Type 2 diabetes – Gayle Tabor

Here We Go

2011/09/13 Gayle 0

Diabetes affects more than one in 10 Americans, and an estimated 366 million people worldwide and the global epidemic is getting worse with the numbers projected to keep climbing. The International Diabetes Federation described the number of cases as “staggering,” with one person dying from diabetes every seven seconds. According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. [Jared Reis, et al., “Lifestyle factors and risk for new-onset diabetes: a population-based cohort study”] getting plenty of exercise—lowered the risk of developing diabetes by as much as 39 percent in women and 31 percent in men. Although I personally believe heredity is the risk factor I face, I am attempting to take the bull by the horns. I am renewing my gym membership and making a conscience The rest of the story

Why do they always suggest Fruit?

2011/07/15 Gayle 0

Americans Run on Junk Foods

2011/06/23 Gayle 0

I read a story today about weight gain in rats and how rats fed a ‘typical American diet’ gained more wait than rats fed good old fashion lard. It has given me great pause! Here’s the story…. Rats fed a snack-based diet of highly palatable, energy-dense foods gained more weight, had more tissue inflammation, and were intolerant to glucose and insulin (warning signs of diabetes) than rats whose diets were high fat from lard. The study is featured on the cover of this month’s issue of the journal Obesity. “Obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States,” says Liza Makowski, assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilland the study’s senior author. “These findings provide us with a better animal model The rest of the story