All Entries in the "Diabetes and Metabolic" Category
High-Fat Diet May Be Good For Diabetes
For decades, doctors have been telling people with type 2 diabetes to eat a low-fat diet. Oops! That may be the reverse of what some people need to do.
Eat Slower To Slow Your Chances Of Diabetes
Many years ago, Fletcherizing your food was a widespread health fad. A food philosopher named Horace Fletcher said that if you chewed each morsel of food at least 100 times before swallowing, your health would improve. Many scoffed. But research now shows Fletcher had a point: If you chew more thoughtfully and eat more slowly, in fact, your chances of diabetes may decrease.
Licorice Root Extract Fights Diabetes
Most people recognize licorice as a candy. But this versatile plant possesses potent medicinal properties. Natural chemicals in licorice can calm the stomach and ease breathing problems.
Breakfast Prevents Diabetes
Diabetes runs rampant in the U.S., currently affecting more than 25 million Americans. A simple way to lower your risk of this health menace: Eat breakfast.
Get This Blood Test Before It’s Too Late
If you want to know what your health future looks like, you have to know how your blood sugar behaves. A persistently elevated blood sugar imbalance can sour wellness.
When Your Lipstick Contains Diabetes
Your makeup and cosmetics may seem to affect only your outward appearance, but they may be increasing your interior risk for diabetes.
Exercise Keeps Blood Sugar Down, Lowers Diabetes Risk
If you don’t exercise and hardly ever get any physical activity, your blood sugar spikes higher after a meal than in people who move more. That makes you more liable to develop diabetes.
Kids Are Developing Diabetes At A Frightening Rate
The future health of the U.S. is in peril due to a frightening rise in diabetes. Findings from the Nation’s largest study of diabetes in youth paint an alarming picture of disease on the rise among every racial and ethnic group studied.
The Bitter Truth About Sugar
The health consequences of eating too much sugar (simple carbohydrates) can be ruinous. And while you need a modicum of carbohydrates in your diet for optimal wellness, consuming them in the right proportions is a key to better health.
Celebrity Chef Designs Recipes To Die For
It’s no surprise that Paula Deen, a celebrity chef who specializes in deep-fried fattening foods, has type 2 diabetes. But instead of promoting a healthier lifestyle and healthier meals to fight her illness, she’s now marketing a diabetes drug. Her much-publicized approach to coping with diabetes reflects the kind of wrongheaded approach that has made diabetes into an epidemic that kills thousands of people every year.
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