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Diabetes: Importance of Diet and Change in Lifestyle

Like any other affliction, when one is diagnosed with diabetes, it would seem like life has ended and hope for a happy living becomes suddenly shattered. Although this is normal, life can still become the normal life one would want to have even with the presence of diabetes. There have been advances in medical and [...]

Type 1 Diabetes and How To Manage Its Complications

Diabetes is a disease a lifelong disease whose cure has not been found yet. It is one of the serious illnesses presently plaguing the society and burdening people, their loved ones, and governments. It has not been fully discovered yet what exactly causes the disease but genetics, environmental factors, and lifestyle play a vital role [...]

Symptoms of Diabetes: Warning Signs of Diabetes

Lot of times diabetes goes undiagnosed as some symptoms of diabetes are so common and appears to be harmless that we don’t pay much attention to those. Research shows that if the symptoms can be detected on time and proper treatment can be done, it is possible to avoid the complications associated with diabetes.   [...]

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 [...]

Sex: the Hidden Diabetes Casualty

People with diabetes are far more likely to suffer from sexual problems and the anxiety and frustration that come as part of the territory. But you don’t have to suffer in silence. Cialis, Viagra, and Levitra (vardenafil) are 3 major FDA approved medications that treats ED but there is no cure for this yet. “I [...]

Light activity reduces diabetes risk

HOUSEHOLD chores such as ironing and washing dirty dishes can lower the risk of diabetes by themselves, new Australian research suggests. Scientists found that very light exercise that barely affects the heart rate is vigorous enough to help control blood glucose levels. This is the first study to prove that routine daily tasks could independently [...]

Could you get diabetes?

Here are lifestyle factors that can raise your risk. No time for breakfast and too much TV time can trigger diabetes. Fitness magazine, in its April edition, reports on nine surprising diabetes risk factors. The disease affects 21 million people in the United States. Skipping breakfast increases our risk 30 percent to 50 percent, and [...]

Exercise may lower diabetes risk in older adults

Resistance training may not only help to build muscle in older people, it may also be warding off type 2 diabetes, a new study demonstrates. Thirty-six men and women in their early 60s experienced significant improvements in glucose tolerance after a 12-week resistance-training regimen, Dr. Wayne W. Campbell of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, [...]

Lifestyle Changes Effective in Protecting Against Type II Diabetes

Changing to a healthier lifestyle appears to be at least as effective as taking prescription drugs in reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, says a new BMJ study conducted by researchers in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester. Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem – in England around [...]