I must still be alive because I am healthy enough to post this first 2008 post, yeah!!!  How’ve you been feeling?

Well, here’s what you’ve been waiting for fellow health nuts, acorns and seedlings out there. Today’s focus is on diabetes and diabetics, specifically a cool resource site where you can find just about everything imaginable to man, woman child having to do with the subject. It’s a BlogSpot site called the "Quintessential Diabetes Links Resource and it’s located here: 

http://diabeteslinks.blogspot.com/

Hope you like it and see you next year (just kidding)

Have you felt healthy this year? Have you noticed any difference in the way you feel this year as compared with previous years? If so, what and to what extent?

I’ve felt pretty good this year. Been to the doctor a few times. No complaints. I know a lot of folks don’t have it so easy, have medical problems, serious medical problems. How’s your health this year?

The 80’s way…

by Dr John Anne

White Flour

Wheat is the most common cereal used throughout the world for making bread. It is a good source of energy. With its essential coating of bran, vitamins and minerals, it is an excellent health-building food.

Wheat is usually ground into flour for use as food. However refined wheat flour constitutes a serious health hazard of the various processed foods being used today for their delicious taste, white flour (maida) is especially harmful. The colossal loss of vitamins and mineral in refined wheat flour has led to widespread prevalence of constipation and other related disgestine disturbance and nutritional disorders, particularly diabetes. The consumption of white flour is thus an important contributory cause of diabetes, and its aggravation, if the disease has already developed.

White Salt

Common salt or sodium chloride is a major factor in maintaining the acid base equilibrium of the body. It is also essential for the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Thus, while a certain amount of salt essential for the body system, it is required in very small quantities, ranging from 10 to 15 g per day.

Excessive use of salt puts extra burden on the kidneys, may cause high blood pressure, which is closely linked with diabetes. Excessive intake of salt promotes water retention in the body, which in due course may lead to obesity, which is a potent cause of diabetes. Too much salt is thus harmful and may promote or hasten the onset of diabetes.

Salt (sodium chloride) and sodium preservatives are added to most processed foods. A sodium-controlled diet must avoid or limit salted snacks; pickles and many others processed convenience foods.

Tea and Coffee

Drinking tea and coffee is a serious health hazard for the diabetic. The most alkaloid principle in both tea and coffee is caffeine. Caffeine is an addictive drug similar to cocaine in as much as it stimulates the central nervous system. While these effects are short-lived, it has been observed that they lead to withdrawal symptoms of irritability, lethargy, headaches and anxiety. The daily intake of tea and coffee causes indigestion and gas formation, diarrhea, and constipation. They also increase the blood sugar level, which may lead to diabetes or aggravate its symptoms where the disease is already present.

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by jasmine

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by David Perry

Studies Linking Soda To Diabetes Understate The Health Hazards

‘Liquid candy’ increases obesity, reduces healthy blood sugar levels in adolescents and adults and depletes chromium. The researchers are watching more than just weight loss.

August 18. 2006. Reputable health institutions like Harvard (the Nurses Study) and the Journal of the American Medical Association have found a link between drinking a can of soda every day and the development of Type 2 diabetes.

Based on scientific data, it was found that:

Hazard #1: High Calorie Drinks Increase Weight, Triggering Diabetic Response

- Calorie-rich, so-called ’soft-drinks’ can have a major impact on obesity, in turn triggering a diabetic response. Just one beverage a day can add an estimated 15 pounds a year to the drinker’s body weight

- The ’sugar rush’ from the commonly used high fructose corn syrup (often used as a lower cost replacement for sugar) reduces the body’s ability to keep up with the demand for insulin, resulting in an extended high level of sugar in the bloodstream or diabetes.

But that’s not the whole story.

Hazard #2: "Cheap sugar"Sweetener Lowers Chromium Levels, Raises Blood Sugar Levels

According to Earl Mindell, author of ‘Prescription Alternatives’, the real culprit in the rising incidence of diabetes is that high fructose corn syrup depletes chromium in our systems.

Chromium has been documented in numerous studies http://www.provenresultshealth.com/DiabXProductPage/bloodsugar.php to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels.

It helps glucose pass from the bloodstream into cells.

Specifically citing a U.S. Department of Agriculture report, Mindell notes that high fructose corn syrup sweeteners deplete our bodies of chromium - the result being a rise in LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, or unhealthy blood sugar readings.

Mindell states that there is a direct correlation between the increase use of high fructose corn syrup sweeteners in soft drink beverages, and the growth of diabetes in the U.S. population.

Who Should Stop Drinking Soda?

According to Dr. David Ruben, author of "Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutrition", the answer of who should stop drinking soda is "everyone". Ruben adds "The sugar is cheap, rotten, refined sugar that can only do you damage - diabetes, obesity, tooth decay and all the rest."

About Proven Results Health http://www.ProvenResultsHealth.com Proven Results Health is a Chicago-based, leading provider of all natural, clinically-proven supplements for Diabetics, that promote healthy blood sugar levels and weight loss.

About the Author

Contact: Dave Perry, Perry Marketing Communications Tel: 312.401.1882 E-mail: daveatperrymar@comcast.net

by Mike Herman

If your child is under the age of two and has been diagnosed with diabetes, know that there are many alternatives and options available that will control this condition and ensure your child has a happy, healthy, and normal childhood.

The number of toddlers with diabetes is increasing, so know that you are not alone. Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas does not process sugar effectively.

Since there are many different types of diabetes, ask your physician to explain the exact condition that affects your child.

Also, consider seeking out parents of other diabetic toddlers in your area to glean information and support from individuals who are in your shoes.

* Learn About The Disease *

Diabetes can be frightening to anyone, but especially a parent of a toddler with diabetes.

Instead of allowing the disease to take over your life, strive to learn as much as possible about the specific type of diabetes that affects your child.

Also, be sure to learn the side effects of diabetes and any symptoms that you should be aware of that are associated with a potential problem caused by the disease.

By educating yourself, you take away some of the unexpected associated with any disease that affects a child.

Finally, learn about the proper ways to care for your child and exactly what medications or medical techniques are necessary in controlling this condition.

Many toddlers with diabetes can control the condition by switching to a favorable diet.

* Test Blood Sugars Often *

Especially with children , testing blood sugar can be difficult.

However, this task is necessary in order to determine if your child is having problems so that you can stop any potentially deadly problems before they start.

Since a blood sugar test typically involves a pin prick, consider ways to make the entire process less scary and painful for your child.

There are several high quality testing monitors on the market that are made especially for youngsters with diabetes.

Also, speak with your child and let him or her know the exact reason why this test needs to be performed.

Education is the key to understanding.

* Develop A Schedule *

Schedules are important in the life of any child, but especially one that has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.

By developing a schedule for your child and ensuring that he or she sticks to it, you are working diligently to control the diabetes.

This schedule is especially important when it comes to meal times. Most diabetics need to eat smaller meals more frequently.

With small children, consider developing a game that will allow him or her to stick to the schedule without feeling regimented.

As you child grows and enters into schooling, you should maintain this schedule to prevent potential problems from developing during the day.

* Plan For The Worst *

If you properly control the disease, the risks of complications or problems are less likely to happen.

However, you should always have a plan in mind in the event the worst does happen.

Create a special diabetes station in your home and be sure that everyone in your home (even another child) knows how to use the equipment properly.

You may also need to teach your child that suffers from diabetes on the correct way to use the medical equipment in case he or she needs to self medicate.

By developing a plan, everyone will know exactly what to do and panic will be avoided so that the problem can be solved immediately. This is also the case when you are traveling.

Carry a small kit just in case your diabetic child should have to need medicine to stop a potential problem.

About the Author

Mike Herman Is The Publisher of 4HealthConcerns.com . Where He Has More Information On Juvenile Diabetes That You Can Research While Relaxing at Home

by Dave Perry

Good money for supplements goes down the drain. The City of Tacoma, Washington removes over 250,000 pounds of vitamin and mineral pills and tablets from its sewers - every 6 months. Much of this goes right through YOU.

August 19, 2006, Chicago, Illinois. Indeed, the City of Tacoma, Washington removes over 250,000 pounds of vitamin and mineral pills and tablets from its sewers - every 6 months. And much of these vitamins went right through YOU.

The reason is many medical supplements that you buy today, including chromium for diabetes, aren’t readily absorbed into your system.

That’s too bad.

Clinical studies have proven chromium can help those with Pre or Type 2 diabetic symptoms to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels.

According to Richard Anderson, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, chromium is a critical mineral that potentiates insulin, a hormone that influences carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism.

"There is a widespread tendency toward increased consumption of highly processed foods, such as refined sugar (mainly from soda), which is not only low in chromium but also stimulates chromium losses."

Chromium supplementation restores the mineral depletion and has been shown to have an impact on blood sugar and, additionally, weight loss - a double benefit to counter the effects of heavy high fructose corn syrup-sweetened soda consumption trends.

But what good is it if your body doesn’t accept it?

Recent comparative studies (http://www.provenresultshealth.com/DiabXProductPage/bioavailability.php) have shown a dramatic difference in the type of chromium used to more effectively counter chromium depletion and weight gain.

The clinical study compared three chromium types: chromemate, chromium chloride and chromium picolinate.

Of the three, chromemate was found to be absorbed 600% greater than chromium chloride and 300% greater than chromium picolinate.

The better the absorption rate or bioavailability, the greater the benefit in helping to promote healthy blood sugar levels and weight loss.

Pre and Type 2 diabetics who seek supplemental help should consider the chromium type most readily accepted by their system, instead of clogging the sewer system.

About Proven Results Health http://www.ProvenResultsHealth.com

Proven Results Health is a Chicago-based, leading provider of all natural, clinically-proven supplements for Diabetics, that promote healthy blood sugar levels and weight loss.

About the Author

Contact: Dave Perry, Perry Marketing Communications Tel: 312.401.1882 E-mail: daveatperrymar@comcast.net

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