Diabetes & Blood Sugar
Plain-language answers on diabetes, prediabetes, HbA1c and blood sugar.
Can Diabetes Be Cured? What Doctors Say About Remission and Reversal
Can diabetes be cured or reversed? Honest, evidence-based answers on type 1, type 2 remission, prediabetes, diet, weight loss, medicines and "cure" claims.
Diabetes and Kidney Disease: Symptoms, Tests, Prevention and Treatment
How diabetes damages the kidneys, early signs, the urine ACR and eGFR tests, how to slow diabetic kidney disease with blood sugar and blood pressure control, diet and safe medicines.
Diabetes Diet for South Asians: Healthy Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Food Choices
A practical diabetes diet for South Asians: roti, rice, dal, curries, sweets and chai, how to cut carbohydrate without giving up your cuisine, and a sample day of meals.
Diabetic Diet in Sri Lanka: What to Eat, What to Avoid and a Sample Meal Plan
A practical diabetic diet for Sri Lankans: rice portions, red rice, kurakkan, dhal, mallum, fruit, sweets, king coconut and a sample day of meals.
Diabetic Foot Care: Daily Checks, Footwear, Warning Signs and Ulcer Prevention
How to protect your feet if you have diabetes: daily inspection, washing, nail care, shoes, injury prevention and the warning signs of ulcers, infection and nerve damage.
Early Symptoms of Diabetes: 12 Warning Signs, Risk Factors and When to Get Tested
Early signs of type 2 and type 1 diabetes in adults and children, symptoms in women and men, who should be screened, which tests to ask for and what to do next.
Gestational Diabetes: Symptoms, Testing, Diet, Treatment and After Delivery
Everything about gestational diabetes: who is at risk, the glucose tolerance test, blood sugar targets, diet, exercise, insulin and metformin, risks to mother and baby and follow-up after birth.
HbA1c Test Explained: Normal Range, Targets and What Your Result Means
What the HbA1c test measures, normal and diabetic ranges, how HbA1c converts to average blood sugar, targets for people with diabetes, how often to test and when results mislead.
How to Reverse Prediabetes: Diet, Exercise, Medicines and Follow-Up
Prediabetes can often be reversed. Learn the blood sugar ranges, how much weight loss and exercise are needed, what to eat, when metformin is used and how often to retest.
Is Rice Bad for Diabetes? How Much Rice You Can Eat and Which Type Is Best
Is rice bad for diabetes? Learn how white, brown, red, basmati and parboiled rice affect blood sugar, how much cooked rice is safe per meal, and simple tricks to lower the spike.
Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycaemia): Symptoms, Causes, First Aid and Prevention
What to do for low blood sugar: symptoms, causes, the 15-15 rule, glucagon, night-time lows, hypoglycaemia unawareness, driving safety and how to prevent episodes.
Normal Blood Sugar for Asian Adults: Ranges, Screening Age and Why Risk Starts Earlier
Normal blood sugar for Asian adults in mg/dL and mmol/L, fasting, post-meal and HbA1c ranges, why diabetes starts at lower weights in Asians, and when to be screened.
Normal Blood Sugar Levels: Fasting, After Meals, HbA1c and Targets for Diabetes
Normal, prediabetes and diabetes blood sugar ranges in mg/dL and mmol/L for fasting, post-meal and HbA1c, plus targets for people with diabetes, pregnancy and children.
Type 1 vs Type 2 Diabetes: Differences in Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Understand the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes: causes, symptoms, who gets them, tests, treatment, complications and whether either can be prevented.