For parents of children with diabetes, school supplies and rectified bedtimes are the least of their worries. Having diabetes forces you to have extra things to consider, in the case of your child: How do I make sure my child is adequately prepared for school? Will my child be able to receive care for their […]
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Are Eggs Good or Bad for Diabetes?
To Egg or Not to Egg Have you ever tried a farm-fresh free range egg from a happy chicken? Never mind how to determine if a chicken is happy, the point is that these eggs are quite different from store-bought eggs. If they are free-range eggs, it is likely that the shells are a bit […]
Amazing Benefits of Mangoes for Diabetes
Just the thought of mangoes may elicit images of tropical beaches, palm trees, ocean waves gently covering the sandy beach…eating mangoes by the ocean with cool ocean breezes wafting over you… Mangos are the fruit of the mango tree—and it brings images of a tropical island because it is a tropical fruit. Mangos are actually […]
Does Drinking Coffee Help with Diabetes?
Do you feel you need that cup of coffee in the morning to get yourself fully awake? Do you find you need that cup of coffee to keep going later on during the day? These are two different sets of “needs” and may reflect different “issues”. The History of Coffee Coffee—made from the (usually) roasted […]
Coconuts, Coconut Milk, Coconut Oil and Diabetes
Coconut oil has been called a “superfood” with positive effects on heart and brain health, weight loss (especially abdominal fat) and a whole host and anti-inflammatory effects. But is coconut oil really a superfood? Or is it just the newest fad out there on the internet? Coconuts Coconuts have traditionally been the main staple food […]
Is Folic Acid Beneficial for Diabetes?
Folate is the natural form of a B vitamin—the synthetic version is known as folic acid. Folate functions in the type of reactions known as “One Carbon Units” where folates assist in the transfer of one-carbon units in nucleic acid and amino acid metabolism. Because of this, folates are critical for DNA, RNA and protein […]
The LEADER Trials Results are in: Heart Health and Liraglutide (Victoza)
There has long been concern about the association of diabetes and heart disease—and there has long been a concern about the types of medications used to control blood sugar levels—do they increase the risk of heart disease? Do they decrease the risk? Or do they have no effect on the risk of heart disease? The […]
The Benefits of Chocolate for Diabetes
Ohhhhhhhhhh….Chocolate! Chocolate! How many times have you just had that sometimes nearly overwhelming urge to have some chocolate—in any form! You can have a chocolate bar, chocolate milk, chocolate cake, brownies, a chocolate ice cream sundae or a cup of hot cocoa just to list a few forms of chocolate. Oh wait—you can have dark […]
Surprising Benefits of Probiotics and Prebiotics for Diabetes
For holistic practitioners, the gut has always been central to health. In naturopathic medicine, for example, student physicians have long been taught to heal gut first—that health simply cannot be achieved without a healthy digestive system that can take in nutrients, digest them, absorb them and then eliminate the waste. One of the first aspects […]
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