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Iron Overload And Diabetes
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Many people have never heard of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), the most common genetic disease among white people--even though it sometimes causes diabetes. Diabetes news for nutrition and diet planning.
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Vision Loss - Diabetic Complications
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Glaucoma is the second-most important cause of blindness in the United States (after diabetic retinopathy). If glaucoma is detected early and treated properly, blindness can be prevented. (Diabetes News)
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Type I Diabetes And Insulin Resistance
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Researchers have discovered that people with type 1 diabetes often have insulin resistance-- a hallmark of type 2 diabetes and something that dramatically raises the odds for heart disease. (Diabetes News- Hyperinsulinemia)
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Glucosamine & Diabetes - News Update
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Recent Diabetes news reports that oral glucosamine supplementation does not result in clinically significant alterations in glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.(Diabetic Nutrition)
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Olive Oil Makers Can Advertise Heart Benefit
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The monounsaturated fat in olive oil may reduce the chances of suffering coronary heart disease, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday, opening the door to revised food labels. As long as people don't increase the number of calories they consume daily, the FDA found "limited but not conclusive evidence" suggesting reduced risk of coronary heart disease when people replace foods high in saturated fat with the monounsaturated fat in olive oil. (Diabetes Education and Diabetes News)
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24 Million Americans Have Diabetes
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The number of Americans with diabetes has grown to about 24 million people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population, the government announced recently. The number represents an increase of about 3 million over two years. (Diabetes Research, Diabetes Statistics)
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If I Don't Feel Sick, How Can High Blood Sugars Hurt Me?
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Complications from diabetes come on over time, and damage has often started before we realize something is wrong. The belief that "as long as I feel well I must be well" does not hold true for the complications of diabetes; they come on quietly. (neuropathy prevention, diabetic complications, diabetic neuropathy)
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Cinnamon
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Cinnamon appears to fight inflammation and help insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar. (Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes Research)
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Many Diabetics Not Controlling Blood Sugar
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This year, specialists for the first time are urging every diabetic over age 50 to get tested for the leg disease, called peripheral arterial disease or PAD. Studies suggest one in three diabetics over age 50 may have PAD. Anybody can get PAD. At least 12 million Americans are thought to have it, most of them undiagnosed.
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Diabetes Problems "Vitamin Deficiency Link"
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A simple vitamin deficiency may be the cause of many of the side effects of diabetes, a study suggests. Researchers found people with diabetes expelled thiamine - vitamin B1 - from their bodies at 15 times the normal rate in a study of 94 people. (Vitamin Deficiency, Thiamine, Heart Disease, Eye Disease)
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Living With Diabetes? Save Your Heart!
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People who have diabetes are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than they are to lose a limb. Despite that fact, 60 percent of those with diabetes don't consider cardiovascular disease a serious complication, according to a survey conducted by the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology. (Diabetic Complications, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Attack, Stroke)
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Diabetes Heart Risk "Equivalent To 15 Years Aging"
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Diabetics are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, one of the world's biggest killers, 15 years earlier than other people. (Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetic Complications)
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Fish Oil Health Benefits: Natural Way To Lower Blood Pressure
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Fish oil omega 3s, like EPA and DHA, help lower cholesterol, get rid of fat in the blood, remove plaque from the arteries, increase the elasticity of the blood vessels and prevent hardening of the arteries. Each one of these will go a long way toward naturally lowering your blood pressure. (High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Omega-3)
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CoQ10: Key Nutrient For Heart Health
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Read why is CoQ10 so important and how you can use it most effectively. (Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure, Coenzyme Q10)
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Fish Helps Statins Protect The Heart
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People taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins who also consume omega-3 fatty acids - typically found in fish and fish oil - have a better chance of avoiding heart problems than patients who take statins alone. (High Cholesterol, Statins, Omega-3 Fats, Cardiovascular Disease)
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