I know, it's not even Halloween yet. But Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It's always a tricky holiday for me and others with diabetes. The dishes are heavy with carbs, and there's a lot of them. I always spike up to 200 at least some point in the day, and hate the carb hangover I experience the next day. This year, I thought that it would be great to make a cookbook of diabetes friendly Thanksgiving recipes and share it with everyone here on Diabetes Daily. I have been having so m
Many overweight people desperate to lose weight consider surgery to solve their problems. The weight loss surgery has helped many people to lose weight, when it was impossible to do it naturally. And there were researches held, trying to find out if the weight loss surgery is effective for people with type 2 diabetes. Two types of surgeries were researched such as adjustable gastric banding and gastric bypass surgery. These types of surgeries are mostly applied for people with the body mass i
Wrapping one’s mind around diet nutrition can sometimes be confusing. For instance, a 120-pound fifteen-year-old girl will not need as many calories as a 220-pound twenty-five-year-old man. To further confuse matters, that 120-pound fifteen-year-old girl’s 150-pound peer of the same age will need more calories. A fifteen-year-old girl with juvenile diabetes will have an entirely different set of nutritional needs as well. Online, there are many resources and tools to help the average Ame
Obesity and diabetes are skyrocketing among American children. You might think someone from the Food Network would promote healthy eating for kids, right? On The View, the Food Network's Paula Deen pushed... read more
September 23, 2009 Knowing About Obesity Studies indicate that the obesity epidemic starts at an early age. Approximately 80% of children who were obese during their youth (10 to 15 years of age) became obese adults by the age of 25. Additionally, if children are overweight before they're eight years old, then their adult obesity will be more severe. Childhood obesity is linked with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and a wide range of health prob
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