This website is dedicated to giving you the latest information about using food to prevent and control, or better yet reverse diabetes. It also documents my journey with diabetes. Today I will share with you a brief summary of yet another research. This time we are looking on our gut and an intestinal bacterium which could
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I use turmeric in my kitchen a lot. I do so for a few reasons. The main one is that it is seen as a natural way to possibly reverse diabetes, or, at least to help me to control this lifestyle illness. I am also a lover of most things cooked with curry and
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Like me, you may be sick of the different news and even confused. Today this is good for us, tomorrow the same thing is bad for us. I however still like to know what is being said about my food. I also like to do my own self-experiments to see how different foods are affecting
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Intermittent fasting refers to the way we eat. It speaks more to the pattern of eating rather than a diet itself. In this way of eating we have cycles of eating and fasting. Some people eat normally for a few days and then restrict their calorie intake for a few days. This is an example
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A plant-based diet for diabetics comes as no surprise. The truth be told, we have exhausted this topic, but there will always be people who are hearing it for the first time and so we must continue to send the reminders in Cyber World, hoping and praying that more of us will come to a
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Identifying the Culprit Knowing if sugar is present in what we are eating is important in order to limit our sugar intake. Yes, you would be surprised to learn the different names for sugar and the amount of it contained in even some of the “health foods” we crave. As a rule, examine your
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I had a reader asked me this week via my e-mail to do an article about the signs and symptoms of diabetes. So, today we will spend some time looking at how you can tell that you could possibly have diabetes. I say possibly because you would still need to see your doctor to
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It is a popular belief that a number of diabetics, later in life must also deal with some form of cardiovascular disease. Please allow me to state here and now, that I refuse to “own” all these diabetic complications. Yes, in the event reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with almonds is true, then I
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“It runs in my family.” Think about how many times you heard this seemingly proud announcement, especially relating to an illness. What is truly sad, is that most of the time we are referring to lifestyle illnesses and we are not making the connection that we were taught to eat and behave in a given
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Today we will have a brief talk about preventing pre-diabetes and therefore stopping diabetes in its’ track. This is possible if we engage in some lifestyle changes. Yes, lifestyle changes can stop diabetes. We will be focusing on type 2 diabetes in this article, but before we do so, let us take a look
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It can be a frustrating task for diabetics to decide what to eat and also how to cook the foods we eat. I will be sharing with you some delicious diabetic recipes I have been using to help me to control my blood glucose. Please note that recently I made a decision, based
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I wish for all my readers a Happy New Year, and it is my prayer that we will re-focus on a number of issues as we continue the struggle to change our lifestyles in order to control and possibly reverse diabetes. To my readers who are not diabetic, please do all you possibly can in
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It is that time of year again when we meet with friends and family, “cook up a storm,” laugh, talk and have a merry time. Today, we will focus on some Christmas recipes, which will be perfect in controlling your blood sugar in the event you are diabetic. It could be that you are
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I am from a family of coffee drinkers. The Allison side of my family loves coffee. I love both the smell and the taste of coffee. It is one of the “foods” I never worry my head about because I know I must have my morning drink and I am often heard saying that I
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Some foods are seen as better than others for diabetics and we label them as “superfoods.” Included in this group are the berries and so today we will focus our attention on wines made from these berries, especially those which are recommended for diabetics. We do not need to complicate the matter or
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Today we will take some time to look at some of the foods which cause high and lows in our blood sugar. Diabetics have to live a life of caution. Education about what we eat and the amount we eat is of extreme importance if we are serious about keeping our blood glucose level within
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