Interesting - be careful of B12 deficiency if you're on this very common diabetes drug. Daily Express 15.5.18 “IS DIABETES DRUG HIDING A DEADLY SECRET?” Every year 20 million prescriptions are written for Metformin, a glucose-lowering drug given to 90% of the 3 million Britons diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Yet patients are not being …
Vitamin D Important For Diabetics
We all know by now that Vitamin D is much more than a vitamin; it's more of a hormone and it seems almost every week we learn about another mechanism where it can help in the body. Happily, levels are easy to test for and any anomalies simply corrected in most cases. That is: if …
New Diabetes Tests On Shop
Don't you just love it when the Universe sends you just what you need at the time you need it?! Here's me sitting trying to work out how to service you with proper diabetes screening - which you would think is simple, but is not it turns out! - and up pops a reminder from …
New Painless Daily Testing For Diabetic Sugars On The Way
I went through a stage of having to test my blood sugars daily with that infernal fingerprick stab test - not nice; I had very sore fingertips! So, I was pleased to see today that scientists are working on a new 'tear' test - where you use a tear drop instead of blood. Although, does …
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Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity and Diabetes?
Many of you know that I, and naturopaths in general, have been saying for years that artificial sweeteners confuse the insulin system and the body treats them the same way as sugar, we reckon. Certainly, I have never recommended them in cases of diabetes or for weight loss. I have recommended certain ones like xylitol …
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Rosemary, Marjoram and Oregano Effective For Type 2 Diabetes
Loads of stuff in the media recently about Type 2 diabetes and the rise and rise of it. This one always makes me so frustrated as, over the years, clinically I have found it one of the easiest diseases to reverse and prevent. I am in the middle of collecting more resources for you to …
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The Importance of Magnesium: It’s Not Just About Calcium!
I must talk about magnesium in some way or another most days. Quite often, it is to explain that magnesium is actually far more important to us than calcium when people are worrying about their calcium levels and taking shed-loads of it, but that is a whole other blog post! (See here, for example). So, …
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Don’t Forget The Humble Apple
Many of us try hard to get berries of all different sorts into our diets - which is no bad thing - but a recent review of apples reminded me that we shouldn't disregard their quite substantial health benefits either. In this age of expensive food, apples might save a few pennies over berries and …
Toiletries Contributing to #Diabetes Rise?
Following on from yesterday's post showing the massive rise in diabetic prescriptions - up 50% in the last six years, I spied this report today in WDDTY: Personal care products are unsuspected cause of diabetes Personal care products could be an unsuspected cause of diabetes in women. Chemicals in moisturizers, nail polish, soaps, hair sprays …
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#Diabetes Rises 50% in Six Years!
Diabetic prescription numbers rose to over 40million for the first time in 2011, from 27.1m in 2005-06 to 40.6million in 2011-12. That's enormous, and it makes me very sad. In my clinical - and personal - experience, type 2 diabetes is eminently preventable, if only people would eat better. I have polycystic ovary syndrome …