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Our bodies use a hormone called insulin to process glucose in the food we eat into the energy that we need to live. Diabetes inhibits the body’s production of insulin, either stopping it [...]

The earliest symptoms of diabetes are the ones that come from having too much glucose, or sugar, in your blood. The symptoms of type 1 diabetes are usually much more severe, and happen much more [...]

What is Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that happens when the immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make a hormone called insulin. Insulin is [...]

The more we learn about diabetes, the easier it has become to control the disease and live a normal life. If you have diabetes, you can still eat a fun and exciting diet full of flavor—and even [...]

Cholesterol has a rotten reputation, but it’s not all bad for the body. There’s “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol,” and learning the difference between the two, and how to control them, can [...]

Type 2 diabetes is not a contagious disease, but is nevertheless spreading rapidly to a growing number of adults, and has even begun affecting teenagers and children at alarming rates. There are [...]

We don’t currently understand the true nature of the relationship between diabetes and depression, though it does seem clear that there is a link between the two. An increasing number of studies [...]

Are you in a vigorous training program? Then you need to be very careful while training the way carry out and execute the program. Some people especially newbies end up training beyond the limit [...]

Hydrotherapy involves the use of water to treat various conditions, such as arthritis, rheumatic complaints and other ailments. Although it resembles swimming, it is different because it requires [...]

Regardless of your shape or age, you should exercise daily, or at least 3 times per week. Apart from toning your body to give you that physique you have always desired, exercise also strengthens [...]