Staying In Control with Type 2 Diabetes

Having a healthy diet and planning appropriate meals is important for everyone, but it is critical for people with type 2 diabetes. Making sure that you are eating the right kinds of foods can be a life or death decision so the more information you have, the more likely you are to make wise [...]

Living With Diabetes - A Rollercoaster

Living with diabetes presents a challenge to everyone that is diagnosed with this disorder of the pancreas. Understanding the process of this disease can give motivation towards making the necessary lifestyle changes in order to keep your diabetic health under control. The simplest explanation is that insulin is a hormone that our [...]

Vitamin K

Vitamin K, aka Antihaemorrhagic Factor, is a fat soluble vitamin like Vitamin A. It comes in 3 forms which are Phylloquinone (k1), Menaquinone (k2) and Menadione (k3). It helps to maintain the formation of normal prothrombin and factor VII in the blood and thus takes part in normal coagulation. Recent studies show that increasing vitamin [...]

The Cookie Diet

The Cookie Diet is based on a very low calorie intake of about 800 per day. This diet was the brainchild of Dr. Siegal and dates back to 1975 when he was researching natural foods and dieting and he claims that amino acids baked into the cookie can control hunger. This diet doesnt try to [...]

The Grapefruit Diet

The Grapefruit Diet has taken many different names and forms in the past such as The Hollywood Diet, The New Mayo Diet and the 10-day, 10-pounds off diet and it has been around since approximately 1930, although became really popular in the 1980’s. Doctors and experts soon wrote this one off as another fad diet [...]