Category: diabetes

Newly Approved Diabetes Drug Delivers Record-Breaking Weight Loss in Clinical Trial

A type 2 diabetes (T2D) drug recently approved by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has reportedly reduced more than 20 percent of weight in obese individuals by administering the drug once every week. The SURMOUNT-1 study, a Phase 3 trial led by Yale University researchers testing the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, found that…


Say Hey to Swiss Chard

Despite its name, Swiss chard is not from Switzerland, but is native to the Mediterranean region, specifically Sicily. More suited to the name Sicilian beet, this leafy green has collected a history of monikers — silver beet, strawberry spinach, and Roman Kale — due to many cases of mistaken identity with other greens, like spinach…


Ask a Doctor: Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treating Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a group of chronic diseases where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes, which mainly affects adults, is most common. Here, the body is either resistant to insulin or does not make enough insulin to maintain the right blood sugar level. About 420 million people are living with…


Diabetes May Induce Tooth Weakness and Decay: Study

A new study conducted by Rutgers University has found that mice that became diabetic had the enamel and dentin on their teeth become softer and less durable, giving a possible answer for why human diabetic patients are often more prone to tooth decay. “We’ve long seen elevated rates of cavity formation and tooth loss in…


Healthy Chocolate Brownie Recipe

Editor’s note: I tried the recipe myself, and my husband, who normally wouldn’t touch tofu—or any foods that had even come in contact with tofu—found it delicious and had no idea a healthy swap had been made.  Tofu is a good substitute for butter. A 7 oz piece of tofu contains about 6-7 g of…


Preventing Cancer and Chronic Diseases With the Nutritarian Diet

“When you flood your body with the nutrients it needs, it doesn’t just make you healthy, live long, and prevent disease; it stops food addictions, stops food cravings, normalizes your appetite, and makes your body gravitate towards your ideal weight effortlessly,” Dr. Joel Fuhrman, told the audience of his TEDx talk in Charlottesville in 2013. Nutrient…


6 Causes of Blood Sugar Swings

There are many ways blood sugar (glucose levels in the blood) can affect people both with and without diabetes. Each person reacts differently to various items that influence blood sugars. There are compounds that individuals should examine to see how they influence their own blood sugar levels. For example, blood sugar levels can rise due…


Indian Vine Slays Sugar

Gymnema sylvestre is the Latin name for a vine native to the forests of southern and central India. The leaves of this herb have been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for at least 2,000 years. It is primarily used to treat diabetes and other issues related to sugar. Gymnema’s Hindi name, gurmar, literally translates to…


Diabetes is Having Your Organs Soaked in Sugar Water: 5 Red-Flag Symptoms

The “atypical” symptoms of diabetes are becoming more and more common, and they are not easily detectable or identified as being a symptom of diabetes. As such, many people don’t know they have diabetes until complications occur. Diabetic complications can be serious and deadly, and they should not be ignored. According to the World Health…


Diabetes Quick Fix: Oven-Fried Chicken With Creamed Corn and Lima Beans

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Fried chicken outstrips all other fast-food sales combined. I decided to bake this chicken in the oven and give it a crunchy crust without frying it. Placing the baking tray in the oven to preheat will cook the bottom side of the chicken without having to turn it….