CULTURAL QA04-2021-20 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Recently, I came to knowthat I have a very high blood sugar level at about 290. What should I do? A1 Selta Selin March 3 Livesin Multnomah County, Oregon (2019–present) Everyone with diabetes is boundto experience high blood sugars. There are simply too many variables out of our control to prevent highblood sugars from ever happening. But the best thing we can do when they do happen is to help them comedown as quickly as possible. Here are four things you can doto bring a high blood sugar level down quickly. If you takeinsulin… For people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who take insulin, insulin willalways play a major role in how you correct a high blood sugar. There areseveral things to keep in mind when you use insulin to correct a high bloodsugar. First, check your ketones In people with type 1 diabetes, high blood sugars can put you at risk ofdeveloping ketones. Blood sugar levels over 250 mg/dL with too little insulincan quickly turn into diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) if it continues to rise. Take a correction dose For those who take fast or rapid-acting insulin — Novolog, Humalog, Apidra, Fiasp,Admelog, Afrezza — you can take a “correction” dose to bring a high blood sugardown. A “correction factor” is determined with support from your healthcareteam. This number tellsyou how much 1 unit of fast or rapid-acting insulin will lower your bloodsugar. For example, a correction factorof 1:50 means that 1 unit of insulin will lower your blood sugar by 50 points. How Does Eating Healthy StabilizeBlood Glucose Levels? 6 Simple Lifestyle Changes Anyone Can Do To Help Maintain Healthy BloodSugar Diabetics face a daily struggle of keeping blood glucose levels undertight control. But you don’t have to be diabetic to benefit from maintaining asteady supply of glucose in your bloodstream to provide your body with theenergy it needs. When blood glucose levels are unstable,you risk experiencing a dangerous condition called hypoglycemia in which you feel lightheaded, confused,slow, shaky or fatigued. By choosing healthier food options,including whole, fresh foods with a low glycemic index, you can stabilize yourglucose levels to avoid glucose crashes. Excess Sugar Many Americans consume too much added sugar in their diets, sometimesmore than 22 teaspoons or 355 calories a day from various sources. To increase shelf life andenhance flavor, food manufacturers add sugar to many processed foods, fromcereals to sauces to frozen dinners. Sodas are also loaded withsugar. These hidden sugars add empty calories to your diet, leading tooverweight and obesity, which in turn are risk factors for prediabetes anddiabetes. Avoidingprocessed foods in favor of fresh, whole foods leads to a healthier diet andgreater stability for blood glucose levels. The Glycemic Index Glucose is your body’s main source of energy, derived from foods thatcontain carbohydrates. Researchersat the University of Sydney came up with a carbohydrate-rating system calledthe glycemic index. This system ranks foods with carbohydratesaccording to how quickly they are digested and turn into glucose in thebloodstream. Foods that score55 or below are low glycemic, digesting slowly and providing asteady stream of glucose over time instead of a quick burst of energy. Foods with a score over 70 areconsidered high glycemic, causing your blood sugar levels to risequickly and leading to crashes. Whole Foods Low glycemic foods include manyfresh fruits like citrus and apples, non-starchy vegetables like broccoli andgreen beans, legumes and beans, nuts and seeds, wholegrains like barley and brown rice and low-fat dairy. These foods also tend to behealthier choices overall than heavily processed, low-nutrient foods, such as snacks,sodas, white bread, baked goods and boxed cereals, because they offer vitamins,minerals and fiber in addition to energy. Also, foods that are primarily protein and fat, such as meat, eggs andfish, have no glycemic ranking because consuming them does not cause a rise inglucose levels. A Healthy, Balanced Diet To keep your blood sugar levels stable, choose low glycemic index foods most often. Servethem with lean proteins at every meal, combined with healthy fats such as oliveoil, avocados, nuts and seeds. For breakfast, try yogurt with ground flaxseed,fresh berries and some whole-grain granola. Lunch could be a serving ofalbacore tuna with asparagus and walnuts on a bed of mixed salad greens. A3.5-ounce turkey burger and a three-bean salad with olive oil-based dressingmakes a satisfying dinner that also gives you a good combination of protein,carbs and fat. For a snack, choose apple or pear slices with a tablespoon ofnut butter. The Instituteof Medicine advises adults to maintain a daily breakdown of 45 to 65 percent ofcalories from carbs, 10 to 35 percent from protein and 20 to 35 percent fromfat. How to Keep Your Sugar Level EvenAll Day During digestion, the foods you eat, mainly carbohydrates, are brokendown into glucose, a type of sugar. Your blood stream then carries this sugar to your body's tissues andorgans to use for fuel. Maintaining stable blood sugar levels is not onlycrucial to providing energy, but can also reduce the risk of developingdiabetic complications. Whether you have diabetes or just want to eliminatedaily energy slumps, what you eat and when you eat is key to avoidingblood-sugar spikes. Bymaking a few adjustments in meal planning, you can help keep your blood sugarlevel even all day. Start your day with breakfast. According to Clemson University, breakfastreplenishes blood sugar after your night's sleep and energizes your body so youperform better mentally and physically. Cooked oatmeal with low-fat milk and fresh berries or whole-grain toastand peanut butter with an apple are good choices. Create meals and snacks that combine carbohydrates, proteins and a smallamount of fat. When these foods are combined, the digestion processtakes more time, providing your body with slow, even-burning fuel thatmaintains stable blood sugar levels. A skinless chicken breast with brown riceand steamed broccoli or, low-fat yogurt with fresh fruit and a slice ofwhole-grain bread are two excellent carbohydrate-protein-fat meal combinations. Q2 Does Goddess Lakshmi sendwealth and prosperity to the house where a daughter is born? A2 Bhanu Kiran ThuInterestedin Indian Epics Mahalakshmi herself answered this question to Rukmini. Mahalakshmi resides in followingplaces: 1. People who are truthful and follow dharma. 2. Women who are forgiving,generous, good in conduct, well-attired, devoted to gods, Brahmanas and to their husbands. 3. In the houses where oblations are offered to the fire and where cattles, Brahmanas andgods are worshipped. 4. In the houses where flowers are offered as sacrifices in rites. 5. In the houses of Brahmanaswho are engaged in studying. 6. In the houses of Kshatriyas who are devoted to dharma. 7. In the houses of Vaishyas who are engaged in agriculture. 8. In the houses of Shudras who are engaged in servitude. ‘O beautiful one! O eloquent one! I dwell in men who are truthful andaccomplished, who are engaged in deeds. I do not dwell in men who are not goodin their deeds, or in those who are non-believers, cause a mixture of varnasand are ungrateful. I do not reside in those who are violent in conduct orindulge in perverse conduct. Nordo I reside in those who are thieves or malicious towards seniors. Thereare those who are limited in energy, strength, spirit and essence, who areincessantly delighted and enraged. I do not reside with them. O goddess! Nor doI reside with men who hide their true intentions. O goddess! If a man does notdesire anything, has no natural enterprise and is always content with whateverlittle he possesses, I do not reside with him either. I dwell with those whofollow dharma in their conduct, great-souled ones who know about dharma, thosewho serve their seniors, are great-souled and restrained and spirited. I dwellwith women who are forgiving, generous, devoted to gods and brahmanas, truthfulin their conduct and naturally restrained. I avoid women who do notlook towards the broken vessels in their homes, who always speak against theirhusbands, who prefer the houses of others and are shameless. I avoid women who are fickle and unclean, who lick the corners of theirmouths, who have no patience and are quarrelsome, who are addicted to sleep andare always lying down. I always reside with women who are truthful, beautiful to see, unitedwith good fortune and qualities, devoted to their husbands, good in conduct andwell-attired. I dwell in vehicles, maidens, ornaments, sacrifices, clouds,rain, blooming lotuses, nakshatras in the autumn sky, mountains, pens ofcattle, forests, lakes, blossoming lotuses,rivers that resound with the callingof swans and the beautiful cries of cranes, with extensive banks and beautifullakes, frequented by ascetics, siddhas and brahmanas. I always reside in large waterbodies where the water is agitated bylions and elephants. I am always there in mad elephants, bulls, kings, thrones and virtuous people. Ialways dwell in houses where oblations are offered to the fire, where cattle,brahmanas and gods are worshipped and in houses where, at the right time,flowers are offered as sacrifices in rites. I reside in brahmanas who arealways engaged in studying, in kshatriyas who are always devoted to dharma, invaishyas who are engaged in agriculture and in shudras who are engaged inservitude. Single-mindedly, I dwell in Narayana. In every way, I am part of his body. It is in himthat great dharma, the brahman and all delight exist. O goddess! I amincapable of saying that my embodied form resides in anything other than these.When I dwell in a man in the form of my attributes, his dharma, fame, artha andkama are enhanced.’”’ Source: Mahabharat translated by Bibek Debroy Shanti Parva Chapter 1692(11) Q3 Is future uncertain? A3 Anubhav Jain April 14 Asimple human | Entrepreneur | Author There's a small shop near our house. We seldom visit there, only when we need something in urgency, otherwisewe prefer to visit a supermarket. The shop is owned by a youngguy in his early twenties. He isa joyous, and nice guy. My mother often interacts with him, whenever we visit there.He has a kidand his wife is pregnant. Yesterday, we visited his shop as we needed Daliya (porridge) urgently. This time it had been more than a month.His mother was sitting in hisplace. My mother smiled and asked,“where is your son today?” She said, “he is gone.”My mother replied, “where?” She said, “he died.” My mother replied, “What? Are you serious?” She said, “He died of Covid a month back.” The woman was speaking without any emotions; simply talking. It appeared that her fate made her indifferent to everything in thisworld.My mother had tears inher eyes and we returned. “A moment” This is what it takes to turnyour life upside down, ruin your world; transform your story. We manifest the feeling of permanence, as if we are permanent here. We want everything to be permanent. We assume miseries to be permanent. Weassume our loved ones to be permanent. And worry about the smallest of issues as if life isn'tbeyond that. Every second the world is changing, and any second your world can change. Use this uncertainty of life as a luxury to calm down, stay casual, andreduce stress from your mind and enjoy life, especially with your loved ones.Make them feel loved. “Come what may” Have this attitude, minimize expectations and give yourbest. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 20-04 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 20-4-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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