Diabetic Diet Zone has just released a new section of their website that has all of the basics on ADA Guidelines. This is part of a new community website that is all about ADA Guidelines. Members and non-members can visit this ADA Guidelines page on the Diabetic Diet Zone website for free at: http://diabeticdietzone.com/
Here is an excerpt from the new ADA Guidelines information webpage:
“In 2007, the guideline for diabetes diagnosis is that the patient must have a random plasma glucose level of over 200 mg/dL at least twice before a diagnosis could be made; however, with the 2008 ADA guidelines, now you only have to have one random plasma glucose level of over 200 mg/dL before it is recommend to diagnose a patient as a diabetic.
These guidelines are set basically for everything. There are guidelines for pre diabetes diagnosis. There are guidelines for recommend A1c test results that are needed. (The hemoglobin A1c test results should be less that 7% is the ADA guideline. This basically means that a blood glucose level of 170 mg/dL or less is recommended. The A1c test is basically an average of blood glucose levels over a three month period of time.)
Carbohydrate intake is the key in maintaining blood glucose level control according to the ADA guidelines. Carbohydrates when broken down by the body turn into sugar. Diabetic patients should limit their carbohydrate intake through carbohydrate counting, exchanges or experience-based estimating."
There is plenty of more information on the new general information Diabetic Diet website that can be found by visiting: http://diabeticdietzone.com/
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