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Entries for March, 2008

Bitter Melon Produces Sweet Results For Diabetes

We all know bitter melon as a vegetable but it is also known as a traditional Chinese medicine. Scientists recently discovered that the therapeutic properties in bitter melon can be a powerful treatment for type 2 diabetes. Researchers pulped about a ton of fresh bitter melon and extracted four very promising bioactive components. All of [...]

Diabetes Recipe: Barbecued Chicken

Ingredients barbecue sauce 1 10 3/4-ounce (301 g) can tomato puree 1/2 onion, 3 ounces (90 g) chopped fine 3 tablespoons (45 ml) French style whole-grain mustard 3 tablespoons (45 ml) fresh lemon juice sugar substitute equivalent of 2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste 1 tablespoon (15 ml) Worcestershire sauce 1 to 2 tablespoons (15 [...]

Lack of Deep Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk

US researchers said that deep, restful sleep is very important for keeping type 2 diabetes away, Research said that slim, healthy young adults who were deprived of the deepest stage of sleep known as slow-wave sleep developed insulin resistance — a trait linked to type 2 diabetes — after just three nights. The research demonstrates [...]

10 Steps to Prevent and Minimize Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes can be prevented and in some cases reversed; all you have to do is make changes in the way you live and eat.An American Epidemic Diabetes occurs when your body does not produce or properly use insulin, the hormone needed to allow glucose and other fuels to enter your cells. Currently more [...]

MI Seems to Be a Risk Factor for Diabetes

Myocardial infarction more than doubles the risk of new-onset diabetes and leads to a 15-fold increased risk of impaired fasting glucose, according to a study of more than 8,000 MI patients. During a mean follow-up of 3.2 years post-MI, 3.7% of patients developed diabetes, compared with 0.8% to 1.6% for historical cohort populations with no [...]