Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes
I’m sure you often wonder if life with diabetes tastes sweet or bitter. The answer (usually) is bitter. But you are very wrong. In the last half century artificial sweeteners were discovered. Natural sweeteners ( other than sugar ) have also been discovered, and they are are much healthier for the body than sugar, and can be many hundreds times sweeter than this one. In the article that follows we will speak about them all, together ( natural or artificial ), without rank, and only for mentioning …

Diabetes Benefits From Olive Oil

People living with diabetes have to work hard to keep their blood sugar, also called blood glucose, levels under control. One way to do so is to eat a diet that is fairly low in carbohydrates. Because people with diabetes are also at an elevated risk of developing heart disease, they are advised to limit their intake of dietary fat.
Lately, researchers and nutritionists have been debating the best type of eating pattern for people with diabetes. Some research indicates that a diet high in monounsaturated fat …

How Does a Person Aquire Diabetes ?
Diabetes is a condition where the body, or to be precise the pancreas, loses its ability to create insulin, the chemical necessary to regulate blood sugar levels. As we take in food, a substance called glucose enters through the bloodstream, and it is insulin’s role to make sure that that glucose is carried to different parts of the body, in turn fuels us with the energy we need. Diabetes is often considered as a silent disease, much like cancer and nearly five out of …

How to Plan a Dinner Party with a Diabetic Guest
By Laura Reynolds, eHow Contributing Writer
Planning a dinner party for a group of diabetics is not too difficult. Planning a dinner for a group where no one is diabetic is not difficult. Why, then, do we panic when we have a mixed group? We end up catering to one group over another, often serving a diabetic menu to meat-and-potatoes fans. Baby Boomers, who were raised on sugared cereals, French fries and soda pop, are beginning to have to pay the piper as type …

Why Whey Protein? by: Sandy Knoll

With all of the recent negative press given to body supplements, it makes good sense to be cautions about using different nutritional supplements as a part of your body building efforts.
Whey protein has been lauded as a safe, natural and simple supplement. It’s use has become popular for those genuinely interested in good health through physical fitness and body building.
The importance of adequate protein levels in the body cannot be ignored. Since protein is used up when exercising, body builders must prevent muscle deterioration by maintaining …

What is the Glycemic Index?

Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal, in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI carbs – the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels – is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss.
The glycemic index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates …

Glucose Control – Diabetic Diet
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor has probably mentioned that you should pay careful attention to nutrition and diet as part of your treatment program. Nutrition experts say that there is no one diet for diabetes, but people with diabetes should follow the nutrition guidelines while paying special attention to carbohydrate intake. People with diabetes should also eat about the same amount of food at the same time each day to keep blood sugar levels stable.
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Managing Diabetes – Understanding the Issue
Is managing diabetes possible? The attitudes towards diabetes may range from indifference to extreme fear and agitation. Therefore, a clear understanding of the disease will help promote a proactive attitude towards its management. Simply put, diabetes is a condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood is too high because the body cannot handle it properly. This condition results from the inability of the pancreas to produce sufficient amounts of insulin. Insulin is the hormone that enables the body to properly use glucose …

How to lose weight safely and effectively
Introduction
The relationship between what you eat and exercise is a simple one. Compare yourself to the fuel tank of your car. Imagine the tank is being filled at the top. At the same time, a pipe at the bottom which leads to your engine allows the fuel to leave. Provided fuel enters and leaves at the same rate, the amount of fuel within the tank remains unchanged.