Archive for January, 2012
Ingredients
Method of Preparation
Soften gelatine in cold water and then add hot water to it. Blend well until it is smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and blend them again until smooth. Put blue berries and stir well. Cool until firm. Serve the chilled Cheese Cake.
You are diagnosed with diabetes with test as fasting plasma glucose test, oral glucose tolerance test, and random plasma glucose test. A fasting plasma glucose or FPG test measures a persons blood glucose after an overnight fast of about 8 hours and proves useful to diagnose diabetes and pre-diabetes. Persons with blood glucose level of 100 to 125 mg/dL have pre-diabetes, while a 2 time repeat reading of blood glucose 126 mg/dL or above conforming diabetes.
An oral glucose tolerance test or OGTT is a measure of a persons blood glucose after an overnight fast of 8 hours and 2 hours after he has drunk a glucose beverage with 75 grams of glucose dissolved in water. It is to be noted that a reading of 140mg/dL to 199mg/dL indicates pre-diabetes, while 200mg/dL and above indicates diabetes.
Lastly a random plasma glucose test measures blood glucose at any time of the day. A random blood glucose level of 200 mg/dL or higher with presence of symptoms like increased urination, increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision, increased hunger, sores that do not heal and unexplained weight loss could indicate diabetes.
Gestational diabetes symptoms cannot be easily recognized with most believing that the hormones that develop makes it much difficult to get the insulin required. The first symptom is increased thirst and hunger, but you would only be losing weight and feeling continuously sick. In addition there could be need for frequent urination with a tendency for frequent infections of the bladder, vagina and skin. The vision could turn blurry and there could be increased fatigue with need for regular rest.
Tests done between the 24th to 28th weeks of pregnancy could show high sugar level that could create problems for the baby and mother. It is best to know the symptoms, but an expert opinion is absolutely necessary before coming to conclusions.
Ingredients
Method of Preparation
Mix the thickener, concentrate and spices together. Pour this to the apple slices to coat well. Pour these contents into a crust lined pie plate. Do the topping with the remaining crust. Bake them at 425 degrees for about 45 minutes until the crust is golden colour and till the apples are tender. Yummy Apple Pie is ready to eat. Makes about 8 servings. Each serving is about 220 calories. Exchanges- 1 fruit, 1 bread, fat for each serving.
