Tagged: Diabetes

Disheartening Love Handles

Disheartening Love Handles

While a beer gut may be unsightly, studies suggest tummy fat is even harder on the heart than on the eyes. The visceral (or deep) flab of a pudgy midsection hugs vital organs in...

Over-processed

Over-processed

From the drive–thru to prepackaged dinners to school lunches to even infant formula, processed foods are everywhere. And while it’s clear a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains supports health, more research...

A link between the brain and the heart

A link between the brain and the heart

Have you noticed an older friend or relative feeling a little down lately? A link between the brain and the heart may shed some light on why the elderly suffer depression. Eighty-five-year-old Margaret Hawkins...

Long-term Complications of Diabetes

Long-term Complications of Diabetes

I’ve just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. What sort of health problems might I develop in the long term? You are at increased risk of two main sets of complications: those affecting your...

How your body uses glucose

How your body uses glucose

Glucose, in carbohydrate foods, is your body’s main energy source. Without diabetes, the quantity of glucose in your blood is carefully regulated by two hormones produced by your pancreas. In Type 2 diabetes, this...

LIPID DISORDERS AND HEART DISEASE

LIPID DISORDERS AND HEART DISEASE

What is a lipid disorder? It is more than just elevated cholesterol and more than elevated LDL cholesterol. Any abnormality in lipids (fats in the blood) that would increase risk of getting coronary artery...

Weight Control Puzzle

Weight Control Puzzle

Not only is weight control difficult, it’s not even fair. We are different in genetic makeup, age, gender, physical activity, medical problems and emotional health. Heredity and Environment If members of your family are...

Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes

Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes

The findings come from Japanese investigators who tested the technique on 86 patients in the hopes of identifying the cancer in its early stages. Although the procedure failed to find the cancer before it...

Diabetes and eating out

Diabetes and eating out

If you have diabetes and eat out occasionally, as in the annual Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week which starts today, or if eating out is a way of life, the rules are the same. It means...

Diabetes and American’s Baby Boomers

Diabetes and American’s Baby Boomers

Diabetes in America is diagnosed more than twice as much to American Baby Boomers than for the same age bracket in other countries like England. Further research shows that U.S. adults ages 70-80 may...

Complications of Diabetes

Complications of Diabetes

When you have diabetes, it is vitally important to take good care of yourself. When diabetes is not carefully managed, the resulting complications can be serious, as shown by the following list. · Diabetic...

Nattokinase and Blood Pressure

Nattokinase and Blood Pressure

Natto has been used as a traditional folk medicine in Japan to treat high blood pressure, and recent studies confirm this benefit. In 1995, researchers studied the effects of nattokinase on high blood pressure...

Superfruits

Superfruits

Everyone should eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Scientific evidence reveals that fruits and vegetables, which are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytonutrients, can help prevent disease and boost...

Vitamin C and Common cold

Vitamin C and Common cold

Many claims have been made about the role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in regard to the prevention and treatment of the common cold. Since 1970, there have been over twenty double-blind studies designed...