Diabetes

Why is blood sugar so important for your body? Energy. That’s right. Blood sugar provides the body with energy that your body needs to function properly. Glucose (comes from sugar) helps fuel and replenish the body so that it processes like it should. Besides giving your body energy and stabilizing it, you may ask, “Why […]

Brewer’s Yeast Brewer’s yeast is a wonder food. It is rich in traces of mineral chromium. This mineral helps the pancreas produce more insulin. It is one of the best supports for normal handling of sugar by the body. According to an article by Dr. Richard J. Doisy and others, which appeared in the Medical

Apple This popular sub-acid fruit one of the most valuable of all fruits, has been found beneficial in the treatment of diabetes of its rich pectin content. Pectin is a natural therapeutic ingredient found in the inner portion of the rind and the pulp. It aids in detoxification of the body by supplying the galacturonic

Whether you’ve been on and off diets all your life or it’s your first try, you’ve probably gotten far enough to know that weight loss and healthy eating plans are directly related. But our society sure doesn’t make it easy. Fast food and enormous portions are a part of how many of us grew up.

In 1993, the Harvard Medical School released the results of research that studied the diets of those countries bordering on the Mediterranean. Their findings suggested that fat and carbohydrates were NOT the main culprit in obesity and heart disease, but rather that the RIGHT fats and carbohydrates should be the base for a healthy diet.

I’ll start my diet on Monday. How many times have you told yourself that? Right after New Years’, I swear. Tomorrow. Are you tired of hearing yourself say the same old excuses day after day, month after month, year after year? If so, listen up! Here are five things you can do to start losing

Diabetes is a disease that can easily be managed as long as you watch your blood glucose levels. When you go to the doctor, he can do an A1c test and tell you how well or not your sugar levels have been managed over the past three months. However, you don’t want to wait every

Have you ever wondered why, even though more and more people are cutting down on fat that: 1) Heart disease rates are unchanged. People are dying in droves from heart disease. It’s still the No. 1 killer in the U.S. 2) Obesity is up. People are fatter now than ever before (up from one-fourth to

These days, it seems that you can’t open a newspaper without seeing an article about one medical study or other that warns about all of the potentially harmful consequences associated with being overweight. For example, overweight people have higher risks of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes. If you ask me, those are some pretty

The American Diabetes Association adopted the following classification in 1979. Type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Type-2, non insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus There are two other kinds of diabetes, known as gestational diabetes and secondary diabetes. There is also a special kind of diabetes in India called malnutrition related diabetes. Type-1 Insulin-Dependant Diabetes This is the most