Diabetes: Latino Kids May Develop Type 2 Diabetes Due To A High-sugar Diet
Diet is a quite important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweight Latino children show signs of beta cell decline, a precursor of type 2 diabetes because they are consuming lots of sugar...
8 Signs of a Diabetes Symptom
In a health conscious world it is easier to spot symptoms of diabetes in the early stages, which is known as pre-diabetes. Discovering and taking notice of early diabetic signs gives you a fighting chance of preventing diabetes altogether. Look out for these 8 pre-diabetes symptoms... If you have two or more of these pre-diabetes symptoms you should seriously consider getting yourself...
7 Reasons Why Smoking is Even More Hazardous for Diabetics
Are you a diabetic? Do you smoke? Do people around you smoke? We all know smoking is a direct cause of cancer but if you have diabetes. smoking - including passive smoking - leads to other health problems. Here are 7 reasons why mixing diabetes with smoking is a very bad idea: 1) You are more likely to get nerve damage (neuropathy). This...
7 Diabetes Foot Care Tips
If you have diabetes information about how to manage your condition is vital to your well being. If you don't look after your feet you run the risk of developing sores or infections that could, in the worst case scenario, lead to amputations. As happened to my father-in-law. Reduce your risk of infection or amputation by incorporating these 7 foot care tips. 1) Check...
Don’t Accept Diabetes
A short while ago, a friend came up to my office, and she told me how her father-in-law wound up in the hospital and came out with a diagnosis of Type-2 diabetes. His doctor sent him home with a booklet about watching his diet, a glucose test kit, and a bag full of syringes and insulin. She said, “His father...
What You Must Know About Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle, fat, and liver cells respond poorly to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels build up in the...
Cataracts and Blindness: What You Need to Know
The month of June is “Cataract Awareness Month” so now is an excellent opportunity to shed some light on the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Approximately 20.5 million Americans age 40 or over are afflicted with a cataract in one or both eyes. About 6 million of these people have undergone cataract surgery, which has become the most common...
Diabetes & Glaucoma Put Millions At Risk for Unexpected Blindness
Unexpected sight loss is more common than you may think. Blindness often happens without prior warning signs and in people unaware they are at risk. The two most common culprits of unexpected sight loss are diabetes and glaucoma. These diseases are known as the "sneak thieves of sight" because symptoms may not occur in the early stages. By the time...
The Food Movement You Should Be Following-“Eat Local”
If you are like most people, you are looking for a way to stay healthy and maintain a desirable weight. But you might not know all the foods you should be eating to do just that. One food movement that has evolved to help people understand the importance of healthy eating, thanks to people such as chef Alice Waters,...
6 Common Foods That Have Strong Antibiotic Properties
“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.” The aforementioned quote has been widely attributed to Hippocrates, the father of medicine. Now, we can only suppose that when he said this, he was talking about those superfoods which display antibiotic properties. Long before the use of allopathic medicines, these foods helped in preventing infections and disease...
