Foods that have a high glycemic index rating will cause your pancreas to release a lot of insulin to break down the amount of sugars and carbohydrates (which produce high amounts of glucose). Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. Will we ever learn? Fatigue and mental fog hinders a great number of our people, while over 60% of the Christian Community are overweight and many so overweight they are handicapped. Because of the slow onset and minimal symptoms early in the disease, as many as  Read more... (549 words, 2 images, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

The majority of type 1 diabetes is of the immune-mediated variety, where beta cell loss is a T-cell mediated autoimmune attack. There is no known preventive measure which can be taken against type 1 diabetes; it is about 10% of diabetes mellitus cases in

Clinical studies that have lowered the percentage of dietary carbohydrate and/or the glycerin index of the carbohydrate have consistently shown improvements in glycerin control among individuals with type 2 diabetes [4-8]. Lifestyle modification using low-carbohydrate diet interventions are effective for improving obesity and type 2 diabetes, and may play an important role in reversing the current epidemic of ‘diabesity. While this study was a treatment trial of individuals with type 2 diabetes, lifestyle modification has been shown to prevent type 2 diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, diabetes and even scoping and cancer, just  Read more... (559 words, 2 images, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

The majority of type 1 diabetes is of the immune-mediated variety, where beta cell loss is a T-cell mediated autoimmune attack. Acute complications including hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma may occur if the disease is not adequately controlled. Beyond these two types, there is no agreed-upon standard nomenclature.
This observation led to the use of diets low in carbohydrate for the treatment of diabetes before insulin or other medication therapies were available [2]. The present study has demonstrated clearly that mortality in patients after hospitalization with acute exacerbation of COPD was high and that the risk factors  Read more... (495 words, 2 images, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)