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Diabetes

Meal planning includes choosing healthy foods, eating the right amount of food, and eating meals at the right time. The American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetic Association developed 6 food exchange lists for the purpose of meal planni...

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Protein - Its Place In Your Weight Loss Program

Protein - Its Place In Your Weight Loss Program by: Kay BlackistonAny food that we take into our bodies is composed of macronutrients, micronutrients and water. The macronutrients (macro large) are protein, fat and carbohydrates; the micronutri...

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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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An Apple a Day, Does Keep the Doctor Away

An Apple a Day, Does Keep the Doctor Away by: Dr. John Rumberger Increasing the fiber in your diet has been shown to: reduce your cholesterol, reduce your hunger, lower your fat absorption, reduce surges in insulin levels, help with weight loss,...

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Type Two Diabetes Symptoms

SYMPTOMS Type II diabetes previously known as adult onset diabetes or non-insulin depended diabetes is really a metabolic dysfunction identified by insulin resistance by cells and reduced creation of insulin. This disorder lessens the body's ca...

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Understanding Diabetes

Understanding Diabetes by: David Chandler To manage diabetes, it helps to understand how it affects your body. In healthy people, the body turns food into glucose (blood sugar) to use for energy. Insulin, produced by the pancreas, is the hormone...

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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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How Does A Person Acquire 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 ...

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What is Diabetes?

What is Diabetes? by: Peter Lenkefi Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source...

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Diabetes Mellitus

DIABETES MELLITUS It pays to know about diabetes. Did you know that over twenty-four million Americans are diabetic, and that over five million have not been diagnosed yet? Diabetes is a major cause of medical disability and retirement, of people ha...

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