The Three Keys To Diabetes Control
You can be in control of diabetes, avoid its numerous life threatening complications
, enjoy life to the fullest and live happily ever after.
So when we talk about diabetes control what do we actually mean? Well I am going to reveal to you the three crucial keys to diabetes control which are: 1) Blood sugar, 2) Blood cholesterol and 3) Blood pressure. Those 3 factors are the equivalent of your eye sight into your condition and your health, keep them under control and you can avoid or delay complications and be in control of diabetes for life.
What are the ideal levels for each of these factors:
Blood sugar:
Fasting sugar: 70 to below 110 mg/dl
2 hours after lunch: Below 145 mg/dl
A1C: 6 to below 7% (A1C is you average blood sugar reading for the past 3 months. This is a critical parameter predicting diabetes complications. Land mark trials reveal that every 1% drop of A1C reduces diabetes complications to your eyes, feet and kidneys by a whopping 35%.)
It is your responsibility to monitor blood sugar. If youre not using insulin monitor your blood sugar at least on a fasting state and once more 2 hours after lunch. If youre using insulin then in addition monitor before every insulin injection.
Blood Cholesterol:
Total Cholesterol : Below 200 mg/dl preferably below 175 mg/dl
LDL: Below 130 mg/dl preferably keep it below 100 mg/dl
HDL: Men above 40 mg/dl, women above 50mg/dl
Triglycerides: Below 150 mg/dl
It is your doctors responsibility to monitor your blood cholesterol.
Blood pressure:
Keep your blood pressure below 130/80 and it is you responsibility to monitor daily.
Thats it! Keep these 3 parameters at those levels and become in control of diabetes and fear not its complications. If you keep up with cholesterol and blood pressure control then you can avoid heart disease, heart attacks and strokes that are the cause of mortality of 75 % of people with diabetes.
How do you keep those under control by taking your medications as prescribed, monitoring your blood sugar and pressure and implementing lifestyle changes that Ive been providing you in the Small Action of The Week section. I will dedicate several future articles for making favorable lifestyle choices.
Small Action of The Week:
If you dont own a blood sugar and blood pressure machine buy one now because theyll save your life then monitor consistently and report unusual high or low readings to your doctor.
Following up with Janet
After we got the blood glucose monitoring issues out of the way, and Janet was content with the information she received, she went ahead and bought the machine I recommended, and she promised to start monitoring daily. But then other questions started popping up in her mind, and she wondered about how she would make sense of all these sugar readings, and how relevant they were to her, and at what levels they should be at different times of day. She also asked me about A1C levels, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and proper monitoring frequency. She also inquired about checkups for her feet, teeth, and eyes. She wondered what checkups are her responsibility and those that her doctor needed to suggest or monitor.
Janet brought up very interesting and crucial points. I was delighted with her level of interest and all the questions she asked. This shows that she is becoming an active participant in her health and well-being.
I told Janet that her health was solely her responsibility and no one elses. I also said that our health is the most important gift that God has given us and that we have the ultimate responsibility of protecting it. If her health is not good, then nothing else matters, and she will not be able to enjoy life, no matter how much money she has and no matter how many castles she owns.
As a start, I pointed Janet to the table on the next few pages, which reveals all the crucial parameters listed conveniently in one section, which she would need to keep up with and act upon. Janet and all other diabetics need to get familiar with the lifesaving information included in the following table.
The information listed in the table is based on recommendations from the American Diabetes as sociation, World Health Organization, and other reliable and reputable health organizations.
(Please click on link (here or at bottom of this article with the same title) below to view to download the table in PDF format)
Table 3: The Compas s Table of the Various Crucial Parameters That
Every Diabetic Must Know and Monitor in Order to Navigate to Safetyhttps://www.box.com/s/835ac64f8f109e0a5481
The information listed in the table is based on recommendations from the American Diabetes as sociation, World Health Organization, and other reliable and reputable health organizations.
How high or low should my sugar level be, and why is it so important to keep it there?
You may be asking the same questions Janet asked me. Janet wondered why it was so important to keep her fasting morning sugar below 110, and why the evening sugar reading, which is about 2 hours after lunch and before dinner or any snack, should be below 145.
Pharmacist George Tohme and author of Lifestyle Makeover for Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics: www.LifestyleMakeoverforDiabeticsandPrediabetics.com
by: George Tohme
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