We’re Eating Less HFCS
8/10/2010According to the USDA’s most recent report, consumption of HFCS in the U.S. has declined by 11 percent.
Read MoreBrown Rice Reduces Diabetes Risk
8/3/2010Eating two servings per week of brown rice instead of two servings of white rice will reduce your risk of...
Read MoreThe Endocrine System: The Adrenal Glands
7/26/2010Abuse of the adrenal glands has led to a worldwide dependency on stimulants (energy drinks and coffee beverages) that goes...
Read MoreThe Endocrine System: The Pancreas & Diabetes
7/12/2010As an endocrine organ, the pancreas produces two sugar regulating hormones insulin and glucagon. When the pancreas malfunctions, diabetes results.
Read MoreVitamin D and Diabetes
7/1/2010A new study indicates that lack of vitamin D may be a major factor in the development of diabetes.
Read MoreGood Carbs, Bad Carbs
5/13/2010Women who eat the most “high-glycemic” carbohydrates have more than twice the risk of heart disease compared to women who...
Read MoreQuit Smoking, Get Diabetes?
2/20/2010A new study found that quitting smoking raises your risk for diabetes, learn more about this study and the natural...
Read MoreMetformin to the Rescue
2/9/2010A new study shows that Metformin helps obese teens lose weight when combined with exercise and a healthy diet, but...
Read MoreMetformin for Weight Loss & Diabetes?
2/4/2010Is off label drug use of Metformin for weight loss in diabetic teens proving beneficial? While a 5-10 lb temporary...
Read MoreShould Diabetes Concern You?
11/13/2009As diabetes rates escalate, our medical care system will be unable to handle this global health issue. Take control of...
Read MoreDiabetes Rates Keep Escalating
11/12/2009At least 26 million Americans now are diabetic and 37 million will be by 2015. This represents a more than...
Read MoreWay Over Sugar Threshold
9/17/2009According to a new report by the AHA, Americans eat way too much sugar—an average of 22 teaspoons a person...
Read MoreBlack Tea Inhibits Diabetes
8/10/2009 Black tea contains a polysaccharide that works very much the way pharmaceutical diabetes drugs work, according to a new study...
Read MoreIntense Exercise Slashes Diabetes Risk
1/31/2009A new study has found that very short but intense bursts of exercise prevent diabetes and cardiac problems more effectively...
Read MoreHigh Fructose Corn Syrup, Oh Boy!
9/29/2008This month, the Corn Refiners Association launched a series of television ads to "make-over" the image of high-fructose corn syrup...
Read MoreWorld’s Greatest Medical Failures
7/21/2008There is great failure in health care today -- and, as a result of that failure, great pain and unnecessary...
Read MoreDepression Causes Diabetes – Diabetes Causes Depression
6/30/2008A study out of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore has shown that depressed people have a stunning, 42- percent increased risk...
Read MoreWho Says Low Blood Sugar Kills Diabetics
2/18/2008In 2005, UCLA researchers showed that advanced heart failure patients with diabetes who were treated with insulin faced a mortality...
Read MoreStomach Stapling to Cure Diabetes
2/11/2008Researchers in Australia are jumping up and down like kangaroos in excitement over new data that suggests that obesity surgery...
Read MoreThe Stevia Shibboleth
10/8/2007As long as government regulators in the US, Europe, and Canada approve aspartame, sucralose, and high fructose corn syrup as...
Read MoreAvandia, Guns for Hire
8/11/2007A study of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone ) has revealed a disturbing trend of increased heart attack risk.
Read MoreDiabetes, The Twisted Road
6/20/2007Two new studies just released on diabetes should serve as a wake up call to the powers that be; but...
Read MoreDiabetes – The Echo Effect
1/29/2007Diabetes follows multiple, mutually reinforcing paths -- an echo effect if you will, with each echo reinforcing and amplifying all...
Read MoreIn The News
9/25/2006Short commentary on nine breaking stories: Spinach, Rogue Rice, The Diabetes Pill, Autism Aging and Sperm, Intersex Fish, A New...
Read MoreDangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup
8/11/2006Overexposure of high fructose corn syrup in many foods and beverages is one of the main triggers of rising obesity...
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