Archive for April, 2008
Type 2 Diabetes and Pregnancy
I just came across 2 great articles that discussed the obesity/type 2 diabetes epidemic in the younger generation.
I quote from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315277/:
“Diabetes can be a dangerous complication during pregnancy, endangering the mother and also raising the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth or birth defects, said Jean M. Lawrence, lead author of the study published in the May [...]
Type 2 Diabetes Cause?/Treatment
Diet and Lifestyle – the root of our health epidemic
I have come across many articles that attribute diet and lifestyle to the rapidly rising type 2 diabetes epedemic in out country. Let’s face it, as our overwieght and obesity epidemic rises, so do the other heath issues such as type 2 diabetes. Could there be [...]
Trans Fat Makes You Fat
In his book, UltraMetabolism, by Dr Mark Hyman he says:
Highly processed and nutrient-devoid ingredients “pretend” to be food and can interfere with your metabolism, according to Hyman. Trans fats — often lurking in cookies, crackers, margarine, and fast food — are well known for raising total and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and lowering HDL (“good”) cholesterol. They also [...]
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