Category Archives: Poor-Diet

Weight Loss Improves Beta Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes

Beta cell function can improve after just 12 weeks of weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes. Continue reading

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Sodas – a Tempting Tax Target

It’s certainly true that a soda tax, by itself, won’t solve the multibillion-dollar obesity problem. A true Pigovian approach would be much broader. It would get rid of the current government subsidies for corn syrup. It would use taxes and subsidies to reverse the long-term decline in the price of junk food and the long-term rise in the price of fruits and vegetables. Continue reading

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Study Helps Clarify Link between High-Fat Diet and Type 2 Diabetes

New research finds that saturated fatty acids but not the unsaturated type can activate immune cells to produce an inflammatory protein, called interleukin-1beta. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Brain Food – How to Eat Smart

Whether you are seeking brain food for exams or just want to be at your sharpest every day, here are five things you should know about feeding your brain Continue reading

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U.S. Population On Track to Getting Even Fatter

In 2020, the vast majority of adults in America will be overweight or obese and more than half will suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetic conditions, according to projections presented by Northwestern Medicine researchers. Continue reading

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Fiber Use in Teens Lowers Heart and Diabetes Risks

Teenagers who eat a lot of fiber-rich foods, such as vegetables and whole grains, are less likely to have risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. Other studies have shown that whole grains are not much better for you than processed grains Continue reading

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Eating Fish Can Reduce the Risk of Diabetes

Eating lots of cured meats is associated with greater weight gain and a higher obesity rate. The consumption of fish is linked to lower glucose concentrations and a smaller risk of developing diabetes. Continue reading

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Consumption of White Food & Flour Products Linked to Diabetes

For many people the emphasis seems to be on eating foods which look appealing. Unfortunately, these snow white and visually appealing foods come with a hefty price tag when measured in terms of your health and wellbeing Continue reading

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Predisposition Does Not Equal Predestination

We have been led to believe that diabetes is a genetic disorder. What is usually left unsaid is that our genes are affected by our environment. Our genetic code itself may not change, but the way those genes are expressed is highly influenced by the world around us. Continue reading

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Study Confirms Benefits of Tanning, Sun Exposure for the Production of Health-promoting Vitamin D

A new study out of Oslo University Hospital (OUH) in Norway confirms that regular exposure to moderate levels of sunlight promotes good health through the healthy production of vitamin D in the body. Continue reading

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How Important are Carbohydrates?

Carbohydrates are the single most important food for long-term health and well-being. I don’t mean over-processed, refined, sugary foods, such as donuts, bread, bagels, muffins, colas, juices, and junk food. Here is what I am talking about Continue reading

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Omega-3 Halves Type I Diabetes Risk in 1,770 High Risk Children

A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids cuts in half kids’ risk of developing type I diabetes, according to JAMA study. “This is the first study to show exciting evidence that it may be feasible to have a nutritional intervention against the disease.” Continue reading

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Feed Your Genes: How Our Genes Respond to the Foods We Eat

What should we eat? What if you could answer this question at a molecular level? What if you could find out how our genes respond to the foods we eat, and what this does to the cellular processes that make us healthy — or not? Continue reading

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Eating Green Veggies Improves Immune Defenses

It turns out that green vegetables – from bok choy to broccoli – are the source of a chemical signal that is important to a fully functioning immune system. They do this by ensuring that immune cells in the gut and the skin function properly. Continue reading

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Intestinal Stem Cells Respond to Food by Supersizing the Gut

A study from University of California, Berkeley, researchers demonstrates that adult stem cells can reshape our organs in response to changes in the body and the environment, a finding that could have implications for diabetes and obesity. Continue reading

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Drinking Less than 17 Ounces of Water a Day Can Impact Blood Sugars

Adults who drank only half a liter of water or less each day were more likely to develop blood sugar levels in the pre-diabetes range. But whether simply drinking water will cut your risk of blood sugar problems is still up in the air. Continue reading

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Ron Rosedale – Neurodegenerative Disease, Hormones and Diet

Dr Ron Rosedale is an internationally known expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine. Very few physicians have had such consistent success in helping diabetics to eliminate or reduce their need for insulin. Continue reading

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Life is a Do-Over – Research Summary

Many health conditions are preventable by living a healthy lifestyle. You cannot control your genetic makeup, age, or gender. But by controlling your health, you can lower your risk of future disease & help manage & fight already formed disease Continue reading

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Diabetes Mystery: Why Are Type 1 Cases Surging?

For reasons that are completely mysterious, the incidence of type 1 diabetes has been increasing at rates that range from 3 to 5 percent a year. This illness has the potential to disable or kill people so much earlier in their lives. Continue reading

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New Study: Vegetarian Diet Reduces Risk of Serious Disease Considerably

the frequency and the cost of many illnesses, including obesity, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, can be considerably reduced just by switching to a whole food, nutrient dense, plant-based diet that doesn’t include meat or dairy. Sometimes, the diseases were reversed just with these diet changes too. Continue reading

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