November 26, 2020
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Tahong or mussels are common and widely available seafood in the Philippines which can be used in to make different types of dishes. Mussels are a type of clam with long and wedge shaped and usually harvested along the shoreline. The common edible mussels are blue mussels and green-lipped mussels. Tahong can be baked, fried, smoked, broiled or steamed. Meanwhile, freshwater mussels are often not eaten.
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calories, depression, immune system, mussels, red blood cells, Vitamin B12
September 18, 2020
Category :Diabetes Facts
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Psychosis is a psychiatric disorder that pertains to an abnormal mental state of a person characterized by a patient’s loss of contact with reality, during which the patient experiences hallucinations, delusions and imagined things that he thinks are very much real. Glucose psychosis is the type of psychosis that is often associated with diabetes which is primarily attributed to the deficiency of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD).
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antipsychotic medication, low blood sugar, low sugar levels, pentose phosphate pathway, psychiatric disorder, red blood cells
February 3, 2020
Category :Diabetes Research
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Question: Can Metformin lower vitamin b12 levels?
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Metformin is a mainstay in diabetes therapy and probably the most widely prescribed first line diabetes treatment. It may also be prescribed for people with “prediabetes” (diagnosed when blood sugar levels are above the normal range but have not reached the cutoff for diabetes) or for women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
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diabetes therapy, methylcobalamin, red blood cells, vitamin b12 deficiency, water soluble vitamin
January 6, 2019
Category :Diabetes Facts| Healthy Advocacy
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In the Philippines, the prevalence of diabetes according to the NNHES (National Nutrition Health Survey) study is 4.8%. NSO (National Statistics Office) projects that there would be 74 million adult Filipinos in 2010. Therefore, there could be 3.6 million Filipinos who have diagnosed diabetes.
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blood sugar levels, chronic kidney disease, control blood pressure, diabetes check, frequent urination, high blood pressure, prevalence of diabetes, red blood cells
December 20, 2018
Category :Diabetes Facts
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You may have heard your doctor ask for or order HbA1c in your blood tests. And when you asked him or her what it is, you got the answer “It’s your blood sugar average for 3 months.” And that was it. You may still have a few questions, so let us try to get into the nitty-gritty of HbA1c.
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blood glucose levels, diabetes control, glucose molecules, glycated hemoglobin, hba1c test, hemoglobin a1c test, hemoglobin level, plasma glucose levels, red blood cells
December 14, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research
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Diabetics should monitor their CBC (complete blood count) to check for their hemoglobin level, as this may be a factor that can increase the risk of impaired vision.
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blood pressure control, cbc complete blood count, diabetes complications, diabetic retinopathy, eye problem, HbA1c, hemoglobin level, high hemoglobin, oxygen transport, red blood cells, vision loss