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Essential Information About Diabetes

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

It is estimated that globally the number of people suffering from the diabetes disease falls within the range of close to one hundred and fifty million excluding new infections. Health officials basing on the above indicators are now convinced that the diabetes trend now satisfies all the conditions of a full-scale epidemic and hence they [...]

D-chiro inositol in treatment of diabetes type 2

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Many people have heard about d-chiro inositol as a simply white powder or a simple compound. However, d-chiro inositol is an important component of the membranes of your cells and it is vital doing many biological processes in your body, d-chiro supports a number of essential “signaling molecules” that instruct cells how to behave. D-chiro [...]

Understanding Diabetes

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

So you or someone in your family has just been diagnose with diabetes. Maybe you or your family member has been living with diabetes for several years now. Just want to let you know I feel your pain on a personal level. A family member of mine was diagnosed five years ago with the disease.
What [...]

Diabetes - Causes and Prevention

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Diabetes mellitus (sometimes called “sugar diabetes”) is a condition that occurs when the body can’t use glucose (a type of sugar) normally. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. The levels of glucose in the blood are controlled by a hormone called insulin, which is made by the pancreas. Insulin helps [...]

Diabetes Treatment With Vitamins

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Diabetes is tagged as the silent killer disease. This is due to the fact that almost all of the patients suffering from this disease rarely know that they have it at all. Diabetes rarely exhibits symptoms. More often than not, patients would feel nothing wrong with them. There won’t be notable changes in their bodies [...]

What Doctors Don’t Tell Diabetics About LDL Numbers

Monday, March 31st, 2008

American standards of medical practice dictate that almost every diabetic will eventually be placed on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, as soon as blood tests come back with an LDL number over 100 mg/dl two times in a row. But most diabetics, and many doctors, don’t realize that standard blood tests don’t even measure LDL, they [...]

Diabetic Food Pyramid - Managing Diabetes Through Great Nutrition

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

If you’re diabetic, no one needs to tell you how important it is to eat properly. That’s why the American Diabetes Association developed a special diabetic food pyramid, just to help those of us who have special dietetic needs eat more healthfully.
First Step: Portion Control and Timing
What you eat when you have diabetes is critically [...]