Tools and products to help you manage your diabetes

Blood Sugar Meter

Disease Management Investigator (DMI) is a powerful and flexible product that has been developed for diabetes, chronic heart disease (CHD) and obesity.

DMI gives customer facing staff access to a complete survey of the performance of individual GP practices, PBC clusters or PCTs, for the above therapy areas. Using Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicators and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), the product allows you to pinpoint those practices with the most business potential.

DMI is unparalleled in its ability to provide data to pharma personnel and will open doors to your customer base by supporting services, medical personnel, education or treatment programs.

Diabetes and Exercise

Exercise can help control your weight and lower your blood sugar level. It also lowers your risk of heart disease, a condition that is common in people who have diabetes. Exercise can also help you feel better about yourself and improve your overall health.

Talk to your doctor about what kind of exercise is right for you. The type of exercise you can do will mainly depend on whether you have any other health problems. Most doctors recommend aerobic exercise, which makes you breathe more deeply and makes your heart work harder. Examples of aerobic exercise include walking, jogging, aerobic dance or bicycling. If you have problems with the nerves in your feet or legs, your doctor may want you to do a type of exercise that won't put too much stress on your feet. These exercises include swimming, bicycling, rowing or chair exercises.

Foods To Avoid

If you gained extra weight you should know that your metabolism is not the same one that kept you lean before. You should understand that your new metabolism utilizes your current life style to store excess fat, and you need to modify your life style to prevent it from doing that, and to do that you should understand your metabolism and your food.

Swallowing diet pills or starving your body to slow down your metabolism and lose weight, is not the solution to your overweight problem, since they work temporarily, do harm to your body, and may be far from the right basics of weight loss.