Category: Medical and Science
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Diabetes Alert Dogs: How Do They Do It?
Diabetes Alert Dogs: How Do They Do It? By Jacqueline Marshall, Mar 20, 2014 Diabetes alert dogs are trained to warn diabetics when their blood sugar levels are changing, giving them time to make adjustments before it’s too late. Alert dogs learn to detect shifts in our glucose using their sense of smell. Having up to 300 million…
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Is Okra the Secret Weapon Against Diabetes?
Written by Colleen M. Story | Published on 26 August 2014 Medically Reviewed by Peggy Pletcher, MS, RD, LD, CDE on 26 August 2014 What Is Okra? If you don’t live in the warm southern climates of the United States, you may not be familiar with okra. Also called “ladies’ fingers,” it’s an annual vegetable that belongs…
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Product review: LowGICane sugar
Written byCatherine Saxelbyon Wednesday, 27 May 2009. Posted inReviews Tagged:carbohydrates,diabetes,diabetes type 2,fructose,glycemic index,low GI,reviews,sugar,sugar substitutes,sweet treats,sweetener,sweeteners,technology Sugar. We all love its soft sweetness but it’s clear we overdo its consumption. As a nation, Australia has a collective sweet tooth that sees us consuming ¾ of a kilo a week of the stuff. From soft drinks…
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Tips for a Low Salt Diet
By Sandra Kaye Williams: Read ALL food labels and stick as much as possible to less than 120mg/100g. Shop around the edges of the supermarket where possible – this is where the foods are fresh or processed as little as possible. Cook and eat fresh fruits, veggies, meat and fish wherever possible. Shellfish and…
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Prediabetes Increases Your Cancer Risk by 15%
By Dr. Mercola More than one out of three Americans aged 20 and older has prediabetes,1 a condition in which your glucose, or blood sugar, levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as full-blown diabetes. For those with prediabetes (86 million Americans in all), 15 percent to 30…
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What Ketones Are and Why All Diabetics Should Care
By Jacqueline Marshall, May 15, 2014 If glucose cannot be used for fuel, the body burns fat, creating ketones – a back-up fuel supply that keeps us going. Most of our cells can use ketones for energy, and the brain can burn ketones for about 75 percent of its fuel needs. The human body regulates ketone…
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Australian Researchers Catch Diabetes Type 1 Killer Cells in the Act, Sparking New Hope
In a world first, Australian researchers have caught deadly auto-immune cells red-handed at the crime scene in what is becoming an amazing spell of good news for science in the quest of a cure for diabetes. “It’s really extremely rare to get that sort of opportunity,” said Dr Stuart Mannering, an immunologist at St Vincent’s…
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Alcohol
Many medical professionals will tell you not to drink alcohol and this is probably good advice. However if you, are like me, enjoy the occasional drink then we need to do it responsibly. I was told that alcohol does in fact help lower sugar in the body, unfortunately most alcoholic drinks also contain a lot…
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BLACK CHICKEN
In many cultures Black Chicken has health benefits. Ingredients Yields: 6 servings 1 2 kg black chicken skinned 4 chicken carcasses 2 yellow onions 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 package dried shiitake mushrooms 1 package dried white fungus mushrooms 1/3 cup almonds 1 (6-ounce) package dried dates 1 tablespoon ginseng 1 (75 mm) piece fresh…
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Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes
Featured Research from universities, journals, and other organizations Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes in mice Date: May 8, 2014 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: New experiments on mice show that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating a gluten-free diet. According to preliminary studies by researchers,…