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 …
Vitamin D – The Missing Link in #Diabetes?
Another brief WDDTY report for you, this time on how Vitamin D deficiency could well be exacerbating insulin resistance. I think that is highly likely. I honestly think that checking your D3 status is becoming really important - and you can't guess it. I was taking what I thought was plenty, checked and found I …
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#Diabetes Drug Increases Cancer Risk
Report in the Independent on the Diabetes drug Actos/Competact (active ingredient Piolitazone) with people showing an 88% increased risk of bladder cancer! That's pretty high. Independent 1.6.12 “DIABETES DRUG INCREASES CANCER RISK” People prescribed Actos (piolitazone) for type-2 diabetes were found to increase the risk of bladder cancer by 83%. Montreal researchers studied NHS records …
#Obesity and #Diabetes Linked to #Leaky Gut
I just read this sentence in a report and had to pass it on as I am feeling smug! Obesity and diabetes have been linked to leaky gut and new treatments that target this pathway are needed. Enter the Barrier Plan. I thank you. Personally, by following the trulyglutenfree Barrier Plan, I have lost over …
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On Metformin? Take B12 and Folic Acid
I know quite a few of you who have been offered Metformin for diabetes and PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). But, if you are on it, did you know that it is quite likely that you will become folic acid and B12 deficient if you are on the drug for more than a year? Most people …
#Diabetes: A Very Costly and Wholly Preventable Affair
You can't fail to have seen the news this week that diabetes cases are rising so much that managing diabetics will soon be costing a sixth of the whole NHS budget. That is truly shocking. It is mainly Type 2 cases that are on the rise, and this is a disease of Western civilisation and …
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Processed Meat Increases #Diabetes Risk by Over 50%
Processed meat – such as bacon, burgers and sausages – is a major cause of type 2 diabetes. Eating just 50g of processed meat each day – equivalent to one sausage or two slices of bacon – increases your risk of developing diabetes by 51 per cent. This is according to a recent study by …
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Panic Button For Travellers
What happens if you travel frequently, don't speak the lingo and have a flare up of a health condition or, worse still, an emergency like an anaphylactic allergic reaction? Â Skyguard, which provides a panic service to companies, individuals and police forces, has today launched an international service whereby you simply enter details of meds, conditions …