Type 2 Diabetes - How To Keep Sugar Levels Close To A Normal Target Range With Diet

What is the normal target range of a healthy person without type 2 diabetes?

Depending on which part of the world you are in the readings will typically be as follows:

Fasting blood glucose levels of a non diabetic individual, 5.5 mmol (if you are in Europe)
and 100 mg/dl if you are in the Americas.

A type 2 diabetic will have for the most part, a wild card when it comes to sugar levels. Many different factors will make up the final readings such as stress, sedentary lifestyle, alcohol, smoking. As you can see the list goes on but the number one factor above all others is diet.

Diet alone can make or break an individuals readings. You could do everything else right, yet eat a couple of slices of pecan pie and it'll all go to pot.

A type 2 diabetic really needs to watch everything he or she eats. Learn to read the backs of the packs of every food item you are considering buying at the local supermarket. If it contains a carb level over about 5grams per hundred then put it back. This sounds harsh but you body will still run on quite alright without the double helping of pasta.

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What Side Effects Do You Get From Metformin

Metformin is the most widely used orally ingested drug for type 2 diabetic and regarded as one of the most safe. Just in case you were wondering what sort of side effects one can expect from taking metformin here are the usual suspects.


Rapid weight gain, fever, flu symptoms, headaches and muscle pain, weakness, vomiting and nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, gas, shortness of breath.

On top of all this metformin (despite being on of the "safest" on the market) should not be taken if you have liver, heart or kidney disease. Fairly eye opening. These type of drugs are a quick term fix but in actual fact they cause the pancreas to produce even more insulin which as you can imagine. Will cause it to eventually exhaust. This is the point when no amount of correct diet or oral drugs will help, by then you will be put on insulin injections since your body won't be producing any.

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