Diabetes

How a Low-Carb Diet Works
The Diabetes Diet : Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution
by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D.
A low-carb diet is superior for one simple reason: if done according to the guidelines (in this case I am referring to the guidelines in this book), people don't get fat, or don't stay fat, even as they reach the years of the supposedly inevitable

Dietary Principles for Reversing Diabetes
Reversing Diabetes Cookbook : More Than 200 Delicious, Healthy Recipes
by Julian M. Whitaker, M.D., Peggy Dace
Diabetes is a condition marked by elevations in blood sugar. Therefore, a therapeutic diet for people with diabetes is one that helps keep blood sugar levels on an even keel, and that is exactly what the recipes in this book are designed to do.

Why a Low-Carb Diet Is the Only Answer for Diabetics
The Diabetes Diet : Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution
by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D.
AND A VERY GOOD ANSWER FOR EVERYONE ELSE: In its March 30, 2001, edition, the respected journal Science published "The Soft Science of Dietary Fat," by Gary Taubes. The article was not in the strictest sense groundbreaking.

Why the Diabetes Diet Is Superior
The Diabetes Diet : Dr. Bernstein's Low-Carbohydrate Solution
by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D.
It's arguable whether any of the low-carbohydrate diets in the bookstores today is ideal for nondiabetics. But I can say that none of them is ideal for diabetics. Most of them depend heavily on the glycemic index, which is a subjective rather than

Diabetes: The Epidemic and Working for the Cure
The pH Miracle for Diabetes : The Revolutionary Diet Plan for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics
by Robert O. Young, Ph.D., Shelley Redford Young
My journey toward understanding the cause of-and demonstrating the cure for-Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes began in the Caribbean in the early 1990s. It was there, in Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, and Barbados, that the proportions of the epidemic became clear

Diabetes: The Basics
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars
by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D.
Diabetes is so common in this country that it touches nearly everyone's life or will. The statistics on diabetes are staggering, and a diagnosis can be frightening: diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the United States. According to the most r

Diabetes: Diet for Diabetes, Nutrition
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
There are two main types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Insulin-dependent, or Type 1, diabetes affects about 5 percent of all diabetics. It's also known as juvenile diabetes because it often occurs in people under 35 and commonly appears in children

Diabetes: Side Effects, Treatment, Blood Glucose Monitoring
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Oral diabetes drugs are not without side effects. Metformin, for example, can cause serious cramps and diarrhea, and it can't be used in people with kidney problems. Precose is less effective but probably safer to use than metformin, he points out.

A Tale of Two Children
Diabesity: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America-And What We Must Do to Stop It
by Francine R. Kaufman, M.D.
Many people today think of diabetes as a slow-moving chronic disease. But it can be swift and merciless, particularly when it attacks young children. An abnormally high blood sugar level, the hallmark of diabetes, is always a medical emergency.

Sugar: The Safety Issue
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Over the last several decades, sugar has taken on the villain's role in the American diet. General sugar-bashing has led to "sugarphobia" as Jukes calls it and the unfounded fear that eating refined sugar causes many health problems, including

Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinal Detachment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
When diabetes is uncontrolled, chronic high blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels that feed the retina of the eye. In nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), an early stage of diabetic eye disease, the blood vessels may leak fluid.

Pancreas : Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Diabetes and cystic fibrosis are just two of the diseases that involve the pancreas. Various treatments are available for these conditions. The human pancreas, an elongated, flattened gland behind the stomach, is involved in or affected by a number

Sugar : Nonnutritive Sweeteners
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Nonnutritive, or high-intensity, sweeteners satisfy America's sweet tooth without adding calories. Presently, manufacturers are using three such sweeteners to replace sugar in a variety of food and nonfood items such as mouthwashes and pill coatings.

Diabetes: Diabetics Need to Fight
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
There are two main types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Insulin-dependent, or Type 1, diabetes affects about 5 percent of all diabetics. It's also known as juvenile diabetes because it often occurs in people under 35 and commonly appears in children

Managing Gestational Diabetes: A Patient's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
by National Institute of Health
Gestational diabetes is one of the most common health problems for pregnant women. It affects about 5 percent of all pregnancies, which means there are about 200,000 cases each year.

Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy
by National Institute of Health
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes, or high blood sugar, that only pregnant women get. In fact, the word gestational means pregnant. If a woman gets high blood sugar when she's pregnant, but she never had high blood sugar before

What Is Diabetes?
American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes
by American Diabetes Association
When you or someone you love has diabetes, you discover that you must think about a part of life that others take for granted. Your never-changing goal becomes reaching a subtle balance between glucose and insulin.

What It Means To Be a Diabetic
Diabetes Survival Guide: Understanding the Facts About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
by Stanley Mirsky, M.D., Joan Rattner Heilman
Nobody is delighted to be diagnosed as a diabetic. After all, diabetes is a chronic disease with serious consequences and complications if it isn't kept under control. You must watch what you eat, get regular exercise, and maybe take pills or insulin

Diet and Exercise Delay Type 2 Diabetes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A government study indicates that regular exercise and a low-fat diet can dramatically delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Food Label: Coping With Diabetes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
People with diabetes benefit from the larger type and more detailed nutritional information now on the food label. For people with diabetes, easily readable labeling information is vital because diet is important in managing diabetes.