Diabetes and Obesity: Twin Epidemics

Diabetes and Obesity: Twin Epidemics

An article published 7 years ago in the Harvard Gazette details how diabetes and obesity are parallel epidemics. Medications for diabetes lead to obesity. Obesity leads to diabetes. Studies have been going on “for decades” but no one was taking them...
Reading Food Labels

Reading Food Labels

Reading Food Labels Reading food labels is one of the most effective ways of determining the right kind of food to buy in the supermarket. It lets you make sensible food selections. The food label includes valuable information, especially to a diabetic. Admittedly,...
Obesity and Diabetes:  Know the connection!

Obesity and Diabetes: Know the connection!

People with diabetes have higher than normal blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels. The digestive tract breaks down carbohydrates, sugars, and starches found in many foods, into glucose, a form of sugar that enters the bloodstream. The pancreas, through insulin,...
Adding to Weight Loss Confusion

Adding to Weight Loss Confusion

I just read an article that proclaimed scientists have discovered “something” in the blood of overweight people that isn’t there for those who are not overweight.  Apparently, it prevents overweight people from ever losing weight “even when they do everything right.” ...
Is Hype Stealing Your Progress?

Is Hype Stealing Your Progress?

Trying to reboot your health?  Not making the progress you expected? If you’re going by all the hype from ads, you’ve been set up to fail! Let’s look at a couple of reasons that might be frustrating you and how to change that. If you already have a plan, and you’re...