The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved a new artificial sweetener It is made from all natural crops such as wheat, rice, corn, potatoes, barley etc. This will become a perfect product for people with diabetes because it has ingredients that can replace sugar in thousands of products. It is produced by creating an enzymatic degradation of natural crops which is then processed and purified. When the process is complete, you are left with an all natural sweetener that looks exactly like honey, tastes exactly like honey, and has the same consistency as honey. It is also available in powder form!
The artificial sweeteners on the market now create a glycemic spike when taken. The new science behind the product does not allow any enzyme in the human body to digest the sweetener, therefore there is no glycemic spike. For people with diabetes this new product will change the way they eat! Diabetes affects an estimated billion people around the world, almost one sixth of the world’s population. Now a diabetic can enjoy the sweet taste of their favorite foods and not have problems because this product is not absorbed into the body by the digestive system. Furthermore, the product has many good health applications to diabetic children and to seniors because the product is pre-biotic and pro-biotic.
The company is now working with some of the largest sugar and ingredient companies in the world and signing NDA agreements with the overall objective of obtaining manufacturing, distribution and marketing license agreements. This will be and great breakthough for all diabetics!
Abbott Diabetes Care announced the availability of the FreeStyle Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System. It will offer all the same benefits of the Abbott’s Freestyle, but the newly designed FreeStyle Freedom Lite system provides accurate, reliable results. It will limit the discomfort and inconvenience of glucose monitoring. It will be easier to use by requiring smaller samples and provide faster results.The new FreeStyle Freedom Lite will only require a 0.3 micro liter sample of blood. This makes it the worlds smallest sample size requirement and the least amount of pain. It has one of the largest displays, which makes it easy to read and easy to use. The FreeStyle Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System is available with an instructional video and product brochure in both English and Spanish. This system will give people with diabetes a way to help simplify their diabetes management routine. A better diabetes management routine will ultimately lead to improved health.
“Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children after asthma, but the percentage of kids who have it is still relatively low,” says Parents advisor Lori Laffel, MD, chief of the pediatric, adolescent, and young-adult section at Harvard’s Joslin Diabetes Center. Many parents have misconceptions about the illness. This often keeps them from understanding the best ways to help kids avoid or manage diabetes.
Many parents believe that children who get diabetes are the ones with a weight problem. This is not always the case. In type 1 diabetes the immune system mistakenly destroys healthy cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, the hormone that helps the body get energy from food, and at this time there is no known cause. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas usually makes plenty of insulin, but cells throughout the body have trouble using it. This creates a condition known as insulin resistance.
Parents need to help their children keep blood sugar at normal levels. This is the key to a healthy life for your child. Poorly controlled blood sugar levels can lead to a variety of problems, including heart attack, cirrhosis of the liver, blindness, and kidney failure. Fortunately, it takes about five to ten years of poorly controlled blood sugar to cause any of these serious conditions.
So, now is your chance to teach your children how to control blood sugar levels. There are very simple ways to accomplish this. Teach them to eat better, lose weight if needed, and exercise regularly. All these things will help insulin to work more effectively. Of course, if these lifestyle changes are no enough see a pediatrician.