Does Your Birth Order Caused High Blood Pressure and Diabetes?

by Jodi Knapp | Mar 10, 2013 | 2 comments

In a very interesting study recently released in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Australian researchers looked at blood pressure and insulin sensitivity of many groups of siblings. What they found might surprise you. Could it really be that your...

How Type 2 Diabetes Causes Heart Attack

by Jodi Knapp | Mar 4, 2013 | 5 comments

When newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes patients are counseled, one of the first complications of the disease that is listed is heart attack. Studies have shown for years that the people with diabetes are at more than twice as likely to die from a heart attack as those...

High Blood Pressure and Diabetes Cause This Common Cancer

by Jodi Knapp | Mar 1, 2013 | 2 comments

Having high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes has shown to be a harbinger of bad events down the road, especially when fighting a specific kind of cancer. There is especially one kind of cancer that seems to not just be triggered by these metabolic diseases, but it...

Type 2 Diabetes Linked To This Vitamin Deficit

by Jodi Knapp | Feb 5, 2013 | 9 comments

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that has largely been deemed preventable, yet many people find that following a healthy diet and getting exercise still isn’t enough to prevent it. A new study, however, reveals that lacking enough of ONE common vitamin may be a major...

Insulin May Cause Death for Type 2 Diabetics

by Jodi Knapp | Jan 31, 2013 | 12 comments

All drugs carry the risk of side effects, which is a well-known fact of health and wellness. This is what drives many to reject the message when their doctors try to push pharmaceuticals as a method to manage chronic diseases instead of natural alternatives. New...

Does Overeating Causes High Blood Pressure, Really?

by Christian Goodman | Jan 30, 2013 | 7 comments

Countless studies have indicated for years that diet habits that cause obesity and lead to Metabolic Syndrome, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. A recent study on rats has finally uncovered the truth in the matter. And the results may surprise you. Scientists...