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Achieving Diabetes Remission
It’s possible for people with type 2 diabetes to lower blood sugar levels to healthy, non-diabetic levels with weight loss and exercise...
Stop Prediabetes with this 3-Prong Exercise Plan
Walking, biking, lifting, and other movement can help you stop prediabetes. And the exercise benefit is separate from weight loss, which also helps prevent type 2 diabetes. If your goal is to halt or even reverse prediabetes, give your exercise routine a 3-prong approach.
Dealing with Food Neophobia: What Is It and What Impact Does It Have on Health?
Hit the Hay to Prevent Prediabetes
Prioritizing sleep is an important tool to prevent prediabetes from progressing to type 2 diabetes...
Nutrition Label Update: Get More from the Label
The recent updates to the nutrition facts label show off a new, cleaner design that’s meant to make it easier to quickly identify useful information. The updates also reflect the most recent scientific research on the links between food choices and chronic disease so that you can make healthy, great-tasting choices for you and your family...
A Closer Look at the Health Benefits of Cherry Juice
Research into the specific health benefits of cherries and cherry juice shows that they help promote health by reducing or preventing oxidative stress and inflammation...
Grains: Dietary Friend or Foe?
What's the Difference Between Natural and Added Sugar?
We’ve heard the recommendation to reduce the amount of added sugar we consume in order to promote good health, but what exactly is added sugar? And what is the difference between added sugar and naturally-occurring sugars?
Green Tea: A Good Source of Healthful Antioxidants
Drinking green tea is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer where oxidative stress plays an important role...
The Truth About Whole Grain Carbohydrates
Despite the popularity of cutting carbs like bread, cereal, and pasta, science continues to support eating whole grains for best health.
An Anti-Inflammatory Diet May Improve Your Health
In a recent study of over 68,200 men and women (between the ages of 45 and 83) that were monitored for 16 years, subjects that ate an anti-inflammatory diet had an 18% lower risk of dying from any cause compared to subjects who did not follow the diet as closely.
Preventing Dementia: A New Strategy
A Mediterranean eating pattern has not only been found to reduce high blood pressure and the risk for heart disease and diabetes, but also may be linked with a reduction in the risk of developing dementia...
Precursor Cells
Maintaining a healthy weight through a balanced diet and regular physical activity may aid in prevention of damaged fat cells...
Fiber: It’s Time to Double Up
Save the Bread for Last: Carbohydrate Timing Matters
According to a new study, consuming protein before carbs may produce smaller increases in blood sugar than eating carbs before protein...
Should You Snack When You Have Diabetes?
Though many people think that snacking frequently is good for blood sugar control, weight management, and overall health, researchers have never identified an ideal pattern of eating frequency. In fact, there are several reasons that you may want to cut back on snacking…
Defeat Diabetes with Legumes
If you need one more reason to eat less meat and more beans, look no further. A recent study published in Clinical Nutrition looked at data from the PREDIMED study, research of over 3,000 subjects with elevated risk for heart disease, but without type 2 diabetes. The study found that after 4 years, participants with the highest intake of legumes had a 35% reduction in risk for diabetes.
The Plate: A Perfect Tool for Easy Diabetes Meal Planning
You already have the perfect meal planning tool in your kitchen. In fact, you probably have lots of them. They’re your plates! With the plate method of diabetes meal planning, you can leave your measuring tools and calculator behind. All you need is a bit of guidance and a 9-inch plate...
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