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Health News: Diabetes Exacerbates Symptoms in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
September 1st, 2012Hypertension and diabetes are known risk factors for retinal microvascular damage. However, the combined effects of diabetes with early and established stages of hypertension on retinal microvascular degeneration remain incompletely understood.
Health News: Cinnamon Improves Blood-Sugar Control for Diabetics
September 1st, 2012The number of people affected by diabetes in the European Union (EU) 25 is projected to increase to 26 million by 2030, up from the 19 million currently, according to the 2005-2007 American Diabetes Association figures. In the US, the numbers are more startling. About 24 million people in the US live with diabetes, which is about eight percent of the population.
The Sweetness of Life
July 1st, 2012Part of truly appreciating our human experience is enjoying the sweetness of life—a perfectly ripe peach, a fresh slice of homemade bread, or a scoop of chocolate ice cream. However, at a time when we have access to the world’s rich variety of sweet delicacies more than ever before, the number of people with difficulties metabolizing sugar in their bloodstream soars.
A Mind-Body Approach to DiabetesHealth News: A Metabolic Factor That May Help Diabetes Treatment
July 1st, 2012Humans are designed to hunger for fat—packing it on in times of feast and burning it during periods of famine. Fortunately for humans in developed countries (but not for their health), famine rarely strikes, hence the burgeoning epidemic of diabetes, heart disease, and other weight-related problems.
The Best Diet for Optimal Health
March 1st, 2012There is much wisdom in the old saying “You are what you eat,” and doctors and dietitians alike will tell you that good health starts with a good diet. To help make eating well as simple as possible, we teamed up with four nutrition specialists to create an easy-to-follow diet plan that’s good for everyone.
Forget the fads. This plan is all you need to reach your ideal weight--and maintain it.
Diabesity
March 1st, 2012One of every two of you have a deadly disease that’s making you fat, sick, and will eventually kill you—and 90 percent of you don’t even know you have it. What’s worse is that your doctors are not trained to find it, and most don’t even look for it. This problem will cost us $3.5 trillion over the next ten years. It is bankrupting our economy.
Why You Are Sick and Fat, and What to Do About It
Curing Type 2 Diabetes with Food
November 1st, 2011Is the concept of curing type 2 diabetes through diet really such a strange notion? After all, diet was one of the key contributors that got you into this situation in the first place.
Break down the barriers that prevent you from reclaiming your healh and your life.
This Is Your Wake Up Call
October 28th, 2011Not so long ago, you either had high blood pressure or you didn’t. Your blood pressure could even flirt with the high normal range without anyone getting overly worked up about it. The same held true for elevated-but-still-normal blood sugar levels.
Precursors to hypertension, diabetes, and osteoporosis don’t have to turn into full-blown disease.Rising to the Challenge
October 28th, 2011Diabetes used to be a fixed sentence: If you had type-1 you faced a lifetime of insulin injections, innumerable health problems, and the prospect of an early death; type-2 simply arrived with old age, along with arthritis and high blood pressure. These days, children as young as 6 have type-2 and many seniors face diabetes-related dementia.
Tea Treatment
October 5th, 2011A meta-analysis of several studies has concluded that green and oolong tea can help prevent diabetes and aid in managing type 1 and 2 diabetes.
People who drank more than four cups of green tea per day had a 20-percent lower risk of developing diabetes than people who did not drink four cups of tea.
