Food is fuel for our every cell of our body. When we eat food our digestive system breaks down our food into one of three chemical groups, glucose, amino acids or fats.
I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was six years old. I remember that I was sick with flu-like symptoms, thirsty all the time, and always having to go to the bathroom. After rapid weight loss and being sick for over two weeks, my mom took me to the doctor’s office.
When juvenile diabetes was first being treated, doctors used pig and cow insulin to treat their patients. Things have come a long way since the 1920’s and insulin is now made in a lab.
Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.
Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.
Food is broken up into three different areas: carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Each area plays an important role in any diet, and no diet should be devoid of one group.
NextCare Urgent Care (www.nextcare.com) has announced that it will provide flu shots this fall at all its clinic locations including Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina for $25.
When:
December 8, 2009, 8:00am - 8:00pm
Where:
NextCare Urgent Care - Tucson - Pima/Wilmot
6238 East Pima St.
Tucson, AZ 85712
SATURDAY, Nov. 21 -- Sleep-deprived people may put themselves and others at risk when they need to make split-second decisions, U.S. researchers have found.
The study, which included 49 U.S. ...