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Diabetes Health Tips
Diabetes health tips can help elevate stress and guess what it is free! What a change that is from all the news and research that we get from pharmaceutical companies that have the newest pill that is going to help out diabetes in one way or another.
A recent British survey has stated that simple gestures can really make us feel better and release a certain “feel good hormone.” This is great news as medical doctors are advocating stressing less not only for people with diabetes but for everyone to enjoy better health.
Some of the simple things in life are free and the ones listed are amongst the most popular that people have stated that make them feel good.
- Slipping on a pair of jeans that you have not fitted into for a long time
- Have a hug from someone that loves or cares for you
- Finding money that you have forgotten about in a pocket or a purse
- Walking barefoot through the sand
- Watching an elderly couple holding hands
- Singing your favourite song when it comes on the radio
- 30 minute walk listening to your favourite music
- Pulling back the curtains and seeing a sunny day
It really is the simple things in life that makes us happy one of mine is giving a smile to a stranger, you will find that they will normally smile back. What do you like to make you feel happy?
Sucralose Dangers Are You Aware of the Facts? This is a question that many diabetics should read up about as it is bad enough having one health problem being diabetes without complicating the disease.
Diabetics looking for a sugar substitute were at first excited about the fact that they could now get their sugar fixes without guilt of affecting their blood glucose levels but then there were rumblings that there were sucralose dangers.
The reason that there have been some safety worries about sucralose, is recent studies have been performed on animals and the side effects have only now come to light.
The study revealed that animals showed, reduced growth rate, enlargement of the liver and kidneys, shrunken thymus gland, a decrease in the weight of the placenta and also a decrease in fetal body weights. These side effects also include a decrease in red blood cell counts, hyperplasia of the pelvis and increased cercal weight.