The Sugar Crash After Christmas — An Adaptation Twas’ the night before Christmas when all through the house Everyone was celebrating, even the mouse. ? The table was set with grandiose care, With pies, cakes and lots of sweet fare. ? After eating, the children nestled snug in their beds Dreaming of puddings, candies, and buttery corn…
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Insulin resistance is the dominant theory about the cause of Type 2 diabetes. According to this theory, for some reason, the body’s cells become “insensitive” and do not respond to the insulin hormone. This causes glucose to remain in the bloodstream rather than entering cells even when there are adequate levels of insulin in the blood.…
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We Are Becoming a Nation Of Diabetics: Re-post During this time in 2015, I was grateful to have an article published on Fox News about the increasing prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the U.S. I am re-posting this article in 2018 because the message has not changed. In 2015, there were 400 million people worldwide living with…
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Avoid The Temptation To Overeat During The Holidays Thanksgiving is a time when we come together to celebrate with our family and friends over large portions of food. It may be difficult to not overeat whether or not you have type 2 diabetes. I believe that every person has access to a wise method for…
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Type 2 Diabetes is a nutritional condition and is NOT caused by insulin resistance. Repeat. Type 2 Diabetes is a nutritional condition and is NOT caused by insulin resistance. Today, on World Diabetes Day, I want to drive this message home. It is the single most important fact for the lives of the millions of Type 2 patients…
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Teenagers With Type 2: Why No-Longer Called “Adult-Onset” Diabetes November is National Diabetes Month, a time to bring awareness to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans, including teenagers. USA Today reported in an article in 2017 that new cases of type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, increased 5% each year among young people under age…
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Trick or Treat : The Really Scary Sugar To Fear This Halloween For many, the overwhelming access to sugar is a scary fact about Halloween and all the upcoming holidays. Added sugar is especially seen as a cause of weight gain, obesity, and diabetes. A new study also links added sugar with cancer. In this…
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You Have the Power to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes without Medications You have power over your health, especially as it concerns diabetes. You do not have to give up your control to medications. Because, if you do develop high blood sugar or Type 2 diabetes, although your doctor may suggest diet modification, his main thrust…
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Why You REALLY Don’t Want To Develop Diabetes Today’s post is focused on why you really don’t want to develop diabetes. You may feel you are too young to be thinking about diabetes, but did you know that 1 in 10 people over age 20 is pre-diabetic? Or you may feel that you already have…
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8 Simple Steps to Break Unhealthy Eating Habits Feeling hungry can be more intense than any other human feeling or desire. It drives us to form behavior patterns that often lead to eating foods that make us feel happy and by overeating until we are uncomfortably full. Many people are concerned that they may not…
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