Archive for the ‘diabetes’ Category

By Bob Condor

Being consistent? It’s almost a lost art form these days. How many professional ballplayers play for one team their entire careers? For that matter, how many people work for just one company? Who never grows up and raises kids in their same hometowns? Which of your friends truly listens to you each time?

For anyone diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, there is a lot to be said for consistency, circa 2008 or not. A September study published …

By Bob Condor

Earlier this year, the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published a report that estimates American men are 25 percent less likely than women to visit a doctor for regular check-ups.

The first reaction here at the Daily Health Blog? That number seems low. Way too low.

Figuring most adult women see their gynecologists yearly or maybe every 18 months, it’s no exaggeration that some guys go years without stepping foot into a doctor’s office. You …

By Bob Condor

The new Barton Publishing “How to Reverse Diabetes Naturally” rightfully devotes a significant number of pages to how your diet can control and even reverse this disease. It’s a report you don’t want to miss if diabetes is a health issue for you or a loved one. There are a number of achievable action steps you can take to control not only blood sugar but your quality of life.

Click here to buy the Report.

And, happily, …

By Bob Condor

While some mainstream—OK, more than some and less than all—American doctors are still holdouts to the power of nutritional healing, it’s getting harder and harder to hold that hard line.

Case in point: A new study from Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University strongly suggests that turmeric, the spice prevalent in most curries, can prevent type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset diabetes until too many obese teens and pre-teens started developing early symptoms of the degenerative …

By Bob Condor

Spikes in your blood sugar tend to be most associated with diabetes and weight gain. But a 2008 study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition validates previous findings that not controlling blood sugar can lead to short-term memory loss. The higher your blood glucose level, the harder it is to remember facts and names.

It appears the brain is part of the sugar crash (instant energy for a while, then a mind and body freefall) …