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Study: Vegetarians have lower risk of developing diabetes

According to a new study done by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, Loma Linda University and the School of Public Health, Loma Linda, California, people on vegetarian diets are one third less likely to develop heart problems, diabetes...

Nick Jonas: Advocate for children with diabetes

Nick Jonas was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in November 2005 and ever since then; he has been involved with foundations to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes and raise money in the research of the disease.The day that...

Couple donates $500,000 to research childhood diabetes

The very giving, Paul and Ann Milburn of Shawnee, donated $500,000 to the Children’s Hospital Foundation for research on childhood diabetes.“Nothing is more important than healthy children,” Paul Milburn said.With the growing number...

Dairy may help prevent diabetes

Diary could help prevent diabetes, according to a study that involved over 3,700 people. There is trans-palmitoleic acid in milk, cheese, yogurt, and butter that was linked to reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes. This...

Read food labels to help stay healthy

It is important for everyone to know what they are consuming. Diabetics need to read labels before they consume the product to know, to keep their blood sugar level under control.The FDA has new regulations that resulted in increased...

Diabetes tip: Checking your feet daily is important

Diabetics can tend to loose feeling in their feet and this could cause unknown sores and cuts to form that can go unnoticed.At the end of each day, you should examine your feet for sores, cuts, and areas that...

Diabetes tip: When it is safe for diabetics to exercise

It is important that everyone has some sort of exercise routine. However, for diabetics, sometimes exercise is not safe.If a diabetic has a blood glucose level higher than 300 mg/dl, then exercise should be avoided until the person...

Control your diabetes during the holidays

The holiday season can be a hard time to control your appetite. Halloween starts us off with candy, then Thanksgiving with all that turkey and potatoes, and Christmas with the unlimited eggnog. Diabetics need to be especially careful...

Watching your waistline can reduce your risk for diabetes

Researchers have found that waist size is better at predicting the risk for diabetes than BMI, because American woman did not have much higher BMIs than British woman; however, American woman had a larger waist and a higher prevalence of...

Restaurants and hotels becoming “diabetic-friendly”

According to the International Diabetes Federation, diabetes is a silent epidemic that affects around 300 million people around the world.South Africa has about 1.2 million residents with diabetes and local hotels and restaurants want to change that by...

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