The only way to know for sure that you're doing well on your blood glucose is when you test.  You can find testing supplies and glucose monitors that are inexpensive on ebay.  Regulating your blood sugar is the key to protecting your vital organs from damage due to high blood sugar.  Check with your doctor but generally speaking any blood sugar level over 150 is causing some sort of damage to your organs so bring your blood sugars back down into normal range or risk shutting down your organs.  Check with your doctor to find out how often he recommends that you test your glucose levels.  You can find glucose monitors and glucose test strips on ebay. 

You can find out more detailed recommendations about test strips and glucose monitors and glucose monitor reviews on my other guides.

Besides your pancreas, did you know your brain also produces small amounts of insulin!  Do a web search on "brain produces insulin" to verify this.  A lack of brain insulin might be the result of a new form of diabetes that some are calling type 3 that may be linked to Alzheimers.  Many say one way to help avoid Alzheimers is to keep your brain active.  An active brain might also lower your insulin need if the brain is coaxed into producing some of the insulin your body needs through cognative activity.  You can perhaps find brain exercies on ebay that might help.

Again, do a web search of "calcium diabetes" to verify this.  The research seems to indicate that more calcium and exercise can equate to less body fat thereby improving one of the problems with diabetics: being overweight.  Antacid these days usually has calcium in it so if you take antacids you're probably good to go.  You can, of course, find Calcium on ebay.

Apparently diabetics are usually vitamin D deficient.  You probably need to take a multivitamin or vitamin D supplement or go outside more often as your skin makes vitamin D in the sunlight.  Hey, now you have an excuse to buy that water park season pass!  Although, there's that pesky skin melanoma risk so do everything in moderation.  Again, do a web search of "vitamin D diabetes" to verify this.  Vitamin D supplements can be found on ebay.

E is for Exercise that burns carbs and fat.  Just do it.  I'm sure you can find plenty of exercise equipment on ebay.

Blood circulation in your extrematies are usually poor in diabetics.  Diabetics lose toes to these diabetic complications.  You can protect your feet with loose fitting shoes and loose socks.  You'll probably want to throw away your tight fitting socks and start buying loose fitting diabetic socks.  Always wear shoes to protect your feet from cuts and scrapes that won't heal.  Never go barefoot!  Clip your toenails straight across to avoid ingrown toenails!  You can find lots of things for the diabetic on ebay.

Apparently, eating dark chocolate somehow helps lower insulin dependancy and lowers blood pressure.  Do a web search of "chocolate diabetes" to verify this.  The same affect does not appear to work with white chocolate as white chocolate does not have flavanoids.  Research seems to indicate that a dark chocolate bar a day can improve cholesterol & insulin depenancy.  I'd probably not eat that much dark chocolate myself, but rather just a little a day.  Also, the sugar in dark chocolate can't be good for you if you're diabetic, so you figure it out and eat reasonably.  Of course Cocoa powder and baking chocolate also have the flavanoids so perhaps you can just cook more with these items insead!  You can actually find dark chocolate on ebay!

Some diabetics go blind due to complications of diabetes.  Glaucoma and Retinopothy can permanantly blind you and diabetics are succeptible to that.  You will want to be sure to regulate your blood sugars to avoid possible eye damage.  You can find items to protect your eyes on ebay.

Again, do a web search of "cinnamon diabetes" to verify this.  The research seems to suggest that a 1/2 teaspoon a day can drop your blood sugar levels.  You can find Cinnamon supplements just about anywhere now.  As a bonus, when you burp it tastes like Cinnamon.  I know, gross. You probably want to make sure you're getting real cinnamon and not fake chemical knock off stuff as the chemical stuff probably won't work for diabetes.  Things like sugary Sinnamon rolls probably aren't the way to go, but perhaps you can cook more with cinnamon and help fight diabetes.  You can do a Cinnamon supplement search on ebay to try to find these supplements.

When you are low on blood sugar, you'll get jittery, around your lips may get numb, your heart may start racing, etc.  When you are high on blood sugar, you may get headaches, feel nauseus, have blurry vision, etc.  When you experience these symptoms do something about it and get your blood sugars back into normal range.  Test your blood to see if it matches what your body is telling you.  If you don't get your blood sugar back into normal range you may be damaging important organs like your eyes, kidneys, or heart, etc.  You can find lots of diabetes information on ebay.

Although people joke about finding someone selling their kidneys on ebay, it's really not a laughing matter.  Diabetics are succeptible to kidney failure.  You'll want to regulate your blood sugar or you could be searching for a new kidney on ebay (I'm sort of joking on that).  If you're a diabetic, your doc will be prescribing you medicine to help you with your kidneys.  You might be able to find supplements to help your kidneys on ebay.

Of course all diabetics know that they should eat less carbs and less fatty foods.  That really goes without saying, right?  You get an "F" if you didn't already know this.  You can find lots of low carb and low fat stuff on ebay. Studies seem to suggest that fat consumption is an important risk factor for Diabetes. Do a web search on "diabetes eskimos".

Fiber can help reduce the absorption of glucose!  Did you know that fiber binds to the foods you eat and passes through the body undigested?  Yep, you could have about 100 fewer calories just by taking fiber daily.  A recent study found that fiber improves blood sugar hormones known to increase hunger and slow burning of fat.  That means you could help control your blood sugar by taking fiber supplents daily and perhaps loose some weight!  Do a web search of "fiber diabetes" to verify this.  Legumes (Beans and such) are a good source of fiber as well as some fruits and vegetables.  Also you can find fiber supplements on ebay!

There's sudies about adding Apple Cider vinegar to a salad before a meal seems to lower blood sugar levels.  Also, cherry extract seems to have the same affect.  Again, do a web search on "diabetes vinegar" to verify this.  So, you may want to eat a vinegar item like a sour pickle or add a little vinegarette to your salad at the start of your meal.  It could help lower your blood sugar and possibly your cholesterol!

Walnuts seem to raise the HDL-Cholesterol (that's the good cholesterol)!  Raising your good Cholesterol helps to rid you of the bad cholesterol.  Again, do a web search on "cholesterol walnuts" to verify this.  Watching your cholesterol and getting rid of the bad cholesterol is important if you have diabetes!

There appears to be a study that Curry Powder (aka: Tumeric or Curcumin) may help to reduce blood sugar levels.  Again do a web search of "curcumin diabetes" to verify this.  I've heard that mustard has Tumeric that gives it its yellow color, so eating more mustard on your food may have the same effect.  So you may want to sprinkle more Curry on all your food or eat more Thai food!

If you go all the time, then you're body is probably trying to tell you something.  When your blood sugar is high, your kidneys try to rid you of the excess sugar and so it fills your bladder!  That means you'll be thirsty all the time and you'll be going all the time.  This is quite a strain on your kidneys and can cause all sorts of problems and even kidney failure.  If you're going all the time, then check your blood sugar and get it back into normal range.  You'll not have to go so much and you may save your precious kidneys!

If you're losing weight and you don't know why, that's probably not a good thing.  If you have diabetes and you're losing weight, it may be because your sugar levels are high and your body's trying to rid you of that poison.  When you get your blood sugar levels back into control, your weight will stabalize.  Most diabetics who have their blood sugar under control actually are usually a little overweight just because it's hard to burn all the calories necessary to remain at your normal weight.  So, sadly, you should probably expect to be a tiny bit overweight rather than underweight.  If you're underweight that should be a red flag to you to get checked out.  So get your blood sugar under control and exercise to keep your body weight where it should be.

If you haven't figured it out already, diabetics take a handful of pills every day.  Get used to it.  ugg.  You may need to organize your pills by getting a nice Pill Box.

Apparently fish oil (and perhaps castor oil) help to make your insulin work better.  Again, do a web search on "fish oil diabetes" to verify this.  Of course these days you can take a little gelatin capsule and avoid the nasty fish flavor so look for fish oil supplements.  Fish oil may have other benefits too such as helping your heart.  You can find Fish Oil and Castor Oil Supplements on ebay.

Studys show that Black Tea and Green Tea may be good for lowering blood sugar because it dramatically boosts insulin activity!  Again, do a web search on "tea diabetes" to verify this.  Like sweetened tea, try using Splenda!  You can find Black Tea and Green Tea on ebay.

BBC News says that people who have diabetes should avoid Caffeine.  Do a web search on "caffeine diabetes" to verify this.  So coffee and colas may be out.  I know, it's hard to kick the coffee or cola habit.  Try drinking Black Tea or Decaffeinated coffee or colas.  There are conflicting studies on this, so for now you'll just have to figure it out for yourself!  You can find Decaffeinated drinks on ebay!  Yum!