Conditions: Diabetes
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Can wheat allergies cause diabetes?
Exercise away diabetes risk
Pump iron, do circuit training, and be consistent with workouts to stave off diabetes. ...
Diabetes prevention no-nos
Avoid fruit juice, trans fat, processed meats, sugary drinks, and diet drinks. Here's why. ...
Recipe to beat type 2 diabetes
What diabetes is, what causes it, and what you can eat at every meal to help prevent the astonishingly common disease. ...
The Sugar Debate
Ever since I was a kid, I've craved sweets. Now that I'm a new mom, however, I pay closer attention to what my family eats, and I do my best...
Black tea lowers blood sugar, maintains insulin
Researchers in London recently found that drinking a glass of water with one gram of instant black tea produced more robust blood-insulin levels than drinking a similar beverage with just caffeine...
Stay level
Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA)What it is: The body makes small amounts of ALAa powerful antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body's blood and tissues....
Adding chilies to your diet may help your body better regulate blood sugar
Can you handle the heat? If so, new research shows that spicing up your meals with chili peppers may improve insulin control. Researchers at the University...
Are you at risk for diabetes?
Take our Diabetes Risk Quiz and see how you score...
Treating the disease you don't yet have
Illustration by Clifford Alejandro Even if your mother's and grandmother's bones fractured from osteoporosis, or all the men in your family seem to die...
Nix your fix
Recipes by Mary Ryan, MS, RD No matter how sweet it is, sugar spells trouble if you want to lose weight and improve your diet. But although all true sugars...
More diabetes defense
1. Carotenoids, found in foods such as carrots, red and yellow bell peppers, apricots, collards, acorn squash, sweet potatoes, spinach, and corn, seem...
"I refuse to develop type 2 diabetes."
Ben ReedAge: 57Occupation: Deputy chief of police Health goals: Ward off the development of type 2 diabetesBen Reed knows all too well the damage type...
Alpha-lipoic acid
What it isAlpha-lipoic acid (ALA), a vitaminlike compound the body produces in small amounts, possesses powerful antioxidant properties. As one of the...
