New Device Checks Tears For Blood Sugar On Diabetics

The traditional method of testing blood sugar levels involves painful pricks on the fingers to draw blood for testing. The inconvenient and painful process may somehow leave diabetics lax in their testing.

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Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Fish, Good For Diabetics

Diabetics are six times more likely to suffer a first heart attack and three to eight times more likely to die for heart disease than those without the disease.

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The Benefits Of Low Glycemic Index Rootcrops

Glycemic index (GI) is a classification of food based on the blood glucose response to a food relative to a standard glucose solution.

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Sweet Fruits Not Harmful To Diabetics – Study

A study conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), showed that fruits’ slow glucose release when taken in, helped keep its sugar from affecting the sugar level of a person.

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The Health Benefits of Ampalaya

There are more than 50 million diabetics in the world. The disease is chronic and its cause is hereditary or an acquired deficiency in the production of insulin by the pancreas. The result is increased concentration of glucose or blood sugar in the body.

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Is Bitter Melon Effective In The Treatment Of Diabetes?

Bitter Melon (Momordicin Charantia) or ampalaya, paliya, amargoso  as they are known in Philippine local dialects can neither cure nor prevent diabetes, but it can help control the disease.

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Heart Attack & Strokes As Devastating To Women As They Are To Men

The World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations recently reported that fewer people worldwide now die of infectious diseases and more of chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke.

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