Tag: blood sugar

Planning a wedding is hard work and following a wedding diet is even harder, especially for   a bride-to-be whose to-do list includes losing weight for the big day. Which is why instead of exercising and clean eating, many women crash diet to quickly get in shape. What they don’t realise is that extreme weight…

Weight before: 85.5 kg Weight now: 65 kg Lost 20 kg in 9 months While Neeraj Tomar was never huge, right from childhood he has been on the “healthier” side. His weight gain became a matter of concern once he moved to a job that involved a lot of travelling, this resulted in him developing…

Suffering from a medical condition has an impact on one’s physical and mental well-being. Akanksha Chauhan, a homemaker from a small town in Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, tells us about the aftermath of her thyroid treatment and the effect it had on her physical and mental health. When a person is confronted by a medical condition,…

Navigating the complexities of managing diabetes introduces us to various phenomena that directly impact blood glucose levels. Among these, the Somogyi effect is a critical concept for those striving to maintain balanced glucose levels. This phenomenon, named after the scientist Michael Somogyi who first described it, is a counter-regulatory response to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar…

When managing diabetes, it is ideal to maintain morning blood glucose levels between 70 and 99 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). However, people with diabetes often find that their early-morning blood sugar is high. These early-morning blood sugar spikes occur due to a relatively common event called the dawn phenomenon, affecting approximately 50% of people living…