Today's blog is about recognising Diabetic symptoms and the effect it can have on your body and functions. As usual there is a Recipe that is both nutritious and tasty. These days there is no need for Diabetics to have to endure boring food and diets. They can be be great fun to try and they are also good for other members of the family. In fact if more people stuck to diabetic recipes, there might even be less cases. Well that is food for thought or maybe the body.
Diabetes is a disease of metabolic disorder. The body of the diabetics becomes unable to process sugar in blood. This inability of body leads to high-level of blood sugar. High levels of blood glucose further leads to many short and long-term health related problems. Diabetics sometimes can spend many years without knowing of their health condition as there are not any obvious symptoms. Some classic diabetic symptoms are covered in the following passages.
Frequent Urination or Polyuria: If the level of blood sugar is high then sugar has to be excreted from the bloodstream. This extraction makes a saturated solution that has to be diluted by extracting some water from the surrounding tissues. This extraction of extra water causes excessive urination.
Excessive Thirst or Polydipsia: This diabetic symptom is related to polyuria, the diabetic's body needs to replace the water he is flushing away. High-level of blood sugar gives a signal to brain that more fluid is required.
Excessive Hunger or Polyphagia: The energy to the body is provided by the sugar in the bloodstream. If the body is unable to properly use the sugar in the bloodstream, the body has a lack of energy. The enery deficient cells then give a signal to brain that the body requires more food and the person feels hungry.
Other Signs Of Diabetes
Fatigue and Tiredness: As the body is not using the blood sugar properly to convert it into energy the person feels that he is fatigued or tired.
Blurred Vision: Constant level of high blood sugar leads to some osmotic changes in the eye's lens which leads to blurriness in vision.
Numbness in Hands and Feet: Numbness in feet and hands is the result of poor circulation of blood. Sometimes it is because of nerve breakage because of consistent level of high blood glucose over a period of time. Diabetic feels like someone is pricking needles and pins in the tips of feet and hands.
Some of these diabetic signs are obvious others are less obvious. Normally people learn to live with these diabetic symptoms till the time come when serious health complications arises.
So it is good to keep your symptoms alive and listen to them. If ever you feel any of the above symptoms, followings are the steps you must take immediately
Visit a doctor.
Gather as much information as you can.
SAVOURY POT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES
| 1 | 3 pound (1.44 kg) boneless beef chuck roast, tied and trimmed of all fat |
| freshly ground pepper to taste |
| 3 | large carrots, peeled and cut into sticks about 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide and 2 inches (5 cm) long |
| 3 | large ribs celery, cut into pieces 2 inches (5 cm) long |
| 1 | large yellow onion, peeled and cut into 12 equal pieces |
| 3 | large cloves garlic, thinly sliced |
| 1 | cup (240 ml) dry red wine or fat-free, no-salt-added canned beef broth |
| 1/3 | cup (74 g) low-sodium tomato paste |
| 1 1/2 | tablespoons (23 g) Dijon mustard |
| 1/2 | teaspoon (2.5 ml) crushed dried thyme |
| 1 1/2 | tablespoons (23 g) cornstarch, mixed with 2 tablespoons (30 ml) water |
- Rinse roast and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle both sides with pepper.
- Lightly coat a heavy skillet with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add roast and sear until well browned on all sides, about 8 minutes total cooking time.
- In a 4-quart (4 l) or larger crockery slow-cooker, combine carrots, celery, onion, and garlic. Place browned roast on top of the vegetables.
- In a large mixing cup, combine wine, tomato paste, Dijon mustard, thyme, and bay leaves. Pour over roast and vegetables. Cover and cook until roast is very tender when pierced with a fork, about 8 to 9 hours on LOW or 4 to 5 hours on HIGH.
- When beef is done, transfer the roast to a heated serving platter.
- If cooking on LOW, turn the slow-cooker on HIGH. Skim any fat from the surface of the sauce. Add salt (if using). Pour the blended cornstarch mixture into the cooker and cook, stirring often, until sauce is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove vegetables from sauce and arrange around the roast. Transfer sauce to a gravy boat to pass alongside.
- To serve, carve the beef against the grain into thin slices. Serve at once.
| Per serving (4 ounces {120 g} beef plus 1/6 of the vegetables and 3 tablespoons {45 ml} of the sauce): | 315 calories (26% calories from fat), 41 g protein, 10 g total fat (3.3 g saturated fat), 15 g carbohydrates, 3 g dietary fiber, 119 mg cholesterol, 220 mg sodium |
| Diabetic exchanges: | 4 lean protein, 1 carbohydrate (vegetable) | | |
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Make sure you take care of yourselves.
Garth Tuxford
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