http://www.deathtodiabetes.com Author of “Death to Diabetes” discusses his Super Meal Diet for Diabetics that helps to achieve blood glucose stabilization and proper insulin levels; shows examples of the Super Meal Model; also discusses who’s smarter: God or man.
Number of times we have heard people saying to their people or loved ones who were suffering from diabetes to wear some special type of footwear in order to get rid of all the foot related health problems which raise their head if a person is diabetic. But now with the advancement in science and technology one can wear any kind or sort of footwear even if he or she is diabetic because doctors and designers have made special kind of socks for them.
These stockings are famously known as diabetic socks. These socks really help diabetic people to avoid all the problems which are related to the foot. Finally its up to you whether you want to wear variety of footwear or only one kind of footwear every day. So, before paying for these expensive socks you must decide whether you want to wear them or not.
Before going to buy any of these socks you must see all the variety of socks on internet so that you can decide what sort of diabetic socks you are looking for. One should have clear picture of the type of diabetic socks which he or she is looking. There is a large variety of diabetic socks which are available in the market and which really makes difficult for the customer to choose one out of many. And one should not buy which is low brand or sub standard because that socks may not solve your purpose.
So, its always better to buy socks which have been manufactured by a very good brand. Socks manufactured by the brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Puma and Dr Scholls are worth buying because they provide you with what you actually want. Also few of these companies have started a new scheme for the pregnant ladies who are diabetic, under that scheme on the purchase of any diabetic socks the buyer will get a pair of support pantyhose which will provide great comfort to them during the period when their stomach is bulging out.
There are number of websites like Amazon.com which not only provide you with the goods which are requiring in your life they also provide you with the space where you can write about their services and if you are satisfied with their line up or not. Websites like this have really made shopping very easy and less hectic as people dont have to move out of their house in order to buy what they actually need in order to run their life smoothly.
Dr. Kristine Madsen explores the relationship between children’s activity and the development of obesity and how to improve the nutrition and physical activity environments for children.
August 20, 2010 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
Dehydration Can Cause Obesity, Headaches, Mood Swings, Lethargy and More
By Paul Fitzgerald
Published July 12, 2008
Alkalized water can Flush Toxins and Neutralize Acidity in your body. It has gone through a Special Electrolysis process that changes pH of the water to ALKALINE. It is returned to the state in which water was often found in nature before the earth became polluted http://www.WaterHealstheWorld.com
The human body is composed of about two-thirds water. Water is in our blood, muscle tissue, bone marrow, lower layers of our skin, in our fatty tissues, as well in our stomachs. Water is the body’s lubrication and helps in its movement and function. Without water we’d be nothing more than dried bones and skin, and wouldn’t even exist.
Dehydration is the result of not having enough water in the body so that it can perform as it was designed to perform. The initial symptoms of dehydration are fairly easy to identify. A person who is dehydrated can experience headaches and mood changes, be lethargic and tired, have trouble concentrating, and has a slower response to external stimulus.
Unfortunately, many people don’t recognize the onset of dehydration and fail to take the necessary steps to prevent it and its results. In fact, many people think that when they are thirsty, with dehydration possibly setting in, that a soft drink or alcoholic beverage will cure the problem. There is nothing further from the truth in this kind of thinking. The dehydrating body needs water, not just any fluid, but only pure water. Fluids with caffeine, alcohol, or sugar will only make dehydration worse because these substances tend to cause even more water to be eliminated from the body.
Not treating dehydration correctly or further ignoring it can lead to more complicated mental and physical symptoms. Physically speaking the lips will dry and begin to crack, the urine will become dark, and the skin will become dry and papery and lose its elasticity. At this point there is danger that the internal organs can be damaged and treatment is of essential importance and the consumption of water is the cure.
However, the person dehydrated must also be careful about how fast they drink the water. A dehydrated person should not gulp down water as this could put the body into a state of temporary shock thus preventing it from the acceptance of further hydration. Instead, the dehydrated person must only sip the water initially, allowing the mouth and the throat to become moist and then slowly allowing the water down into the stomach area. This sipping should continue until the effects of dehydration have diminished substantially. And even then, gulping down water to cure the thirst should always be avoided, as too much water in too short of a time can in itself be dangerous.
Like with any other health issue, prevention is always the best medicine. If you are working out, out and about on a hot day, have young children or elderly in a hot climate, or are starting to feel a little less energetic than normal, especially in warm weather, it is wise to take frequent sips of water. The average adult needs approximately one quart of water per day to prevent the onset of dehydration.
September 2, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
This video showcases three of my all time favorite latin music performers. They are Celia Cruz-vocalist from Cuba, Tito Puente-timbales out of Puerto Rico and Poncho Sanchez-congas from here in the United States. This post is not about health issues, it’s about fun. Hope you enjoy!
August 21, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
Posted August 21, 2009
By Kelly Marshall
You might not be aware of it, but puppies and young dogs can get diabetes. This happens when the pancreas does not develop normally in puppies, causing it to release insufficient insulin. Since insulin is important in moving glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body, this causes glucose to build up in the blood instead of reaching the important muscle and liver cells to provide them with energy. This can cause a number of symptoms and eventually even kill your dog. However, there are treatments that can stop this.
Let’s take a look at the symptoms of diabetes in young dogs and what you can do to help your pet. Juvenile diabetes in dogs will generally result in failure of your puppy to grow properly. These dogs will be smaller than normal in most cases, and prone to lose weight over time, but they’ll be constantly hungry and eat ravenously. Since the body cannot use its glucose properly, it cannibalizes muscle to produce the energy it needs. In the long run, this can result in weakness or even paralysis in a puppy suffering from juvenile onset diabetes.
The elevated blood sugar caused by juvenile onset diabetes in dogs will affect a number of different bodily systems. Excess sugar is processed through the kidneys, causing frequent urination and intense thirst in your pet. High levels of blood sugar can also affect the eye, damaging the lens and leading to dimness of vision and even blindness. Loss of muscle mass, in combination with low levels of energy available to cells in the body results in general weakness. If your dog seems small, underweight, weak, urinates more frequently than he or she should, or eats and drinks a lot more than normal, juvenile onset diabetes may be the culprit.
Elevated blood sugar levels are toxic to many systems in the body, including the liver, brain and blood vessels, and a dog that suffers from uncontrolled diabetic symptoms will not live out his or her full life. As soon as you believe your dog has this problem, you need to see the vet. A simple blood test will help determine the level of sugar in the blood, and treatment can be initiated – the earlier the better. Unfortunately, the methods that work well for humans – oral insulin tablets and control of the diet – don’t work very well in dogs. This means that people with a dog that is suffering from diabetes will need to provide daily injections of the right amount of insulin (carefully monitored with blood tests and tests of sugar in the urine) to allow their pets to live healthy lives.
In addition, daily feeding must be in controlled amounts and on a regular basis to provide a consistent sugar supply. The good news is that with proper care and attention on the part of the owner, a diabetic dog can live a full and healthy life. If you suspect your young dog is suffering from diabetes, take action now and help your pet be happier and healthier.
This article was written by Kelly Marshall of www.ohmydogsupplies.com – your top source for really tough dog toys.
Source: LarryCook on YouTube, Posted August 13, 2009
See http://www.thenaturalguide.com/natural-medicine.htm – Naturopathic Doctor Lucy Rojo – http://www.DrLucyRojo.us – explains how she uses Naturopathic Medicine to reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Produced by Larry Cook. Distributed by Tubemogul.
May 19, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
Michael Pollan is the author of In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto , winner of the James Beard Award, and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006), which was named one of the ten best books of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, the James Beard Award for best food writing, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
He is also the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001); A Place of My Own (1997); and Second Nature (1991). Pollan will appear in Food, Inc. a documentary coming to theaters in June, and The Botany of Desire, which will be broadcast on public television this fall.
A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, Pollan is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards, including the James Beard Award for best magazine series in 2003 and the Reuters-I.U.C.N. 2000 Global Award for Environmental Journalism.
Pollan served for many years as executive editor of Harper’s Magazine and is now the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley. His articles have been anthologized in Best American Science Writing (2004); Best American Essays (1990 and 2003) and the Norton Book of Nature Writing. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, the painter Judith Belzer, and their son, Isaac. To contact him, email: inquiries@michaelpollan.com.
April 28, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
An award-winning journalist, Rachael Moeller Gorman is a contributing editor at EatingWell and has written for such publications as Scientific American, Discover, Cooking Light and The Boston Globe Health/Science section, among others. She loves learning about all things science, from the environment to anthropology to medicine, and enjoys translating dense jargon into elegant prose for a variety of audiences. Profiles are her favorite, and traveling to a research site for a story is always ideal.
Gorman has her bachelor’s degree in biology and neuroscience from Williams College and a master’s degree in environmental studies from Brown University. She has also conducted research in various genetics and neuroscience laboratories and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of Science Writers. Please see the Articles section for a selection of her work.
Gorman won the 2007 Bert Greene Food Journalism Award, Magazine Category, for “Miracle Up North: How the People of Finland Took a Healthy Message to Heart.” This EatingWell special report explored the dramatic cultural transformation that occurred over the past 30 years in Finland, resulting in huge reductions in cardiovascular disease. She was also nominated for a 2007 James Beard Journalism Award for the same story.
A good percentage of Americans say they no longer want “big” government. Well, we’ve had small government for the past eight years and results are outstandingly disappointing. The majority of the American public was not involved in our governmental decisions for the past two administrations. We allowed our executive branch to tell us what was good for us. They told us what was good for us, but they did what was good for them! The results of the American people losing control of their congressional representatives has been catastrophic.
Our Democratic way of government in the United States has been hijacked by only 2% of our total population. The last administration of “G.W. Bush” allowed Wall St. executives in the banking, real estate and insurance industry to police their their own business practices. To me that is the equivalent of the police in a city like Oakland or Detroit telling the street corner coke, and heroin dealers “you guys be good, we will trust you to to do the right thing”. So corporations did the same thing as that street corner drug slinger does, make as much money as fast as you can. What B.S. Look where the United States is today. We are in a financial tsunami and drug dealers are still prospering.
Governments that do not conduct business in accordance to the desires of the majority of its citizens are called dictatorships. Throughout history all powerful governments maintained their power from their ability to tax their citizens. Tax revenues allowed governments to maintain soldiers and militias to enforce tax collection and to punish non-conformers. Taxes funded practically all of the colonial expeditions throughout the whole world. The collection of taxes resulted in countries being able to conquer other countries and their indigenous people and confiscate their natural resources. What a country does with the taxes it collects can have a profound effect on its citizens and a huge impact on the global community.
In America, our citizens have lost any control over how our tax dollars are being distributed by our government. Our past administration decided that we would find Osama Bin Laden and also attack any country that would harbor him or any other terrorist that would cause harm to Americans. So we attacked Iraq. President Bush decided that billions of tax payor dollars should be spent on a project that the majority of Americans oppose. The President’s resolve should be commended. However his motives were unclear to me. In my world I look at how many children are becoming diabetic in America. I remember a skyway falling during commute hours in downtown Milwaukee and cars with people falling into the river below. I recall a President that does not believe the weather is changing on our planet even though weather has become extremely dangerous for humans all over the world. I recall outbreaks of E-Coli and salmonella bacteria on our food distribution system while the past Administration cut funding for the FDA causing the firing of food inspectors. I recall how our taxes have been redistributed upwards to a certain population and not to the needs of the majority of the people of the United States. I look at people losing all their net worth because of serious illness and no health insurance. Many times they die. Our government could have a huge positive effect on the quality of life for millions of Americans if we would demand it. Instead, many people don’t want to see any changes. I wonder why? The quality of life for most Americans would be improved by a more prudent distribution and use of tax dollars. I’m not talking about socialism, just plain old fashioned democracy.
How many billions of dollars spent on a questionable war in Iraq would it have taken to possibly come close or find a cure for diabetes? Now is the time for government to be big. The past eight years it has been very small. Our government is for the people by the people and we should have a say as to where are tax dollars are spent. Why are all of a sudden, so many states are going broke? Money exists in our society, but where is it? I hope Americans give the new President a chance to make some fundamental changes in the D.C. status quo. The President wants to represent everyone. The representations that I am fundamentally concerned about are not only our President’s words, but how he treats our dollars.
October 27, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
Curtis Mayfield was a diabetic. This illness did not stop him from becoming one of the great artists of his time. He was a award winning musician, songwriter, a composer of movie scores and much more. This video is a tribute to his talent.
October 26, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
There is a alternative way of eating. We all want to be healthy, so give yourself a chance. Healthy eating has now become a acquired habit. Meaning that unhealthy eating has become the norm. We must fight a food system that does not care about our health. We must understand why American people are the most obese people on the planet. We MUST look at our diets.
October 11, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
This Brother was a musical genius from my generation. He was great. Diabetes did not stop his talent from becoming world reknown. Mr. Mayfield, 1942-1999.
October 10, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
Poor areas face hurdles to fitness
Unsafe streets, unhealthful food make it tough for some Chicagoans to get in shape
By John Keilman
Tribune staff reporter
For Bridget Smith, getting fit means cutting calories, burning fat and avoiding wild dogs.
The 52-year-old Chatham bookseller is trying to lose 20 pounds to keep her diabetes in check, but like many who live in poor or minority Chicago neighborhoods, she faces a host of unique challenges.
The fruits and vegetables sold in her local market are so unappealing that she drives to Hyde Park to shop. Going for a bike ride means attaching the wheels kept in her third-floor apartment to the frame stashed downstairs, a precaution she took after thieves snatched her last bicycle.
And she tries to round up a group when she goes for a walk, thinking the vicious dogs that sometimes plague the South Side might be more likely to attack a lone pedestrian. It all adds to the difficulty of losing weight, Smith said.
“There are less options here,” she said. “And less of a support system.”
Dropping pounds is a daunting task for anybody, but it can be especially tough in urban neighborhoods. Experts say the areas often offer copious fast food, little healthy produce, meager or substandard recreational facilities and streets that feel too dangerous to walk or bike–hardly a recipe for weight-loss success.
“This isn’t just a matter of individual will power. There are a lot of other influences out there,” said Dr. Deborah Burnet, a University of Chicago medical professor who has investigated obesity on the South Side.
Research has long demonstrated a link between poverty and weight. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that poor women are twice as likely to be overweight as their affluent counterparts.
The disparities go down to the neighborhood level. A survey released last year by Sinai Health System found that Chicago’s Norwood Park, a predominantly middle-class area, had a lower percentage of obese adults than poorer neighborhoods such as Humboldt Park and North Lawndale.
“I don’t know if there’s ever been a study that hasn’t found that poor people and people of color always have much higher obesity rates than white people and better-off people,” said Steve Whitman, director of the Sinai Urban Health Institute.
Cultural differences probably account for some of that; Whitman noted that overweight residents of black and Hispanic neighborhoods were more apt to view themselves as being at the correct weight or too skinny. Some experts cite a lack of awareness about how to eat healthfully or get sufficient exercise.
But experts also say other forces are at work, starting with the opportunities for exercise in struggling neighborhoods. Few have private health clubs, and fitness centers run by the YMCA and the Chicago Park District usually charge for entry.
The costs can be relatively low. The price at the Ogden Park fitness center in Englewood, for instance, is $20 for 10 weeks of access. But even that can be too much for the poor, said Angela Odoms-Young, a Northern Illinois University researcher who has studied the neighborhood’s obesity risk factors.
Those who prefer jogging or biking face their own difficulties. Health surveys in Englewood and North and South Lawndale concluded that residents might not want to exercise outside because they perceived their neighborhoods as too dangerous.
Matilda Baker, 44, an accountant who lives in South Shore, knows that feeling. She used to work out at the local YMCA but dropped the family membership to save money when her daughter, a competitive swimmer, began practicing with a suburban club.
She and her husband now walk on the nearby lakefront path and are thinking about buying bicycles. But in her neighborhood, which has an above-average rate of violent crime, safety is always a concern.
“You never know if you take your bikes out if you’ll come back,” she said.
Finding a safe place to exercise isn’t the only obstacle. Getting proper nutrition also can be a trial in many areas.
Walking through food stores in Englewood on a recent afternoon, Odoms-Young found few wholesome products. The area’s lone major grocer, an Aldi on 63rd Street, had a decent selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, though the floor space reserved for its pallets of apples, corn, bananas and tomatoes was a fraction of what you’d find in a suburban supermarket.
Far more numerous were small convenience stores that carried little nutritious food aside from some frozen okra, shriveled potatoes or, in one case, a solitary head of lettuce that shared a dark refrigerator case with packages of hot dogs.
