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Managing a Healthy Diet for Diabetes Patients
What Is Diabetes?
Different Types of Diabetes?
Diabetes & Food Digestion
Diabetes & Blood Sugar Digestion
Diabetes & Blood Sugar Regulation
Diabetes & Hypoglycemia
How to Diagnose Diabetes
Diabetes & Your Health Care Team
Diabetes & Carbohydrates
Diabetes & Fiber Affects on Blood Sugar
Sugar Substitutes & Diabetes
Protein & Blood Sugar for Diabetes
Fat Guidelines & the Diabetes Diet
Cholesterol & the Diabetes Diet
Sodium & the Diabetes Diet
Diabetes & the Food Pyramid
The Exchange Method for Blood Sugar & Diabetes
Carbohydrate Counting & the Diabetes Diet
How to Use the Plate Method for Controlling Diabetes
Glycemic Index & the Diabetes Diet
Exercise Guidelines for Diabetes Patients
Resources for Diabetes Dietary Guidelines
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Summary: Learn about Digestion and Blood Sugar for a diabetic diet in this free healthy living video.
Brenda Thompson is a registered dietician and professional chef with the Westlake Market H.E.B. in Austin, Texas.read more
"Hi! My name is Brenda Thompson, registered dietitian and owner of Life Skills Nutrition. In this segment, I'm going to be talking about the digestion of food when someone has diabetes and what happens to the blood sugar. Over here on this diagram. When someone who has diabetes consumes food, it is masticated in the mouth as previously when someone healthy. It then travels down the esophagus down into the stomach where the sugars and starches begin to be metabolized and glucose is formed. If someone does not have insulin, that would be somebody who has diabetes; either one of the four diabetes. Then the pancreas will not release the insulin, the glucose will then go into the blood stream and the blood sugar will become extremely. There are health complications associated with that, which we'll talk about later. Then if the blood glucose is not used, it will then be transported through the digestion system and outside of the body. Therefore, a person with diabetes will not have an efficient energy system."
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