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Diabetes: Try This Sensual Diet That Works

Diabetes isn’t sexy, but a diet that may help control the sugar spikes certainly is sensual. If you want to ward off diabetes, try indulging in life like the Greeks and Italians do:...

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25,000th Big Mac: McDonald’s Is Bad, But Is Subway the Real Devil in Disguise?

25,000th Big Mac in one man’s belly. A Wisconsin man is going to eat, yes that number you read is correct, his 25,000th Big Mac today — the 39th anniversary of his very first Big Mac. Don Gorske...

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Lead in Food Linked to ADHD: How Breakfast Helps

Skipping breakfast may not seem like a bad option during the daily before-school rush, but doing so could put your kids at risk for higher lead absorption.  A recent study found that a full stomach in...

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Diabetes Drugs May Also Fight Breast Cancer Plus Superfoods That Help

Diabetes drugs may have a bonus side effect — attacking breast cancer. According to a story today, a protein used by diabetes patients that regulates sugar metabolism has also been found to combat...

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DASH Diet Ranked Best Diet Here’s Why

DASH Diet just got ranked number one in the U.S. News and World Report annual dieting survey earning three out of five stars. Their panel of medical experts has rated DASH as the best plan to follow to...

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Diabetes Risks Is TV Time Turning Couch Potatoes Into Diabetics?

Diabetes risks include prolonged television watching. According to a recent research review more than three hours of television watching a day may put you at an increased risk of developing type 2...

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Are Vegetarians Happier People?

New research is adding fuel to the fire when it comes to the benefits of going vegetarian, it may improve your mood! With nearly in the U.S. having some sort of mood disorder, looking for natural ways...

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Seeing Is Believing Skip Cataract Surgery Eat Your Veggies

Need yet another reason to eat more veggies? A recent study of more than 57,000 people found that the less meat people ate, the less likely they were to have cataracts. Vegetarians (those who eat eggs,...

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Retirement Means Ditching Antidepressants For Smiles

Happiness is life without a job, right? A Finnish study examining retirement’s affect on mental health found it to be true. The researchers looked at approximately 11,000 people through public...

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Diabetes Risk Lowered With These Four Foods

Diabetes risk factors are popping up daily; everywhere you look, there’s new information about what increases your chances of developing diabetes. For example, today the media reported on statins,...

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Coffee 5 Surprising Health Perks From That Daily Cup of Joe

Coffee has some health benefits. When it comes to coffee, the bulk of research supports that regular coffee intake among healthy people–even up to the 2-5 cup per day range– is associated with a...

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Why Chinese Food May Be Worse Than McDonald’s

Many items on a typical Chinese food restaurant menu are more than 1,000 calories. That’s half your caloric intake per day in just one meal. According to a recently published study, MSG (monosodium...

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Kefir Benefits Galore

Ice scream, you scream we all scream for ice cream…except the lactose intolerant. If you’re one of the unlucky people who are lactose intolerant, you know that eating dairy is risky. It can cause...

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Blood Sugar: 5 New Ways Proven to Keep Sugar from Spiking

Blood sugar spikes throughout the day, but if you want to keep it steady here are some tips. First, diet is important. “High glycemic” foods, or foods that cause a rapid spike in blood sugar after...

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The Hay Fever Diet: Could These Foods Help Reduce Symptoms?

A diet to end your allergies? While it may seem far-fetched that having almond-crusted salmon at dinner will reduce your likelihood of having hay fever, new research from Germany says it might be true....

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Raspberries, Tea and Capers Fight Metabolic Syndrome

The wonders of fruits and vegetables keep growing…in the name of polyphenols.  A recent review of literature on polyphenols found that plant polyphenolic compounds can play a significant role in the...

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Blood Sugar: 5 New Ways to Keep the Sugar Spike in Check

Blood sugar spikes throughout the day, but if you want to keep it steady here are some tips. First, diet is important. “High glycemic” foods, or foods that cause a rapid spike in blood sugar after...

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Will Cutting Back on Salt Really Lower Your Blood Pressure?

Will nixing the salt shaker actually help lower your blood pressure? New research suggests that it might help lower systolic blood pressure in people with high blood pleasure, but may not reduce risk...

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Update on Women and Their Hearts: No Longer Second-Class Citizens

When I began my cardiology practice, oh so many years ago, my training led me to believe that most heart attacks occurred in men.  Many of my heart-specialist colleagues were less aggressive in their...

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Diabetes Drug Research: A Setback, But Other Alternatives

Diabetes drug research has become a priority for many scientists recently, but a setback occurred yesterday when the a diabetes medication known as dapagliflozen, produced by Myers Squibb Co. and...

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Could Blueberries Lower Your Cholesterol?

Planning your grocery list for your next trip to the farmer’s market or grocery store? Make sure blueberries are at the top of that list. We previously reported on how blueberries might lower your risk...

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Diabetes Risk Increased with This Popular Medication

Diabetes from a cholesterol-lowering drug? At a high enough dose, anything can be harmful, even water. Therefore, it shouldn’t surprise you that one of the most effective and widely prescribed class of...

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Diabetes Drugs Facing Cancer-Related Lawsuits

Diabetes drugs are under fire again. This time, Actos, the world’s most popular diabetes medication, is the subject of hundreds of lawsuits for significantly increasing users’ risk of cancer according...

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Diabetes Defense: Lower Your Risk by Lowering Your Calorie Intake

Diabetes can be devastating, but there may be a way to prevent developing it: eating as little as possible. New research finds that diabetes can be greatly reduced with a severely calorie-restricted...

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How to Minimize Children’s Dairy Allergies

Finally there may be promising news for children suffering from milk allergies.  The latest findings suggest that for some children the best way to overcome a milk allergy is to consume more milk....

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Raise Good Cholesterol and Curb Heart Disease with Acai Juice

The allure of acai fruit lives on, this time, in the name of helping curb coronary artery disease. Cultivated in the Amazon region of Central and South America, acai fruit has received much attention...

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Gluten Intolerance May Increase with Age

If you think you’re too old to develop new dietary restrictions, think again.  A long-term study from the University of Maryland recently concluded that Celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that...

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Food Addiction Research: Why You Get a Sugar High

Food addiction is real. “Hello, my name is {blank}, and I’m a food addict.” Sound far-fetched? It may not be.  A symposium aimed at deciphering the research surrounding food addiction found that...

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Could a Spot of Tea Help ADHD?

If you are one of numerous adults who suffer from attention deficient/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there may be a simple solution to help ease your symptoms right in your cupboard… tea. A recent...

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Spring Clean your Diet: One Carrot Stick at a Time

You may want to get a healthy start to your spring, but trying to make too many dietary changes at once is a recipe for failure. In our speed obsessed society it’s no wonder we are attracted to fad...

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Too Much TV as Bad as Smoking: 3 Dangers of TV Watching

Too much TV time may be worse for you then smoking according to research.  According to the research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, “Experts from the University of Queensland, in...

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Diabetes Superfood: The Super Mineral to Eat Daily

Diabetes is on the rise, but the food you eat can help you control your blood sugar. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects one in 10 adults in the United States. Diabetes (type 2) is characterized...

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Eliminate Heart Attack Risk with Help from CNN Documentary

It’s likely that every person who reads this article has either had or knows someone who has had a heart attack or stroke. The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) states that one in three...

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Lowering Cholesterol Made Easy with Rice-Based Supplement

Lowering cholesterol may seem like a difficult feat, but a recent study found that a rice-based supplement could help to lower your LDL-cholesterol level by nearly 25 percent. The supplement, derived...

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Bite into Watermelon, Lower Your Blood Pressure

According to the CDC, 25 percent of U.S. adults are living with prehypertension, an elevated blood pressure level that is high but not quite high enough to be considered hypertension. If not addressed,...

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids’ Relationship with Diabetes

In the past several years, some research has suggested that omega-3 fatty acids, usually considered a health panacea, could actually increase your risk for type 2 diabetes. A recent study contends...

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Bone Health vs. Heart Health: A New Calcium Dilemma

Who would have ever thought that we would have to make a choice between saving our bones and saving our hearts?  For most, taking a calcium and vitamin D supplement seems reasonable to prevent...

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Green Tea Found to Be Powerful “Bad” Cholesterol Fighter

Is your cholesterol level high? Did your doctor tell you that your lipid panel is abnormal?  If so, meet your new best friend: Green tea. Researchers analyzed data from 14 research papers published...

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Vitamin E Packs a Mean Disease-Fighting Punch

Are you at risk for developing cardiovascular disease or of having a heart attack? Considering that more than 1 million Americans suffer heart attacks each year, I’m guessing some are saying, “Yes.”...

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Tropical Blueberry Species Has Most Antioxidants

Who knew that there were so many different types of blueberries? The common species consumed in North America, V. corymbosum, is actually one of many species found in the Western Hemisphere.  Evidence...

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Vitamin K: The New Heart Disease Fighter

Vitamin K to the rescue for prevention of heart disease! Vitamin K is a group of fat-soluble vitamins that plays a major role in blood clotting and normal bone formation and function.  Of the subgroups...

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Diabetes May Be Prevented with Help from Vitamin D

Diabetes is a growing epidemic, with a recent report announcing that 366 million people worldwide are diabetic. Therefore, it is important to find ways to prevent developing diabetes in the first...

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids: 5 Things You Should Know

Omega-3 fatty acids have received a lot of press coverage lately, including a new article about how they may impair chemotherapy treatment. Before you write off omega-3 fatty acids entirely, however,...

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Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease Are Linked

Diabetes doubles your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study out of Japan. The study followed a little over 1,000 adults aged 60+, who didn’t have memory problems at the beginning of...

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Diabetes Drugs May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer

Diabetes drug users should beware of a potential increased risk of cancer, . According to a new study, those who have prescriptions for the diabetes drugs Januvia or Byetta are at a heightened risk of...

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Diabetes Prevention: Why Getting Buff May Help

Diabetes a concern? Maybe it’s time to start lifting those weights and incorporate more muscle-building exercises into your daily routine.  Excess body weight and a lack of exercise have long been...

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Just the Right Amount of Dairy Does a Body Good

We’ve all heard that milk does a body good — but just how good? It turns out that adequate dairy consumption may lead to reduced belly fat and reduced risk of disease. This study tested the possibility...

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Diabetes: How to Literally Run Away from It

Diabetes a concern? With 366 million diabetic people (and growing!) around the world, it should be. Fortunately, there’s something you can do to help prevent getting diabetes. It’s something you should...

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Eat More Fiber to Reduce Risk for This Disease

The reasons to eat more fruits and vegetables and eschew meat is just mounting, folks.  Not only can a vegetarian diet improve your mood, decrease your risk of developing cancer and other chronic...

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Exercise Your Diabetes Away

Most people are aware by now that the lack of physical activity that plagues the globe is directly related to the increase in obesity. Obesity has been linked to health problems such as heart disease...

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