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• Special Report - Top Ten Mistakes Diabetics Make with Food IS YOUR DIET KILLING YOU? Have you ever wondered why you feel so poorly all the time? Are you ready to make lifestyle changes …but you are unsure where to begin? Whether you have Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes, equipped with the proper information you will be able to make well-informed decisions for your health.
• Special Report: Alkalizing Your Body for Better PH Balance An impressive balancing act that occurs in the body is the creation of acid by metabolic processes, countered by the neutralization of acid by alkaline buffers. You can impact your body’s pH balance, and your long term health, by changing your diet and lifestyle.
• What are Normal Blood Sugars? What are Antibody Tests? Please tell me what the numbers are for normal BS levels in your country. In Canada we use a different scale and would like to compare the two. I am also curious to know about the antibody tests that seem to be standard practice down there and not in Canada.
• Natural Remedies for the Dawn Phenomenon If you check your blood sugar first thing in the morning after fasting all night and it is significantly higher than when you went to bed, you are probably experiencing what is known as the "dawn phenomenon." This is also known as the "dawn effect" and it is one of the most difficult challenges diabetics face.
• Defining a Practical Cure for Type 1 Diabetes Many people have asked us why we do not use the “cure” word with our two boys. We have always been reluctant to use this term because it can mean different things to each individual. In fact, it means different things to healthcare professionals and organizations too!
• The Cow-Milk Connection to Type 1 Diabetes The evidence incriminating cow-milk consumption in the cause of type 1 diabetes is sufficient to cause the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue this warning, "Early exposure of infants to cow's milk protein may be an important factor in the initiation of the beta cell destructive process in some individuals."
• The Doctor Is In: The Dawn Phenomenon There are several biochemical reasons why the dawn phenomenon occurs and I’ll discuss those and then give a couple of ideas of how to weaken the dawn phenomenon effect.
• Partnering With Commercial Enterprise - the Myth of Finding a Cure The JDCA believes the notion that charities partnering with commercial enterprises will lead to a cure is a myth. It likely will take a grass roots effort for results-oriented lifestyle changes to be embraced by standard care since there is little money to be made by commercial enterprises.
• Wheat Belly: On the Evils of Wheat In Wheat Belly, Dr William Davis exposes the harmful effects of what is actually a product of genetic tinkering & agribusiness being sold to the American public as “wheat.” He provides readers with a, step-by-step plan to navigate a wheat-free lifestyle.
• Why Equal A1c Results Can be Very Different The A1c has been considered the clinical standard for determining overall glycemic control. However, A1C does not expose day-to-day and intra-day blood glucose (BG) fluctuations. This reveals that HbA1c results by themselves can be misleading
• Interview with Dan and Sally Roman Recently, Sysy Morales, founder and editor of The Girls Guide to Diabetes blog, interviewed us and posed some tough questions, but graciously provided us the opportunity to answer them. She posted the interview on her web site, which we encourage you to read
• Root Causes of Autoimmune Illness, Natural Ways to Prevent & Reverse Them With type one diabetes It is great and necessary to focus on managing symptoms. However, we believe it is also important to address root causes of autoimmune disease and eliminate what caused insult to the body’s delicate but resilient balance.
• Ketogenic Diet for Remission in Type 1 Diabetes In some cases of type 1 diabetes, the immune system only partially destroys beta cells. These people may regain their ability to produce insulin and later go into remission. The ketogenic diet looks particularly promising as a way to control blood sugar levels, hence also the condition itself, in these cases.