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Dietary Changes

Low Carbohydrate Diets

The Atkins diet restricts healthful complex carbohydrates in vegetables and particularly in fruits that are known to protect against heart disease. The Atkins diet also causes excessive calcium excretion in urine, which increases the risk for kidney stones and osteoporosis, and the release of ketones. An overload of ketones leads to ketosis, which can cause nausea, lightheadedness, and bad breath. A 2002 study suggested that such diets during pregnancy may in...

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Expert & Community Posts

Valentine's Day and Diabetes

By Gina Capone , Health Expert

Love is in the air! Ahh can you smell the sweetness. My blood sugar just sky rocketed just thinking... Read more »

Economic hard times, depression and diabetes

By Gina Capone , Health Expert

In January I was laid off from my job for a second time in a year. If you have never been laid... Read more »

Honesty at Last

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Those of us who are cutting carbs are often seeking some kind of low-carb bread or cracker that... Read more »

Top 8 Low-Carb Fake-Outs

By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert

Republished with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com You know how some foods just... Read more »

Insulin Pumps & Low Carbohydrate Diets

By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

High carbohydrate diet? Low carbohydrate or no carbohydrate diet? Low Fat diet? Mediterranean diet?... Read more »

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Health Guide

Diabetes Diet: Major Food Components in a healthy diabetic diet

Major Food ComponentsCarbohydratesCompared to fats and protein, carbohydrates have the greatest impact on blood sugar. Both the amount and type of carbohydrate affect blood glucose. Carbohydrate... Read more »

High Cholesterol: Highlights

Cholesterol TrendsOlder Americans are making strides in lowering their total cholesterol levels, but younger adults levels are increasing, according to survey data published in the Journal... Read more »

Heart Healthy Diet: soy, fish oil, low-carb and low-fat diets

SoyA rigorous review found that soy protein and isoflavone supplements do not help lower cholesterol or heart disease risk. However, soy foods are healthy choices, and the American Heart... Read more »

Weight Control and Diet: Highlights

Investigative DrugsRimonabant (Accompli) is a new class of weight loss drug called selective CB1 blockers, which help curb a persons appetite. A study published in the November 2005 New... Read more »

Alzheimer's- Diagram of the Brain

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the brain from which there is no recovery. The disease slowly attacks nerve cells in all parts of the cortex of... Read more »

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