Common Drink Worsens Type 2 Diabetes 22%

by Jodi Knapp | May 25, 2013 | 12 comments

A new 16 year study involving 350,000 people and published in the Diabetologia Journal shows that by drinking only one 12-ounce serving of a very common drink, you are putting yourself at a 22% higher risk of developing and drastically worsening your type 2 diabetes....

Breakthrough Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Discovered

by Jodi Knapp | May 9, 2013 | 0 comments

It is not breaking news that there is a link between obesity and type 2 diabetes. In fact the term “obesity-linked type 2 diabetes” is practically common place. What isn’t understood is why there is a link between the two. New, surprising research has provided much...

Type 2 Diabetes Caused by This Healthy Food

by Jodi Knapp | Apr 30, 2013 | 9 comments

While the list changes constantly of what we should eat versus what we shouldn’t, there are some foods that seem to be on the “healthy” side of the list no matter what the fads are that come and go in health and wellness. So what’s a person to do when the one healthy...

Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk 24% Consuming These Delicious Nuts

by Jodi Knapp | Apr 24, 2013 | 3 comments

Reducing type 2 diabetes risk by almost a quarter is as easy as eating only 8 ounces of these easy-to-find nuts, according to a large new study published in the Journal of Nutrition. What’s more, the researchers found that people who made it a point to include these...

This Type 2 Diabetes Drug Causes Enlarged Pancreas

by Jodi Knapp | Apr 16, 2013 | 5 comments

Drugs that are used to increase the hormone glucagon in the gut to treat diabetes have come under fire recently, after researchers looked at the pancreas of deceased patients taking the drugs. Their findings were startling and unsettling, considering that people with...

Does Type 2 Diabetes Cause Alzheimer’s?

by Jodi Knapp | Apr 12, 2013 | 2 comments

Type 2 diabetes is quickly becoming one of the worst pandemics in the history of the world. Its effects are widespread, causing symptoms and effects from everything like vision and blood pressure problems to kidney failure. Having excess sugar in the blood is the...