What Is The Mediterranean Diet?
In 1993, the Harvard Medical School released the results of research that studied the diets of those countries bordering on the Mediterranean. Their findings suggested that fat and carbohydrates were NOT the main culprit in obesity and heart disease, but rather that the RIGHT fats and carbohydrates should be the base for a healthy diet. The study pointed... more
Pre-Diabetes – Discover how to prevent it developing into type 2 diabetes
Pre-diabetes means you probably have higher than normal blood-sugar levels but, fortunately, not high enough to be classed as being diabetic. However it does mean that you are susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease if you do nothing about it. Unfortunately, more often than not, there are no physical symptoms to warn you if you are... more
Type 2 Diabetes: How To Step It Up To Get It Down
If you or a loved one has type 2 diabetes, you’re not alone. More than 18 million Americans have type 2 diabetes. For many people with type 2 diabetes, controlling blood sugar is a struggle every day. In fact, a report issued last year by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) showed that two out of three Americans with... more
Diabetes Today – the Disturbing Truth
Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease. Since 1987 the death rate has increased 45 percent. In 2002; diabetes claimed an astonishing 224,092 lives in the United States alone. It is believed that the number was actually higher since most deaths of the elderly had multiple chronic conditions associated with their death including diabetes. Many people... more
Diabetes Epidemic because of self-inflicted Obesity
One of the greatest contributors to the type 2 diabetes epidemic is reckoned to be obesity brought on by our modern lifestyles. Are you eating yourself into diabetes type 2? Check if you have these 4 eating habits that could contribute to obesity and possibly make you part of the type 2 diabetes epidemic… 1) Unconscious eating… No,... more
What Is the Body Mass Index?
The BMI (Body Mass Index) has become a useful tool in managing weight and body fat percentage in the last 20 years. Calculating it requires only simple arithmetic and can be performed by anyone. It’s important because it provides an objective measurement that, combined with the appropriate scale for age and body type, helps someone manage their... more
Diabetes mellitus type 2 – symptoms, causes and treatment
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the Islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to glycogen, a kind of starch, and then store the glycogen. By need the body cells convert the glycogen... more
Type II Diabetes (Lifestyle Diabetes)
Type 2 diabetes, otherwise known as lifestyle diabetes or mature onset diabetes is much more common than Type I. In Type 2 diabetes the pancreas either does not produce adequate levels of insulin or the body becomes resistant to its own insulin. Type I diabetes, also known as adolescent diabetes, differs from Type 2 in that the body stops producing... more
