Blog - Part 22

Blood Glucose Accuracy

Published on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:34 Category: Blog

Home glucose testing monitors aren’t as accurate as lab tests. They have a significant margin for error. We’ve also found that most suppliers try to keep this a secret. It’s not good for business to contradict a positively held myth about one’s own product. Because of this practice, even...

Braces, Mobility, and Quality of Life

Published on Friday, 2 December 2016 16:54 Category: Blog

Mobility is important to health. It burns calories, and often provides activities that stimulate the mind and body. Maintaining motion in old age is a good way to also maintain a high quality of life for elderly patients. Mobility allows for independence as well as human contact that is...

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Custom Orthotic Insoles

Published on Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:10 Category: Blog

Imagine your foot was hovering in a relaxed state. The bottom of your feet would retain a certain shape and that shape almost certainly isn’t a flat line. Even if you are flat footed, the contours on the bottom of your feet are unique. These contours are unique to...

Why Testing Only Once Per Day is Insufficient for Any Diabetic

Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2016 12:53 Category: Blog

Blood glucose testing is a pain, literally. One has to stick their finger or in the case of alternate site testing, other tender areas on the body to extract a tiny blood sample. Nobody likes to do it. It isn’t fun. It is, however, the most important step to...

The Diabetic Shoppe – Diabetic Shoes and Custom Orthotic Inserts

Published on Friday, 25 November 2016 14:26 Category: Blog

The Diabetic Shoppe was founded by registered pharmacist Mr. Robert L. Salmon, owner of Southern Discount Drugs of Charleston, Inc. Mr. Robert Salmon is a Mississippian, independent pharmacist, and entrepreneur in the Charleston area. The company started as a diabetic supply business that was officially founded in 1995. In...

What is Blood Glucose

Published on Sunday, 20 November 2016 12:54 Category: Blog

Glucose is one of the most important sources of energy for our bodies. All the carbohydrates that we intake get broken down mostly into glucose. Our bodies release a hormone known as Insulin that plays a major role in regulating the amount of glucose in our blood stream. But...

Gastroparesis

Published on Monday, 7 November 2016 20:10 Category: Blog

Gastroparesis What is gastroparesis? Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. Normally, the stomach contracts to move food down into the small intestine for digestion. The vagus nerve controls the movement of food from the...

Diagnosis of diabetes

Published on Monday, 7 November 2016 20:03 Category: Blog

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease in which levels of blood glucose, also called blood sugar, are above normal. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. Normally, after a meal, the body breaks food down into glucose, which the blood carries to cells throughout the body....

Women and Diabetes

Published on Friday, 5 August 2016 20:06 Category: Blog

Today, almost 21 million children and adults in the US have diabetes — including 9.7 million women — and almost one third of them do not know it. Diabetes can be especially hard on women. The burden of diabetes on women is unique, because the disease can affect both...