Diabetes and Death Rate

You need to get serious if you haven't already.  

It's a life and death matter.

Diabetes and Beano

CHOOSE THE BEANO
THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU

Beano products fit every lifestyle, so choose
one that suits you and prevent gas and bloating.

BEANO TABLETS

Beano tablets can be chewed or swallowed with water. Just take Beano as directed when you're eating meals with foods that can cause gas.

BEANO MELTAWAYS

One Beano Meltaway works the same as two Beano tablets. Just place on your tongue before your first bite, and it will melt away in seconds with a smooth, light flavor to help prevent gas from happening.

BEANO TO GO

Get Beano tablets in a convenient travel pack that can easily be stashed in your purse, your glove compartment or anywhere your life takes you.

GRAINS

• Bagels
• Barley
• Breakfast cereals
• Granola
• Oat bran
• Pasta
• Rice bran
• Rye
• Sorghum, grain
• Wheat bran
• Whole wheat flour
• Whole grain breads

VEGETABLES

• Beets
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Corn
• Cucumbers
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Parsley
• Peppers, sweet

BEANS

• Black-eyed peas
• Bog beans
• Broad beans
• Chickpeas
• Lentils
• Lima beans
• Mung beans
• Peanuts and peanut butter
• Pinto beans
• Red kidney beans
• Seed flour (sesame, sunflower)
• Soybeans and soy milk

via Beanogas.com

I have always had what I consider a normal amount of gas from beans.  However, since beans are my favorite vegetable, I decided I should research this further.  Here are two rather interesting articles about digesting beans, gas therefrom and effect on diabetes.

via Savvy Natural Healer

and 

via Diabetes Self-Management

I have decided that I will try the Beano.  As alway, check with your doctor.  

Using Smartphone Apps to Manage Your Diabetes

via University of Florida

This is a very interesting article about the types of apps that are available on Smartphones to monitor and assist you with your diabetes.  

I have decided to invest in a smartphone to help me since I can't be trusted to record everything I eat (but I can take a picture to remind me to put it in the log).  I have also decided that I would like to see a graph with my hourly, daily, weekly and monthly blood glucose numbers.  It seems to me if I could make the connection between the bouncing numbers and the foods I eat I might be able to make better food choices.  

I've been reading some good personal blogs from people who have done this and it has inspired me to make the investment.  Did anyone say Diabetes is expensive, and in my case, that's just referring to my research and book buying.

How did Diabetics manage before the Internet?