Not exact matches
Diabetes is a
life - long condition where the amount
of glucose in the blood is too high because the body can not
use it properly.
Study
of patients with type 1 diabetes shows that
use of a continuous
glucose monitor improves
glucose control, adds to quality
of life, and is cost - effective over manual testing with strips.
Currently, she is
using imaging techniques to explore the effects
of glucose on brain responses to food cues in children who are at - risk for developing obesity and / or diabetes later in
life.
In addition, with the method
used to measure total glycated hemoglobin, each 1 % represents ≈ 18 mg
glucose / dL integrated over the
life span
of a red blood cell (20).
The ideal
glucose concentration
used in Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT - for patients with cholera or other diseases affecting the GI system whose
lives depend on absorbing water and electrolytes, but who may not have access to an IV)- about 7 grams
of carbohydrates per 8 ounces
of fluid.
Either (1) go on a starvation diet for the rest
of your
life or (2) make your body
use fat as fuel by reducing its only other fuel, namely,
glucose on most days
of the week.
As your metabolic engine shifts from
using glucose to ketones, the quality
of your
life will improve.
Furthermore, the Beauregard sweet potato, an orange - skinned variety grown in North Carolina, is similar to a white - skinned variety
used in Japan to make a dietary supplement called Caiapo, which is marketed to control blood
glucose in people with diabetes, according to an article in Perspectives, the magazine
of the College
of Agriculture and
Life Sciences at North Carolina State University.
Specification points covered are: Paper 2 Topic 1 (4.5 - homeostasis and response) 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control
of blood
glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect
of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The
use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson) Paper 2 topic 2 (4.6 - Inheritance, variation and evolution) 4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson) 4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson) 4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson) 4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson) 4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson) 4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson) 4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson) 4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson) 4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson) 4.6.4.1 - classification
of living organisms (B6.18 lesson) Paper 2 topic 3 (4.7 - Ecology 4.7.1.1 - Communities (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.2 - Abiotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.3 - Biotic factors (B7.1 lesson) 4.7.1.4 — Adaptations (B7.2 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels
of organisation (feeding relationships + predator - prey cycles)(B7.3 lesson) 4.7.2.1 - Levels
of organisation (required practical 9 - population sizes)(B7.4 lesson) 4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled (B7.5 lesson) 4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson) 4.7.3.2 - Waste management (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.3 - Land
use (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.4 - Deforestation (B7.9 lesson) 4.7.3.5 - Global warming (B7.9 lesson)