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Can You Donate Blood if You Have Diabetes? Facts To Know
Can people with diabetes donate blood? Things you should prepare to give blood Every year, five million American people need a blood transfusion (1), which means every two seconds, someone in the US requires blood help (2). Can you donate blood if you have diabetes, which affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide? The simple […]
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Can Diabetes Cause Dizziness? Diabetes and Vertigo
Can high blood sugar cause dizziness and vertigo? Dizziness and diabetes explanation Feeling dizzy is a common reason for medical visits—about 5% of walk-in clinics and 4% of emergency department patient visits complain about this, including two different underlying problems: “Dizziness” and “Vertigo.” “Dizziness” differs from “vertigo,” a condition that feels similar but signals a […]
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Anxiety and Loss of Appetite: Causes and What to Do About It
Can anxiety cause loss of appetite? Reasons and ways to regain it The bond between anxiety and appetite is strong and multifaceted. People might find they’re too stressed to eat, leading to a significant decrease in their appetite. Even emotional distress, including sadness, can cause this. But why can anxiety cause appetite loss, and what […]
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Can GERD Cause Heart Palpitations? Causes and Treatments
Can acid reflux cause heart palpitations? Heart palpitations are related to the heart, whereas reflux disease falls under the digestive category. Some people connect the two since the stomach is located near the heart. Is there any scientific evidence to back this idea? What are acid reflux and heart palpitations? When your heart’s electrical rhythm […]
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Why Do You Lose Weight With Diabetes? Causes, Tips and More
Losing weight in diabetes: Facts and causes About 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, a disease defined by a high sugar or glucose levels in the bloodstream (1). In diabetes, weight loss doesn’t just mean pursuing a slimmer figure but a healthier body. Let’s probe into the link between diabetes and losing weight. Weight loss […]
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Can Coffee Raise Blood Sugar? Caffeine, Diabetes, and More
Does caffeine lower blood sugar? How caffeine matters Some may think: that black coffee doesn’t contain any carbohydrates. So it shouldn’t raise blood sugar levels on its own. Only 10% of coffee drinkers in the US had a cup of decaf the past day (1). Thus, when discussing coffee, the spotlight often falls on caffeine. […]
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Does Diet Soda Raise Blood Sugar | Health Risks and Diabetes
Does diet soda have sugar? The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends limiting added sugars to (1): Surprisingly, the average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar daily (2). That’s two to three times more than what is recommended. Among sugar sources, sugary drinks are the real troublemakers, accounting for 33% of all the added sugar in […]
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Can You Drink Water While Fasting? Foods and Drinks To Avoid
Delving deeper: Medical definition of fasting Fasting is when you don’t eat or drink anything for some time (1). In medical cases, you sometimes need to do this before blood work. Basic metabolic panel and fasting: Maximizing accuracy A basic metabolic panel (BMP) is a group of blood tests that give you the lowdown on […]
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What Does High Blood Sugar Feel Like? Sugar Rush and More
What does high blood sugar feel like? High blood sugar (technically hyperglycemia) primarily affects people with diabetes. Hyperglycemia happens because your body does not have enough insulin or not using insulin effectively (1). When we don’t make enough insulin (type 1), or our bodies don’t use it well (type 2), we may get diabetes. High […]
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Does Splenda Raise Blood Sugar? Sweeteners and Diabetes
Is Splenda bad for diabetics? The artificial sweetener sucralose was first approved in 1998 by the FDA as a convenient sugar substitute, 600 times sweeter than table sugar (sucrose) (1, 2). It is probably in your diet already (marketed as “sugar-free” or “diet”), even if you don’t know it (2, 3). To make Splenda (also […]