Maybe We’ve Had Enough Awareness
What is there to say about “Diabetes Awareness:? Everyone is aware. You know it is there, and you also know that it is a health hazard. But that’s the problem actually. If you know all about something and it never seems to change, year after year, being “aware” of...
Ask Will: Is it okay to eat over one’s daily recommended sugar intake if the calories are coming from fruit?
Hello,Is it okay to eat over one’s daily recommended sugar intake if the calories are coming from fruit?Thank you!ChelseaFollow @willclowerHi Chelsea! In one sense, the source of sugar doesn’t matterAll sugar, regardless of the source — whether it’s from a grossly over-sweetened faux food or from a perfectly healthy...
Diabetes Research Focuses Heavily On Treatments, Not Prevention, Study Finds
Diabetes prevention strategies. Check out the things in this article associated with diabetes prevention — like, cheese, nuts, wine, a walk. Sounds a lot like the Mediterranean dietary approach. Interesting, too, that those who live a lifestyle close to this pattern tend, statistically, to have a reduced risk of...
Defeating Diabetes is Easy. You just have to look like this guy.
How hard could it be, right? A new study just out in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism says that more muscle = more control over your Type 2 diabetes. Not eat well … not be more active … not avoid Ho Hos and you’re intravenous Mountain Dew addiction. Just add muscle...
Mediterranean Diet Lowers Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Try the “blood type” theory or the “low carb” theory or the “eat every three hours” theory or the “food combining” theory … and hope hope hope that it will turn out to work! Good luck with that. Alternatively, you could just do what healthy people do. If you do...
Were They Wrong About Whole-Fat Dairy? Study: May Lower Diabetes Risk
The short answer is … yes. And I’m going to talk about how this little research finding relates to our Culture of Health. Why were we so confused for so long about so much? Because we rely on a source of knowledge that is inherently unstable: research science. Knowledge...
We CAN avoid a diabetes disaster by 2020
I don’t believe it. The report says that “Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020.” I refuse to accept this. I do not believe we must surrender to the incoming wave of obesity, diabetes, and the parade of health problems that follow them. (Please share this article with your friends.)....
Taking Avandia Diabetes Drug? Feeling Lucky?
Feeling lucky? An analysis of 56 clinical trials found that the diabetes drug Avandia increased the chances of a heart attack by between 28 — 39 percent!! So, roll your dice, you diabetics. Ask your doctor is increased risk of heart attack is for you. Remember, this study was...
The Bad Boys of the Meat Counter
It’s not meat, per se, that makes meat bad for you … it’s the crap they put in them to extend the shelf life. Beef … fine. Pork … fine. Lamb … fine. But you might want to think about cutting down on your Slim Jim fetish. “Processed meats...
Study: Soy Supplements Don’t Help
The findings are reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Theory suggests that soy proteins and soy isoflavones may help control blood sugar levels. But in practice, soy supplements don’t help control blood sugar. Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study| ReutersFor more information: Click here to...
Mad Scientists and Prevention
On my radio show yesterday, the representative from the physicians group agreed … we need a system that supports wellness, not sickness. Here is my Podcast on it, but the bottom line is that you and I must make our own changes to prevent our having to use the...
Keep Your Testosterone Up
“Macho macho man … I want to be, a macho man”. Those of you as ancient as I am, recognize this funny song of the 70’s. It turns out that keeping your macho nature in tact, by preventing plumetting testosterone levels, can be affected by your food. Of course,...