We know from the pioneering practice of Dr. Richard K. Bernstein and the late Dr. Robert C. Atkins that following a low-carbohydrate diet is especially powerful for people with diabetes. When we go on a low-carb diet we have much greater control over our blood glucose. We also have a lot less hunger, making weight loss much easier.
After reading the stimulating new book Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes I began to follow a low-carb diet myself. Taubes offered in that book one take...
When we eat a meal, we have a reasonable expectation that the food will make us feel full. But we know from our experience that this... Read more »
For the past two summers I have driven to Ithaca, New York, to take a five-day course at Cornell Adult University. Ithaca is at its best... Read more »
Thanks to my Great Books education, I know that René Descartes famously declared "I think, therefore I am." Materialistic individuals... Read more »
Most people with diabetes need to take oral medication or insulin to control it. Only 15 percent of us don’t take either insulin or oral... Read more »
Did you know that being mentally/physically stressed can have a huge impact on your blood sugars and your insulin sensitivity? I had a... Read more »
People who have extra deposits of fat on their upper chest and back are at greater risk of insulin resistance, a new study suggests. In the study,... Read more »
Conventional wisdom has stated that exercise reduces hunger, but a new study has found that idea to be only half true. In a small study, researchers... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) Can exercise keep you from being hungry? A new report finds exercise reduces hunger in lean women, but not in obese women, which... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Insulin is a naturally occurring hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islands of Langerhans in the pancreas, in response to increased levels of... Read more »
Insulin resistance appears to increase the risk of stroke three times, even independently of heart-disease risk factors such as cardiovascular... Read more »
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