Child’s Health Suffers Because Of Fast Food Diet
Every once in a while, I get on my soapbox about children’s health and the terrible diet of most children nowdays. As more and more people slip into a fast food diet, the children...
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What to know before jumping on the vitamin bandwagon
Research has demonstrated that vitamins support general good health, recovery from illness and surgery and reduce the symptoms of chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. But vitamins are not a replacement for healthy...
Disheartening Love Handles
While a beer gut may be unsightly, studies suggest tummy fat is even harder on the heart than on the eyes. The visceral (or deep) flab of a pudgy midsection hugs vital organs in...
Over-processed
From the drive–thru to prepackaged dinners to school lunches to even infant formula, processed foods are everywhere. And while it’s clear a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains supports health, more research...
A link between the brain and the heart
Have you noticed an older friend or relative feeling a little down lately? A link between the brain and the heart may shed some light on why the elderly suffer depression. Eighty-five-year-old Margaret Hawkins...
Health conditions for baby boomers and how to prevent and/or treat them
OSTEOPOROSIS: Despite the high level of physical fitness among baby boomers, an alarming number are afflicted with osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says 44 million American men and women aged 50 and older have...
Doctor explains the importance for high-risk people to screen for liver cancer
What motivated you to do this study on liver cancer? Dr. Thuluvath: Liver cancer is increasing in this country because of what we call the silent epidemic of hepatitis C. It is also due...
Long-term Complications of Diabetes
I’ve just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. What sort of health problems might I develop in the long term? You are at increased risk of two main sets of complications: those affecting your...
How your body uses glucose
Glucose, in carbohydrate foods, is your body’s main energy source. Without diabetes, the quantity of glucose in your blood is carefully regulated by two hormones produced by your pancreas. In Type 2 diabetes, this...
LIPID DISORDERS AND HEART DISEASE
What is a lipid disorder? It is more than just elevated cholesterol and more than elevated LDL cholesterol. Any abnormality in lipids (fats in the blood) that would increase risk of getting coronary artery...
Weight Control Puzzle
Not only is weight control difficult, it’s not even fair. We are different in genetic makeup, age, gender, physical activity, medical problems and emotional health. Heredity and Environment If members of your family are...
Metabolic syndrome risk factors that increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes
Metabolic syndrome is really a clustering of risk factors that makes up the syndrome, like a high waist circumference. When you carry the weight around your waist, it puts you at higher risk of...
Pancreatic Cancer and Diabetes
The findings come from Japanese investigators who tested the technique on 86 patients in the hopes of identifying the cancer in its early stages. Although the procedure failed to find the cancer before it...
Diabetes and eating out
If you have diabetes and eat out occasionally, as in the annual Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week which starts today, or if eating out is a way of life, the rules are the same. It means...
Diabetes and American’s Baby Boomers
Diabetes in America is diagnosed more than twice as much to American Baby Boomers than for the same age bracket in other countries like England. Further research shows that U.S. adults ages 70-80 may...
Complications of Diabetes
When you have diabetes, it is vitally important to take good care of yourself. When diabetes is not carefully managed, the resulting complications can be serious, as shown by the following list. · Diabetic...
Nattokinase and Blood Pressure
Natto has been used as a traditional folk medicine in Japan to treat high blood pressure, and recent studies confirm this benefit. In 1995, researchers studied the effects of nattokinase on high blood pressure...
Turmeric, Blood Sugar and Diabetes
Diabetes is becoming an epidemic in the United States – the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reports that 23.6 million American (nearly 8 percent of the population) had diabetes in...
Superfruits
Everyone should eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Scientific evidence reveals that fruits and vegetables, which are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytonutrients, can help prevent disease and boost...
Blood Sugar and Metabolic Syndrome
High blood pressure. High blood sugar. Unhealthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Excess abdominal (belly) fat. If you were to look into a crowd of Americans, say, at a football game or large concert, and...
Vitamin C and Common cold
Many claims have been made about the role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in regard to the prevention and treatment of the common cold. Since 1970, there have been over twenty double-blind studies designed...