diabetes and wants to share the importance of a …  Read More →

The perfect Christmas gift for a Diabetic would be one that is both useful to the Diabetic and raises money for diabetes research and awareness. Don’t have any diabetic friendly gift ideas? No worries. I have put together some Christmas Gift Ideas for Diabetics that should make any Diabetic on your list happy. What’s great is that not all the gifts are diabetes themed but all are included in the American Diabetes Gift of Hope program... 

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago has shown that obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes. Lead author, Renee S. Aronsohn, instructor of medicine at the University of Chicago, said that study ‘demonstrates for the first time that there is a clear, graded, inverse relationship between OSA severity and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes.’…  Read More →

Munching a handful of pistachio nuts not only makes for a great snack but also a healthy one because it lowers the blood sugar level by slowing down the absorption of carbohydrates in the body, a study said Tuesday. “Pistachio, when eaten with high carbohydrate food items like white bread, may actually slow the absorption of carbohydrates in the body, resulting in a lower than expected blood sugar level,” said a statement on a study conducted... 

Obese people who have type 2 diabetes in their 20s are likely to be at higher risk of a heart attack or stroke in their 40s, if they do not change their lifestyle, warn health experts. “If your blood pressure (BP) is 136/88 and you’re a man with a waist over 40 (inches) or a woman with a waist over 35 (inches), it spells trouble,” said Dale J. Hamilton, diabetes clinical services chief at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. “These are... 

The BYETTA Let’s Talk Atlanta will be making it’s stop at Atlanta’s Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park which will be taking place April 13th – April 15th. Upon visiting the BYETTA Let’s Talk booth at the festival you will be able to speak to Delta Burke who is currently the spokeswoman for the Let’s Talk Campaign. She along with Virginia Valentine , Chef Smith and Nikki Kimbrough of Bally Total Fitness , are trying... 

2 diabetes medications have helped some patients control their weight. Barbara Oster has had diabetes for 15 years, and her medication wasn’t working so well, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore. “It just blows you up, makes you feel like you’re gaining all this weight,” she said. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved two new diabetes drugs — Byetta and Symlin — that studies have proved help patients... 

It may come as quite a shock to those type 2 diabetics who regularly consume caffeine to hear that studies are now showing that caffeine raises blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics. I’m a regular diet coke drinker and I thought that because there is no sugar in diet coke it was safe for me to drink regularly…I was wrong. The American Diabetes Association announced the findings of a Duke University study which showed that caffeine...