Tag ‘Blood sugar’
The Importance of Weight Loss to Type 2 Diabetes
Guest Blog Article By William Richards There are numerous health benefits to losing weight. Eating a nutritious diet and exercising regularly can prevent and reduce a number of health problems, including symptoms of type 2 diabetes, brought on by excess pounds. Shedding pounds can lower your blood sugar, help you use insulin more efficiently and more
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Last week, I published a rant about the EpiPen ad that was dangerous for food allergy families and misleading to the public about the true dangers of food allergies. The ad was real, and my remarks about EpiPens were 100% truthful. I like to add some impact to my rants and stories by using comparative more
Diabetes 101: A Primer and Guest Post
The following is a guest post submitted by Moira McCarthy, Diabetes Advocate. Years and years ago I was at one of my daughter’s favorite local playgrounds; the one the abuts the beach. (It had to be a long time ago; that daughter is now almost 21. And though she is begging us not to take more
Staying Healthy: Don’t Add Diabetes to Your Depression
If you suffer from depression you’ve got a lot on your plate. And strong evidence suggests that what you’re putting on that plate—along with other depression-related factors—can put you at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes. But before you get even more depressed, you’ll be glad to know that by adopting certain healthy habits more
Trick-or-Treating with Food Allergies – The Tooth Fairy Saves Halloween!
Holidays are ridiculously hard for families with food allergies. Most Halloween candies contain or may contain peanuts and tree nuts. Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts almost always contain wheat, gluten, dairy and eggs. You can basically forget accepting an invitation to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. Many food allergy families have come up with unique more
Always Sick and Tired – Why am I always sick?
Image by obo-bobolina via Flickr The above is the point of this blog, and today, I may have made a very good first step in answering the burning question, “Why am I always sick?” Lately, it’s been chronic fatigue and mood swings. Of course, stress and tiredness lend themselves to a host of other problems, more
Doctor’s Orders
I finally went to the doctor yesterday. I was surprised at how emotional I felt as I was trying to talk to the doctor about my symptoms: chronic fatigue, mood swings, dizzy spells, feeling light headed, headaches, depression… I had to hold back tears, but was successful. I didn’t want to get all crazy emotional. more
Is Diabetes Curable?
I have always known I had problems with sugar. Too much sugar, and I’m out cold, unless there’s caffeine with it. Sugar makes me feel tired; too much sugar makes me feel drunk, especially if I haven’t eaten in awhile, or at least not had protein for breakfast. Image via Wikipedia Lately, it’s gotten worse, more
