diabetes

A person could significantly lower their risk of heart disease and strokes by taking a statin each day. Researchers analyzed patients over a period of five years and found that for every 1,000 people with diabetes that were given statin, there were 42 less heart attacks and strokes than there would have been if the patients wouldn’t have taken the statins. The statins even helped the people already diagnosed with vascular disease. It is recommended that women that are pregnant shouldn’t take them.

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Watermelon is not only great on a hot summer day, this delectable thirst-quencher may also help quench the inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma,atherosclerosis,diabetes,colon cancer and arthritis.

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4 Benefits of Fiber

Consider these before gorging on unhealthy fatty foods during meal time.

1. Fiber promotes efficient waste elimination, thus it hinders common constipation when taken with ample amounts of fluid.

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A few weeks ago, my body was beating me up. I felt horrible most of the time, and I kind of knew why. I have a sugar addiction, and I just couldn't stay away from the sweets. I'm diabetic, and my glucose had been averaging around 205, though I was spiking as high as 300 every once in awhile. Not good at all.

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Mangosteen (not to be confused with mango) is a tropical fruit with remarkable nutritional and healing powers. Relatively little known in the US and Europe, mangosteen has been used in Southeast Asia for centuries to treat a variety of ailments, from inflammation to skin conditions to digestive problems.

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Fibre is that one thing that helps you feeling full,is low on fat and keeps you healthy.But there's more to fibre than meets the eye:

1) Suffering from constipation? Then,up your fibre intake as it really boosts digestion.

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I am diabetic; some of you already know that. I'm now also on the needle; most of you probably didn't know that. I started giving myself injections about a month ago, and thus far it's been interesting.

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I am free of ailments but I have bookmarked Diabetes Monitor exclusively for my diabetic husband. This is the first time, I am bookmarking a health related website.

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As some here know, I try to fight the good fight when it comes to trying to keep my glucose under control. It's not a fight I'm doing all that well against lately, but I'm trying, and hopefully, now that I'm not on the road for awhile, I'll have a chance to get it back under some kind of control.

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Yes,you are,if you have any of the following conditions or practise any of the following unhealthy practices...
Obesity
High Blood Pressure
High cholesterol level
Family history of heart trouble
Diabetes

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Around 5PM, my wife and I went to the park for a walk. I wanted to have a very long walk, a super long walk, because we're on a new eating program to lose weight, and I have grown to accept exercising in my life.

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People who tend to be sedentary-as indicated by the amount of time they spend watching television-are likely to have high levels of glucose in their blood, even though they may not be diabetic.David W.Dunstan, of the International Diabetes Institute,Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues examined the association between television viewing and blood glucose levels, measured after fasting and after a

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Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease,although the reasons are unclear, Finnish researchers reported. They found that people with type 2 diabetes were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinsons's later in life than people in the general population. This risk was the same for men and women and was independent of other risk factors."Diabetes might increase the risk of Parkinson's disease partly through excess body weight,"the researchers wrote in the April issue of "Diabetes Care".

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Although trivalent chromium is recognized as a nutritionally essential mineral, scientists are not yet certain exactly how it functions in the body.

Your body needs this mineral for the hormone insulin (which lets cells turn sugar into fuel) to work effectively. Insulin resistance, linked to diabetes, is thought to make you fat. The effective dosage seems to be 200 micrograms (mcg) per day.

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By: awallad

Your body can experience being tired and worn-down for numerous reasons: stress, pregnancy, medications, and inactivity, just to name a few. It may not be what you think.

After expressing there is pain, tiredness is the second most mentioned general symptom by patients in the doctors’ offices. But fatigue can also be a sign of the diabetes disease. If you find yourself nodding off repeatedly and used up through your day these signs could be a warning that the diabetes disease is present. If this fatigue is combined with any of the other classic symptoms of diabetes like excessive thirst, frequent urination, unexplained weight loss even with an increased appetite, blurred vision, irritability, or skin problems, you need to pay a trip to your doctor to have a diabetes screening test.

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