Insulin enables cells to absorb glucose in order to turn it into energy. The term diabetes, without qualification, usually refers to diabetes mellitus, which is associated with excessive sweet urine (known as “glycosuria”) but there are several rarer conditions also named diabetes. Many people destined to develop type 2 diabetes spend many years in a state of Pre-diabetes: Termed “America’s largest healthcare epidemic,”:10-11, a condition that occurs when a person’s blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
The underlying principle of carbohydrate-restriction and the historic precedents of  Read more... (593 words, 2 images, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women. The most common of these is diabetes insipidus in which the urine is not sweet (insipidus meaning “without taste” in Latin); it can be caused either by kidney (nephrogenic DI) or pituitary gland (central DI) poison. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.
This work was supported in part by the Julia Parish Diabetes Research Institute (#253036) and a Grant from the American Heart Association (6119G61915) This strong association between dietary carbohydrate and postprandial serum glucose led to the development of  Read more... (449 words, 3 images, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Presently almost all persons with type 1 diabetes must take insulin injections. Most affected people are otherwise healthy and of a healthy weight when onset occurs. s/)often referred to simply as diabetesis a condition in which the body does not produce enough, or justly respond to, insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas.
The increased concentrations of TNF-a and IL-6, associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes, might interfere with insulin action by suppressing insulin signal transduction, which in turn might promote inflammation. The study showed that cardiovascular diseases and/or diabetes melts were present in 6% of DTC  Read more... (550 words, 2 images, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Presently almost all persons with type 1 diabetes must take insulin injections. Most affected people are otherwise healthy and of a healthy weight when onset occurs. Type 2: Results from Insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin as is proper, sometimes combined with relative insulin deficiency.
This work was supported in part by the Julia Parish Diabetes Research Institute (#253036) and a Grant from the American Heart Association (6119G61915) A previous observational study suggested that exercise has a protective effect against progression to diabetes in low birth weight individuals [33], but higher level evidence from  Read more... (511 words, 2 images, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

While an estimated 17.9 million in the US alone have been diagnosed with diabetes, nearly one in four (5.7 million) diabetics are unaware that they have the disease. There is no known preventive measure which can be taken against type 1 diabetes; it is about 10% of diabetes mellitus cases in North America and Europe (though this varies by geographical location), and is a higher percentage in some other areas. s/)often referred to simply as diabetesis a condition in which the body does not produce enough, or gracefully respond to, insulin, a hormone produced in the  Read more... (606 words, 3 images, estimated 2:25 mins reading time)

As of 2009 there are 57 million Americans who have pre-diabetes. The term “type 1 diabetes” has universally replaced several former terms, including childhood-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Type 1: Results from the body’s failure to produce insulin.
The dearth of randomized, controlled trials using the low-carbohydrate approach for type 2 diabetes, despite the historical and current clinical use of these approaches, challenges the idea that the randomized controlled trial should be the only guide of scientific inquiry and clinical practice. The decline in heart rate of the diabetic animals progressed at measures 6 and  Read more... (499 words, 2 images, estimated 1:60 mins reading time)

The Chakra Point of View

A chakra relates to and broadcasts the energy of life force; it is a point of alignment in the body. Chakra comes from the Sanskrit word that describes a constantly spinning wheel or the sphere aural energy we each have. Hindu text tells us that there are many thousands of chakra points in each of our bodies. The most vital of these chakra points are those which run along the spinal column up to the crown of the head. These are the seven chakra points.  Read more... (878 words, estimated 3:31 mins reading time)

If you are going to move forward to eliminate your existing bruises while making sure that new bruises don’t take their place, you are going to need to give some thought to how starting a low impact exercise program could help you. Exercise of any kind strengthens your body, and the foremost advantage of exercise is that it increases the capability for your heart and your blood pressure to work efficiently.  Read more... (631 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)