Next time you reach for a cookie or pop another handful of gummy bears in your mouth, consider the following: Simple sugars are those that increase your sugar level in your blood. This comes from what we call stripped carbs – carbs whose “protective fiber” is missing – as well as added sugars and syrups.
For most, explains Gary Scheiner, CDE and author of “Think Like a Pancreas” and “Until There is a Cure,” caffeine does tend to raise blood sugar levels in people with diabetes approximately 1 hour after consuming it. Meanwhile, some people with diabetes seem to have no reaction at all, even to large servings of caffeine.
Although simple dry skin may be a result of washing your hands with drying soap or alcohol based cleansers too frequently, it can also be a sign of high blood glucose.
There has been a carefully guarded secret in medicine: Evidence is often inconclusive, and experts commonly disagree about what it means. Most medical decisions aren’t cut and dried. Instead they’re usually made with uncertainty about what is best for each person.
The isolated sugar from fruit looks very much like sugar from any other source — it is merely a mixture of fructose and glucose, to which your body responds identically.
According to the CDC, Women over 19 need 46 grams of protein a day, and men over age 19 need 56 grams of protein a day. Not sure if you’re meeting your minimum? Then you probably aren’t.
The findings come from a study that tracked the health of nearly 100,000 US nurses over a period of eight years. Lifting weights, doing press-ups or similar resistance exercises to give the muscles a workout was linked with a lower risk of diabetes, the work in PLoS Medicine shows.
Whether you’re the life of the party, a bookworm or a night owl, your personality plays a surprisingly large role in your ability to slim down. Follow this guide to discover your personality type and use your own characteristics to lose weight and keep it off for good.
Researchers investigated the prevalence and impact of chronic fatigue in T1DM patients and compared those results to a matching control group. The study also aimed to find potential determinants of chronic fatigue. Chronic fatigue is defined as persisting for at least 6 months and leading to impairment of daily function.
You don’t stint on sleep or drink diet soda or lose your mind at the all-you-can eat BBQ. So how did you manage to put on four and a half pounds last year?
Between oversized portions and the dizzying number of menu options, eating out can wreak havoc on your waistline, not to mention your overall health. David Zinczenko, who served as editor-in-chief of Men’s Health for more than a decade, has a new book, “Eat It to Beat It!” We asked him to give us the best […]
New research published in a recent issue of Nutrition Journal reports adding one-half of a fresh avocado to a lunch may have helped healthy, overweight people feel more satisfied and reduced their desire to eat following a meal. The study was funded by the Hass Avocado Board.
Beets have all sorts of health benefits—fiber, potassium, folate, metabolites. That last one may not be as familiar as the others and researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center are probing the possibilities that a particular nutrient metabolite found in beets and other vegetables and grains could reduce insulin resistance
Followers of the Paleo Diet may go prehistoric on U.S. News & World Report this week. The publication has ranked the controversial diet last on its “Best Diets Overall” list for 2014.
If you’ve resolved to improve your diet in 2014, there’s one small step you can take that will reap big rewards, according to new research from the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center: incorporating walnuts into your diet.
They’re called “comfort” foods for a reason — they bring back warm memories, tickle your taste buds, and soothe your soul. Though some comfort foods are deep-fried, covered in cheese, or packed with sugar, some can actually help you lose weight. Beat the battle of the bulge with the following cozy eats.
The Journal of Physiology study showed that people who exercise on a daily basis are less affected by the negative health effects of one week of overeating, such as poor blood sugar control and expression of genes by fat cells linked with metabolic changes.
Each year comes with its own unique brand of health trends. Some wind up being passing fad diets, while others prove surprisingly on point. The key to healthy living is knowing which trends are worth your time. To that end, here are the year’s shape-up and slim-down trends we’d like to forget — and the […]
“We found that the low-carbohydrate diet increased blood glucose levels much less than the low-fat diet but that levels of triglycerides tended to be high compared to the low-fat diet,” the researchers wrote. “It is very interesting that the Mediterranean diet, without breakfast and with a massive lunch with wine, did not induce higher blood […]
How to make the best choices with a seemingly unhealthy menu? Here are some tips on this very topic.