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How to avoid Type 2 diabetes

Diabetes is a nasty degenerative disease that is caused by either the pancreas not producing sufficient insulin, or else the muscles becomng less sensitive to its presence.  Insulin is a hormone that enables...

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How to prevent yourself from developing diabetes

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19811.htm Diabetes is a disease that affects many people around the world.  There are two different types, Type I is usually known to first occur in...

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Is there a thin sexy person in all of us?

Metabolic Syndrome What is it??Syndrome X. Sounds mysterious, doesn't it? Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome, describes a cluster of metabolic conditions that may put you at risk for a host of...

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Diabetes type 2

Insulin resistance is detectable before the onset of diabetes type 2. Together with other signs such as accumulation of abdominal fat and increased lipid deposits in muscle tissue you may be able to slow...

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Symptoms and how to prevent Diabetes

I was born with a sweet tooth. I grave sugar like a pregnant woman craves chocolate covered pickles at midnight. My friends keep proclaiming their medical knowledge to me by saying I will become a diabetic....

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Weight Loss After 40, week 7

 Well, I'm still at 13 pounds lost.  This week was a week spent not paying enough attention to my diet.  The upswing is that I didn't gain any weight back.  In the past this would have been enough to send...

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Weight Loss Over 40, Week 6

 Total of 13 pounds now gone from my body.  It is wonderful to put on jeans that were too tight a few weeks ago and they are loose now.  The Insulin Resistance diet is working and even when I "cheat" it...

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Weight Loss, Part 3

 Got on the scale this am and 3 more pounds have left my body.  9 pounds total, so almost 1/10th of my first goal.  I know there are still roadblocks to come.  I didn't resist the chocolate cake at the...

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Weight Loss Over 40, Part 2

Week 1 and I've lost 6 pounds. This could be cause for celebration, but I'll hold off. I've been here before. Initially losing weight isn't hard, but sustaining the loss is for me. It is so easy to fall back...

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Ramblings of a Ordinary Life

 Adjusting to changes in family life can be difficult.  Recently our 18 year old daughter moved in with her boyfriend.  For the husband this was a very distressing time.  I was able to take the change in...

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