Can people with diabetes take alcohol?

 

People with diabetes can have a moderate amount of  alcohol. Research has shown that the risk of heart diseases (which is usually increased in people with diabetes) can be reduced by moderate consumption of alcohol. If you have any questions about whether alcohol is safe for you, check with your doctor. People with diabetes should follow the same guidelines as those without diabetes if they choose to drink:

• Women should have no more than 1 drink per day.
• Men should have no more than 2 drinks per day.

*One drink is equal to a 12 oz beer, 5 oz glass of wine, 1 oz of alcoholic herbal drink (alomo bitters)  or 1 ½ oz distilled spirits (vodka, whiskey, gin, etc.).

Here are some tips

If you have diabetes, practice caution when drinking. Never drink on an empty stomach or when your blood glucose level is low. If you choose to drink, follow the guidelines above and have it with food. This is especially important for those on insulin and diabetes pills such as sulfonylurea and meglitinides (Prandin), which lower blood glucose by making more insulin.

• Do not omit food from your regular meal plan and replace it with alcohol. (If you use carbohydrate counting to plan meals, do not count alcohol in your plan as a carbohydrate choice.)
• Sip your drink slowly to savor it and make it last.
• Have a zero calorie beverage by your side to keep yourself hydrated like water, diet soda or iced tea.
• For mixed drinks, choose calorie-free drink mixers like diet soda, club soda, diet tonic water or water.
• Do not drive or plan to drive for several hours after you drink alcohol.

Alcohol can cause hypoglycemia shortly after drinking and for up to 24 hours after drinking. If you are going to drink alcohol, check your blood glucose before you drink while you drink and for up to 24 hours. You should also check your blood glucose before you go to bed to make sure it is at a safe level – between 100 and 140 mg/dL. If your blood glucose is low, eat something to raise it.

Takeaways

• If you choose to drink alcohol, follow the guidelines above and have it with food. Talk with your health care team about whether alcohol is safe for you.
• If you drink alcohol at least several times a week, make sure your doctor knows this before he/she prescribes a diabetes pill.
• Drink only when and if blood glucose is under control. Test blood glucose (if prescribed) to help you decide if you should drink.
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READ: symptoms of diabetes

see:  diabetes and heart disease

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

Staphylococcus is group of bacteria that can cause a multitude of diseases, a lot of people thinks it affects just the joystick and honeypot...

Staph infections may cause disease due to direct infection or due to the production of toxins by the bacteria. Boils, impetigo, food poisoning, cellulitis , and toxic shock syndrome are all examples of diseases that can be caused by Staphylococcus.

Symptoms and signs of a localized staph infection include a collection of pus, such as a boil ,
furuncle , or abscess . The area is typically tender or painful and may be reddened and swollen.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , known as MRSA , is a type of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and other drugs in this class.

Staph infections are treated with topical, oral, or intravenous antibiotics, depending upon the type of infection.

These are little facts about staph, do you have any question, contribution or experience regarding staph?
Feel free to comment below ...

Android Launchers

 
                                                      (Pidgin & English)

I am writing about ANDROID today, and it's about launchers.
If you know nothing about android launcher, you could GOOGLE about it...
Launchers make your device look wow, and regardless of the make of the device, a good launcher can make your phone look expensive *wink* .

I haven't tried all launchers in the PLAY STORE but below are the few I've used.


*Solo launcher - it's a simple launcher, person fit no know say u install launcher sef because it's blends with the phone, but I most say it is really 'POWERFUL'.

*SMART LAUNCHER - it arranges your app and icons in a ring format, makes it look very cool, its quite simple too..

*NEXT LAUNCHER - it's a gamers launcher, it has the coolest 3D effect.. it turns your device into a 'mini TRANSFORMER' .. LOL .. (from my observation, E DEY CHOP BATTERY SHA).


*APUS LAUNCHER - I call it the 'lovers launcher', it has this new feature that allows you to change the wallpaper on your device and it changes that of your lover too, isn't that lovely? .. Apus launcher has a lot of downloadable themes to choose from (the PINKO theme Na my favourite sha).

*APEX LAUNCHER - it's a clever launcher, with a lot of features, it has a paid version which is 'cooler' with drawer and gesture controls.

*ACTION LAUNCHER - Is your device running on Android lollipop? if yes, abeg download action launcher, it totally embraces the lollipop version, with it wonderful transition effect.

GO LAUNCHER - how could I do this without mentioning the GO launcher, I guess it's the most popular launcher on Google play, it's cool 'sha' ... at least a lot of people like it, it has millions of downloads.

NOVA LAUNCHER - Nova launcher is a nice launcher, it has a feature or two from all the launchers mentioned above and got a good rating from it's user with over 4.5 star.

well those are the ones I've used, " I cannot fit to kill myself... "

you could tell us about those you've used, let's learn from you...  drop your comments below..

#OBAD

HOW TO QUIT SMOKING

 

   Not every addiction is a bad thing, but addiction to smoking cigarettes is a bad thing.

Below are tips to quit smoking or to cut down the smoking habit :

*Make up your mind to quit, it's only you that can easily make yourself quit cigarettes.

* Know how much you’re smoking – keep a written record. If you smoke automatically, without paying much attention to the habit, it’s easy to smoke more. 

Ask yourself before each cigarette: do I really need it? Can I postpone smoking it or even just leave it? Practise regaining psychological control. You can use various other ploys to make yourself more aware of each cigarette: smoke in a specific, unusual place (try facing into a corner, for example), or use your opposite hand to hold the cigarette.

* Analyse your other habits, e.g. eating, drinking alcohol, visiting the bunk (ghetto smoking chamber), spending time in smokey environments or with other smokers. Work on changing any behaviours that are conducive to smoking.

*Decide in advance how many cigarettes you'll smoke the following day, and remove the rest from the pack, as it would force to not to smoke more than you budgeted.

*Put off lighting your first cigarette of the day a little later each day, don't start your day with cigarettes.

*Don’t smoke cigarettes down to the butt. Smoke them only half or three-quarters.

*Change to a brand you don’t like. Or, try changing to a milder brand a few weeks before your quit date to help your body get accustomed to less nicotine - but make sure you don’t smoke more mild cigarettes, inhale them more, or cover the holes in the filters, so if you take the Marlboro brand change to Dorchester or any other brand you really don't like. 

*Don't empty your ashtrays: this reminds you of how many cigarettes you've smoked each day, and is aesthetically unappealing. Some people keep their cigarette butts in a glass jar as graphic evidence of their ‘dirty habit’.

*Put your cigarettes in places that are awkward to reach (like on a high shelf), or keep them in hard-to-open containers. This also helps to make you more conscious of each cigarette smoked. ( I once told my friend who is an Arsenal fan to keep his cigarettes in the Champions league Trophy. LoL. #JustKidding)

*Finish one pack before you buy another, and don’t buy cigarettes in bulk.

*Don’t carry cigarettes on you when you go out, so you won't take them when you go out.

*Don’t ask for or accept cigarettes from other smokers.

*Ask successful ex-smokers what methods they use to stay on the straight and narrow, and consider incorporating these into your own life.

*Start thinking about a quit date.

Stay healthy..

Baby galore at the redemption camp

More than 30 babies have been born in the ongoing annual convention of the Redeemed Christain Church Of God (Redemption camp).

The good news was revealed by General Overseer of RCCG, Enoch Adeboye before he gave a sermon, titled, “As Pure As Light”.

The theme of this year's annual convention is “The All Sufficient God” 

Pastor Enoch Adeboye (The General Overseer.of The Redeemed Christain Church of God) had earlier warned that this year’s convention is about 'prayer prayer prayer' and those who are not willing to pray should not venture to come to the redemption camp.

EBOLA : There's hope for west Africa

An Ebola test vaccine provided blanket protection in a field trial in Guinea, researchers have said, possibly heralding 'the beginning of the end' for the devastating west African outbreak.

The serum was 100-per cent effective, after a week, in more than 7600 people innoculated, according to results published in The Lancet on Friday and hailed as 'extremely promising' by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan.

The world was 'on the verge of an effective Ebola vaccine', the UN's health agency said in a statement.

'The initial results of the study show that the vaccine can effectively contain the further spread of the Ebola virus,' said the University of Bern, which contributed to the research.

Though encouraging, the results are 'interim' and the vaccine will not become immediately available as a community-wide Ebola shield, experts cautioned.
About 28,000 people have been infected in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since late 2013, according to the WHO. Nearly half have died, but there is thought to be a large undercount of cases and deaths.

Having brought an already fragile health sector to its knees, and driving out much-needed investment, the outbreak has started winding down but is not over.

Seven cases were confirmed the week ending in July 26 - four in Guinea and three in Sierra Leone - the lowest weekly total for more than a year.
But even a single undetected case can spark a flareup - the virus spreads through direct contact with body fluids.

HIV can be cured by cancer drug - Researchers

#anticipate

Researchers say the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug.

Already, the anti-retroviral therapy, destroys the virus residing in the bloodstream, but leaves “HIV reservoirs” untouched.

This latest study shows that the cancer drug is “highly potent” at reactivating hidden HIV.

Experts say the findings are interesting, but it is important to know if the drug is safe in patients, to aviod complications.

A strategy known as “kick and kill” is thought to be key to curing HIV. The kick would wake up the dormant HIV, allowing the drugs to kill it.

This is good news!

INFOGRAPHIC : How coke destroys the body

I saw this somewhere on the internet...

Fruits are the best alternative if you have a sweet tooth, though they contain fructose, the fibre in them help to reduce the adverse effects of the fructose.

Go natural...

Stay healthy!!!

Not only SUGAR causes CAVITIES

   People think it's just SUGAR that causes tooth decay, sorry to burst your bubbles, it's not just sugar that causes it.

Cavities occur when bacteria produces acids in the mouth. The process can begin by any carbohydrates (or food that contains carb) that you consume.

 Sugar, fruits, vegetables, rice, yam, plantain, bread, etc can all cause cavities if good dental care is not practiced.

To reduce tooth decay, one should not only practice good dental care but also limit intake of acidic food.

Stay healthy!

OBESITY CAN TURN YOU INTO AN 'OLODO'

Adding to the list of 'wahala' obesity causes, a new study has suggested it may also increase the risk of memory loss.

It is a well known fact that obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and some cancers.

A new study at Iowa State University and published in the Journal of American Medical Association Neurology found a strong association between insulin resistance and memory function decline, increasing the risk for Alzheimer's disease (old timer's disease).

Auriel Willette, a research scientist at the university, said that insulin resistance is common in people who are obese, pre-diabetic or have type 2 diabetes.

Willette and co-author Barbara Bendlin, examined brain scans in 150 late middle-aged adults, who were at risk for Alzheimer's disease, but showed no sign of memory loss.

Stay healthy..