Social networking is the rage. People are sharing personally and professionally. For people with diabetes there’s been a ground swell of social networking sites. They offer opportunities to keep up with the latest diabetes research, products and technology, connect with others in your shoes and share your challenges and triumphs. And you get to do this with people globally.
Warshaw's article "How to Lower Morning Highs" was published in Diabetic Living's Fall 2010 issue. This important article helps people with type 2 diabetes understand why your blood glucose results might be higher in the morning than any other time of day. The answer is more than likely not what you ate for dinner the night before. The answer is all about the hormonal disarray that happens in type 2 diabetes. Read it and learn. Also get tips to control your morning highs.
A: Pre-diabetes is a diagnostic. It's when blood glucose is higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. It's also called "impaired glucose tolerance" or "impaired fasting glucose". As with type 2 diabetes, people with pre-diabetes often have insulin resistance and are overweight.