Category Archives: Hyperinsulinemia

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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Intermittent, Low-Carbohydrate Diets More Successful Than Standard Dieting

An intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet was superior to a standard, daily calorie-restricted diet for reducing weight and lowering blood levels of insulin. Continue reading

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The Roller Coaster or the Rolling Plains

The SAD may be more fun to eat because that is what we have trained our bodies and taste buds to enjoy – even crave – but the roller coaster highs and lows can be detrimental to our health. They can be downright dangerous. Continue reading

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Intermittent Fasting is a Key Strategy for Anti-Aging and Longevity

Intermittent fasting reduces oxidative stress, enhances cellular repair processes and appears to be a key strategy for anti-aging and longevity. 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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Benefits of Nut Consumption for Obesity, High Blood Sugar, High Blood Pressure

Researchers have uncovered a critical link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin in the bodies of patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS), who are at high risk for heart disease. Continue reading

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Excursions in Blood Glucose

Dr Rosedale writes: All sugars, and foods that convert into sugar will have a detrimental effect. Therefore the fewer non-fiber carbohydrates a person eats, the better. The difference should be made up by consuming more beneficial fats & oils. Continue reading

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Gemnema Sylvestre may Help Treat Type I Diabetes

Most natural approaches to diabetes treatment focus on Type 2 because it is easier to manage or even reverse. But does that mean that there are no answers for Type 1 diabetics? Gymnema Sylvestre may be the answer for some Type 1 diabetics Continue reading

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Common Link Suggested Between Autism & Diabetes: Hyperinsulinemia

A review of the genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with autism reveals a possible link between the widely diagnosed neurological disorder and Type 2 diabetes, another medical disorder on the rise in recent decades. 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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Are We Harming Our Children?

People occasionally tell us that they are concerned we are harming our children by changing their diet. Unfortunately, the same people are not usually interested in hearing about the research and care we have put into the changes we have made. Continue reading

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Diabetes and Cancer: A Shared Biological Basis

Contrary to what you might think, cancer and diabetes appear to have some biology in common. A pathway that initially drew attention for its role in embryonic stem cells and cancer also influences the odds that mice develop or resist diabetes. Continue reading

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Milk Thistle Provides a Protective Shield to the Liver, Heart and Brain

The liver serves more than 300 functions in the body. It detoxifies the boody and it promotes metabolic function. Silymarin is commonly known as milk thistle, and new science is emerging to validate the healing potential of this powerful plant Continue reading

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How Fatty Diets Cause Diabetes – A Very Bad Title

Does this study – or rodent research in general – have much relevance for humans? The answer is an equivocal “yes and no.”
Be sure to read the detailed comments found after the study summary Continue reading

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More Muscle Mass Knocks Out Insulin Resistance and Prediabetes

every 10% increase in the ratio of skeletal muscle mass to total body weight was associated with an 11% reduction in risk of insulin resistance and a 12% drop in risk of transitional, prediabetes, or overt diabetes. Continue reading

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A Grim Reminder of What We Are Fighting For

Matthew Calderon, a basketball-loving 10th-grader at Fort Lee High School, died of complications of Type 1 diabetes Saturday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 16. Continue reading

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