Today is Diabetes Alert Day. The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) wants to bring attention to risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including having a family history of the disease and/or a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). All across the country, we want to make this day a wake-up call for Americans and talk […]
<strong>Type 2 Diabetes</strong> is one of the fastest growing medical conditions in our country today, but is it manageable and maybe even reversable?
According to the International Obesity Task Force estimates in 2002 60% of diabetes cases were due to weight gain, and in western nations the percentage climbs into the 90% range. See why losing belly fat can reduce your risk here.
Researchers have found that people who eat five or more servings per week of white rice were 17 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who eat less than one serving of white rice per month.
