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Food and Drinks are Getting Sweeter. How that Can Affect Your Health
While sugar and sweeteners can certainly improve the taste of our food and even give us a temporary hit of dopamine, their health risks are well do...
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Could Vitamin D Supplements Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
The group given eldecalcitol showed a decrease of 13% in their risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the study period but the researchers found i...
Read moreCan People with Diabetes Eat Mayonnaise?
Olive oil and other healthy monounsaturated fats may lower your low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the bad' cholesterol) levels when substituted for sat...
Read moreCan Diabetes Cause Mood Swings?
You may think diabetes just affects your pancreas, but living with this condition often affects your mood and mental health too. Poor management of...
Read moreCan Chinen Salt Help Manage Diabetes?
Chinen salt is an herbal supplement that’s used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat type 2 diabetes. Medicinal preparations with berbe...
Read moreDating with Type 2 Diabetes: Where Do I Even Start?
Including your type 2 diabetes diagnosis in your dating profile might feel like checking that box of full transparency, adds Jason Lee, a relations...
Read more5-Hour Energy Shots: are They Safe for People with Diabetes?
People with diabetes may be interested in this energy drink for that reason. The high caffeine content of 5-Hour Energy shots might also cause bloo...
Read moreArtificial Sweeteners May Raise Diabetes Risk, but Still Promote Weight Loss
The first involved giving mice artificial sweeteners to see if they developed glucose intolerance. The sweeteners were altering the bacteria, which...
Read moreIntermittent Fasting May Help You Stay Healthy During The Holidays
We found that over 50 percent of adults eat over 15 hours or more,†Manoogian said. They had them eat within 10 hours a day for 16 weeks, and fol...
Read moreWeight Loss of 5 Percent Can Reduce The Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
“Further, this study is the first to include a population-based attribution Latinx populations for obesity and diabetes. Given the differing numb...
Read moreDiabetes and Almonds: what You Need to Know
In a 2012 study, researchers found that long-term high blood sugar levels may cause a loss of magnesium via urine. Almonds may reduce your risk of ...
Read moreA1C At-Home Test Kits
Unlike other companies, myLAB Box offers testing in all 50 states, but the A1C test is temporarily unavailable in New York. You’ll activate your ...
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