Type 2 Diabetes – Long-Term Stress Can Lead to Depression
Type 2 Diabetes – Long-Term Stress Can Lead to Depression
Finding out you have Type 2 diabetes can be frightening. In fact, it can easily stress you out as you worry about all the changes you will have to make in your lifestyle. Chances are you learned management needs to concentrate on diet, exercise, medication, and checking your blood sugar. Certainly these are four essential aspects of effectively controlling diabetes. Another equally significant factor in managing your blood sugar, is controlling your stress level.
Unfortunately, a common reaction to receiving a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, is depression. Oftentimes, the depression …
Diabetes Type 2 – The Lifestyle Diabetes
Diabetes Type 2 – The Lifestyle Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes, also known as lifestyle diabetes, mature onset diabetes or diabetes mellitus is an insidious condition afflicting increasing numbers of people worldwide. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas either cannot produce sufficient insulin or more commonly the body becomes resistant to insulin (due to excessive production).
Insulin is a vital component to a healthy body as its primary function is the delivery of nutrients to cells. Unfortunately, however, when we produce too much insulin due to our diet of highly processed and sugar filled carbohydrates, many things start to go wrong.…
Is Diabetes Weight Gain Normal?
Is Diabetes Weight Gain Normal?
For those people who deal with being diabetic, it is normal to put on a few pounds because of insulin therapy. In most cases, it will be about two or three pounds when the insulin begins controlling the blood’s glucose levels. In women, the gaining of weight is more noticeable than it is with men. Of course, it is still hard to determine whether a person is gaining weight because of the disease itself or any of the medications that you might be taking to treat the symptoms caused by it.
During insulin therapy, it …
Foods to Avoid High Cholesterol – What You Need to Know
Foods to Avoid High Cholesterol – What You Need to Know
When it comes down to choosing foods to avoid high cholesterol, you need to be aware of some of the misinformation that is out there. Most often when we think about high cholesterol then our first thought is that we need to totally eliminate the foods that cause it from our lives, the fact is that we do need some of it in our blood for our bodies to function properly and also while we can skip certain foods to avoid high cholesterol, diet only plays a small part …
Weight Gain Diseases
Weight Gain Diseases
Weight gain affects cholesterol levels in the body, and other aspects associated with cholesterol. Your cholesterol level is made up of three different types of cholesterol:
LDL…”bad” cholesterol
VLDL…a mixture of cholesterol and triglycerides
HDL…”good” cholesterol
Each type of cholesterol has a unique good heart health, the goal is to lower LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, since LDL is a factor to heart disease and HDL helps protect the heart. Weight gain diseases create problems by elevating LDL levels and lowering HDL levels. It also increases triglycerides, which is another type of fat in the blood. …
Heal Naturally Using Food – Start With The Humble Apple (Organic Of Course)
Heal Naturally Using Food – Start With The Humble Apple (Organic Of Course)
7 Reasons To Eat Organic Apples
We’ve always known how ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’. But why is that? And is eating organic apples really much better for you?
1. Apples, including the skins, are one of a very few foods which have been shown to reduce cancer risk. Gallus S et al (2005) indicated that eating an apple a day or more was linked to a reduced incidence for different cancers including oral, larynx, esophageal, breast, ovary, prostate and colorectal.
2. Obesity and …
Are There Natural Alternatives to High Cholesterol Medications?
Are There Natural Alternatives to High Cholesterol Medications?
Living a healthier and happier life can be achieved when you are willing to make some small sacrifices. You know you are on your way to a healthier life and lower cholesterol when you are eating only egg whites or skinless chicken breast instead of the usual suspects of beef burgers and hot chilidogs. You will also be exercising regularly, instead of spending all your time munching on unhealthy snacks. But what happens when it comes to finally make that visit the doctor for a cholesterol check up and you find that …
Basic Facts About Type One Diabetes
Basic Facts About Type One Diabetes
Diabetes is scientifically known as diabetes mellitus (DM). There are several information about diabetes that people get confused about, which are facts and which are myths? Here are some basic facts you should know about diabetes mellitus:
The cause of diabetes mellitus
In a nutshell, diabetes is caused by the insufficiency of insulin in the body. Pancreatectomy (surgical removal of the pancreas) and other endocrine dysfunction can cause insufficiency of insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreatic glands, which is responsible in lowering glucose levels in the blood stream.
Clinical symptoms Diabetes …
11 Key Facts You Must Read To Reduce Cholesterol
11 Key Facts You Must Read To Reduce Cholesterol
There are two main types of cholesterol: High Density Lipoproteins (HDL), known as good cholesterol and Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL), this is known as bad cholesterol.
LDL is the type of cholesterol that will attach itself to the walls of your arteries as plaque and can cause serious consequences to your health, notably the health of you heart.
HDL helps the body rid itself of LDL. It actively carries the bad LDL away from the walls of the arteries and transports it back to the liver.
You also possess what is …
Got Diabetes? Time to Get Moving!
Got Diabetes? Time to Get Moving!
We’ve all heard about the benefits of exercise when you have diabetes. But, how much is enough, and what type is best? These are frequent questions from patients who are trying to manage their blood sugar.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends daily exercise. This can be difficult for many people to work into their schedule! But it’s important because increased movement helps burn more glucose, reduces the amount of insulin or oral medication needed, maintains a healthy weight, lowers blood pressure, builds stronger bones and helps to manage stress..
Two types of exercise …