Tag: Diabetes

The Early, Easy Message

The Early, Easy Message

Statistics show that about 85% of diabetics are overweight or obese. But that leaves 15% who are not. Why would that be and what should they do? Everyone’s situation is a little different. Maybe you could use some help identifying your personal differences and how 

Diabetic’s Predicament

Type 2 diabetes is officially diagnosed when fasting blood sugar (after not eating all night) hits 126 and A1c (blood sugar stuck to red blood cells) measures at or above 6.5. This is not a condition achieved over night. Think about body temperature when sick. 

There but for the grace of God go I!

There but for the grace of God go I!

Covid-19 on Indian Reservations I watched a broadcast on MSNBC. It was an interview with a South Dakota state representative who happens to be a native American Indian. The discussion was about the impact of COVID-19 on Indians on the Pine Ridge South Dakota Indian 

Insulin Resistance and Diet – Part II

As said before, insulin resistance starts and ends with the amount of sugar arriving in your blood and your ability to cope with that sugar. Generally the sugar comes from your diet. However, natural steroid hormone (there is that word again) created in response to 

Start at the beginning

Start at the beginning

Repeating again the primary underlying health conditions that leave us susceptible to serious illness with COVID-19. These were introduced in my last post. “ Diabetes (results from failure to store glucose in body cells and too much glucose being created in the liver), obesity (too 

Is your immune system prepared for COVID-19?

Is your immune system prepared for COVID-19?

If you happen to live in Montgomery County, AR you probably noted that we had our second diagnosed COVID-19 case. Both cases have since recovered. We don’t know if this second case is a man or a woman. Let’s just call the person Doe for 

COVID-19 — Are you “susceptible”?

Susceptible – “likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.” Take note, it said “harmed.” Technically we already know that about 80% of the total population will not be harmed by COVID-19, that most will have no symptoms. Others will have 

Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Starts with Ignoring the Guidelines

It’s All About the Food   was not written specifically for diabetics. But the truth is that many of the folks who have diabetes got it through a poor diet. This TED Talk by a physician is pointed directly at diabetics, short and easy to understand. 

The Perfect Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetics are often told that they have a “progressive” disease, that it will get worse and perhaps that they will eventually need to take insulin shots. But that does not have to be. This video by Dr. Jason Fung explains that perfectly. The Perfect Treatment