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We know that lifestyle factors impact blood sugar control. You might think if you’re diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you’ll always have it. However, new research suggests that losing weight soon after the diagnosis may send type 2 diabetes into permanent remission. Here’s what you need to know.
Type 2 diabetes is now at epidemic proportions and the number of people with it continues to grow. Yet, your risk of developing it is very much dependent on lifestyle. Here are eight steps you can take to lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Why eating less and exercising more isn’t always an effective way to lose weight and also learn why all calories are not created equal.
Inflammation can damage tissues and increase the risk for health problems – and diet plays a role in systemic inflammation. What about carbohydrates? Is a high-carbohydrate diet pro-inflammatory? Get the full scoop
Why are carbs more important if you exercise? There are three main reasons carbs are important if you workout. Here’s why you need them.
Adrenal fatigue is brought on by excessive chronic stress and poor dietary habits. It occurs when the endocrine system becomes overtaxed and ceases to function properly resulting in a long list of symptoms.
We all have them from time to time – those insatiable food cravings for specific foods. You could crave something salty, sweet, or fatty. Or you could crave one specific food like chocolate. Assuming that they are not brought on by emotions, cravings could be trying to tell you that you have a nutritional deficiency. Here are some of the most common cravings and what to eat to satisfy them.
Folk medicine practitioners have used herbs for centuries to treat health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Modern scientific studies only recently started investigating some of these herbs to test such claims, but the encouraging study results indicate a few herbs may be important tools in the fight against fat.
Few spices have been in use for as long as cinnamon has. Its healing virtues, however, have only recently begun to be discovered by modern science. Derived from the dried bark of a small tree that grows in Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, India and Sri Lanka, cinnamon has been a fixture in Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. Nowadays it plays an increasingly important role in the practice of alternative medicine in the west.
Feeling tired and drained of energy during the day? It could be your diet. Find out if you’re making these five dietary mistakes that can make you feel tired and sluggish.
Skipping breakfast may save you a little time, but it will do nothing positive for your health. Prepare the night before, and set your alarm a little earlier so you can make time for breakfast.
Genetics are one factor that impact a person’s risk for obesity, but genetics can be modified by environment – but it’s important to start early. Recent research shows the roots of obesity may extend all the way back to in utero and that factors like birth weight have a major influence. Find out how birth weight influences later risk for obesity and other “early” factors that affect the risk.
