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Insulin – The Mother of All Problems

I’ve been working in the health or wellness sector for over 10 years and in recent years I’ve begun to form an opinion which may be well off the mark in some sense but it is worth sharing. Insulin is … Continue reading

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Diabetes – Insulin Resistance

Diabetes is rife with complicated names for simple situations. Insulin Resistance is just one of these terms that needs explanation. Insulin resistance occurs when the body’s cells become less responsive to insulin. Therefore, the body must secrete more insulin to … Continue reading

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Living With Diabetes – controlling your blood glucose levels

Diabetes is a problem of such large scale that it is attarcting the attention of the fiscal controllers in Government around the world.  It is wholly treatable but very costly and once drus are used they probably have to continue … Continue reading

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Fructose – Glucose – Sucrose = Villains?

Hi – if you are a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that one of my over riding themes is diabetes and poor understanding of the causes. Occasionally you get one of those ‘aha moments’ which just suggest further … Continue reading

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Diabetes – How Medication Works

OK – let me come clean. I’m not an advocate of the use of pharmaceutical drugs as a first choice. We are over medicated and over reliant upon them but we can’t talk about diabetes without some discussion of these … Continue reading

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