30 articles on "glucose"

The Evil of Carbohydrates

(May be reprinted freely if linked to www.ExerciseCertification.com)In recent years, carbohydrates have been labeled as the nutrition ‘bad guy’ because of the increases in insulin that occurs during metabolic processes. The secretion of insulin i...

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What is the Glycemic Index

Over the last 30 years, research into food and blood glucose response has completely changed our carbohydrate classification system. It has been learned that it is impossible to predict the impact on blood glucose levels by certain foods, instead peo...

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Diabetes and its Management

Diabetes and its Management by: Sahil Mehta Diabetes and its Management Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most costly burdensome chronic diseases of our time and is condition that is increasing in epidemic population in the whole world. The compli...

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Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program

Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program  by: A.M.Sall1. What is my BMI and how do I calculate it? BMI means Body Mass Index. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 19 and less than 25 among all peo...

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Diabetes Calling For Double Trouble!

Diabetes!!!Open your eyes to the catastrophic effects of Diabetes. The mere thought of Diabetes brings so many questions and fears into our mind.Few people realize that thorough understanding and knowledge about diabetes can help tremendously in effe...

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Diabetes: Calling For Double Trouble!

Diabetes: Calling For Double Trouble! by: Jasdeep Singh Diabetes!!! Open your eyes to the catastrophic effects of Diabetes. The mere thought of Diabetes brings so many questions and fears into our mind.Few people realize that thorough understand...

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Atkins & Low-Carb - Part 4

Atkins & Low-Carb - Part 4 by: Tracie Johanson Since so many people in the United States are currently in the middle of a "carb-frenzy", this series of articles has focused on the pros and cons of the low-carb diet. Topics of discussion have bee...

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Borderline Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic - Here's Your First Line of Defense

Before you are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, you may be considered as a prediabetic. Prediabetes means that you have higher than normal blood sugar although not yet high enough to be considered as Type 2 diabetes. Being prediabetic simply means you...

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What is diabetes

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas needed to regulate glucose in the blood). The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental ...

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DiabetesWhat You Need to Know About This Hidden Danger

DiabetesWhat You Need to Know About This Hidden Danger by: Larry Denton Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose (sugar) for our bodies to burn to create energy. The pan...

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