Did you know that people with diabetes are more likely to be overweight and have high blood pressure and high cholesterol. A good percentage of overweight people are likely to have a few metabolic problems at once, this in turn can lead to other problems like heart disease. The term Cardiometabolic Risk means that if […]
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Will Exercise Lower Or Raise Your Blood Sugar Levels?
Since receiving your diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, there is no doubt you have heard about the benefit of exercise. Too little activity leads to weight gain and contributes to insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels. Your muscles store glucose and when you are inactive, glucose remains unused in your muscles and therefore no […]
Diabetes – The Number One Killer in America
There are currently about 21 million Americans who are suffering from diabetes, and there are another 41 million Americans who don’t even know they have diabetes. That’s roughly 62,000,000 people altogether, but some could argue that there are close to 200 million people in America who have diabetes. From a Biochemical perspective, when you look […]
Eating For Blood Sugar Control – The Best Health Tip Ever
If you eat in a way that causes you to have a high?blood-insulin level?throughout the day, you put yourself?at risk for most of what many doctors call the “deadly diseases of civilization”. Insulin resistance, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type two diabetes, heart disease and many of the worst forms or cancer are all DIRECTLY […]