Posts Tagged ‘ Diabetes ’

Health News Digest 12/17/2008

December 17, 2008
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Today marks the beginning of a new feature here at OlsonND.com, the weekly Health News Digest. I will compile and review the latest research on a variety of health news items. Health News: HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT): HRT and the risks of breast cancer were reviewed in a recent symposium. It appears that even using HRT for a short time increased the risk of breast cancer. Which begs the question: why use HRT? The risks are not a small increase, but for some women constitute a doubling of their risk for breast cancer. Dr. Scott’s Comments: Hormones are powerful...

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What if I Die?

December 9, 2008
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Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I’m a big proponent of eating better. I support eating better because it is the most powerful way to change your health. Yes, it is more powerful than drugs and even supplements. The second most powerful way to improve your health is exercise.

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What Sugar Does to Your Brain

November 12, 2008
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What Sugar Does to Your Brain

This article will piece together the bits of information out there on sugar and brain function to get a better understanding of what sugar is doing to our brains.

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Best Drug Ever: Exercise

November 7, 2008
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Exercise is a powerful way to change how you feel and it can actually alter or reverse many diseases. If exercise were a drug, doctors couldn't keep it on the shelf. Exercise is truly the best drug ever, and the incredible part about the exercise story is that this "drug" is free and it has virtually no side effects.

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Diabetes Doubles Down on Nation

October 31, 2008
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Diabetes Doubles According to recent research, the number of people with diabetes has doubled in the last 10 years.1 The report, by the Centers for Disease Control or CDC, shows that the nation (and really the whole developed world) is becoming heavier and heavier (see YouTube video) and with that excess weight comes an increasingly large number of people who have diabetes. Having diabetes is far from a mild disease; it has major implications on the quality of life. People with diabetes are much more likely to have: Heart disease Kidney disease Eye disease (cataracts, macular degeneration, blindness) Vascular...

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Are You Addicted to Sugar? Take This Test

October 29, 2008
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Addictions can be tricky to define; there are both physical and psychological addictions. Proving something is an addiction is a bit difficult, but the test below is a test that would work for any addiction. Give it a try:

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What is Eating Below the Glycemic Index?

October 28, 2008
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What is Eating Below the Glycemic Index?

What you should notice about this chart, or any glycemic index chart, is that there are a number of foods that are missing. The reason why these missing foods are not on the chart is that they don't have any effect on your blood sugar at all.

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