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Understanding the sudden rise of type 2 diabetes in children
In type 2 diabetes, the body struggles to use insulin effectively. This vital hormone, made by beta cells in the pancreas, helps glucose in the bloodstream enter cells in muscle, fat and the liver, where it’s used for energy. But sometimes those cells gradually lose their ability to respond to insulin, forcing the beta cells to pump out more and more of it. If the beta cells can’t keep up, blood glucose levels will begin to rise, leading to a diagnosis of prediabetes and, eventually, diabetes.
A Clinician's Experience of 15 Years of Intermittent Fasting
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, April 9, 2024
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by Richard Z. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
About 15 years ago, a gro...
Why isn’t dental health considered primary medical care?
The patient’s teeth appeared to be well cared for, but dentist James Mancini did not like the look of his gums. By chance, Mancini knew the man’s physician, so he raised an alert about a potential problem — and a diagnosis soon emerged.
“Actually, Bob had leukemia,” says Mancini, clinical director of the Meadville Dental Center in Pennsylvania.
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Diabetes and Natural Medicine
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Type 2 diabetes is on the rise in our society.
According to Dr. Michael Lyon, author of How to Prevent and Treat Dia...
Obesity: A dangerous immune response
Date: March 17, 2022 Source: ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 March 2022.
Obesity and overweight are among the biggest health challenges of the 21st ...
The vicious cycle of food and sleep
OPINION: More than a third of Americans don’t log enough hours in bed, provoking serious impacts on their health. Diet is an important and under-re...
Curcumin and pepper may help with blood sugar
A study from Brazil suggests that the combination of curcumin and piperine, the active ingredient in black pepper, may be even more effective than curcumin alone at improving blood sugar, and triglyceride levels in diabetics.
COVID – A Wakeup Call for Our Love of Mac and Cheese
A recent Townsend Letter article by certified nutritional therapist Mary Budinger, NTP, notes that diseases related to our current diet is a large ...