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140. “Our Diabetes Clinic Wouldn’t Listen, But Reported Me to the Authorities”

December 7, 2014

This blog is by the Diet Doctor, Andreas Eenfeldt, who has an excellent website at http://www.dietdoctor.com/ I am very grateful to Andreas for permission to post this article here. The original can be sourced at http://www.dietdoctor.com/diabetes-clinic-wouldnt-listen-reported-authorities A 9-year-old is firmly advised to eat a pound of root vegetables per meal for the brain to work […]

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138. Canadian Physician Tackles His Own Diabetes Successfully

November 24, 2014

Dr Jay Wortman is an MD based in Canada. At the age of 50 years it suddenly woke up to the fact that he had all the typical signs and symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). He tested his blood glucose and found that it was far too high. At this point he decided the

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116. Microchip to beat Obesity

September 9, 2014

According to The Guardian (8september 2014) Professor Sir Stephen Bloom is developing an “intelligent microchip” which will send signals to the brain that will stop the urge to eat. Bloom is head of the diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at Imperial College London in Hammersmith Hospital. He believes that this will reduce appetite and therefore act as

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112. Overcome Type 2 Diabetes: Change the Diet and Ditch the Drugs

August 26, 2014

As a society we seem to have been conditioned to expect that treatment with drugs and other medical procedures are the answer to every form of ill-health. Many of us feel short-changed if we come away from a visit to the GP without a subscription for one or more medicines. However the hard reality is

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88. The Guardian Tackles Obesity

June 25, 2014

In an article entitled “The shape we’re in” Guardian health editor Sarah Boseley presents “ten shocking facts about Britain’s health crisis” which claim to be the truth about obesity (1). Unfortunately she simply re-hashes the stale old arguments and false information, which is why we are in such a mess. There is no doubt that

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82. Huge Increase in the Incidence of Prediabetes

June 18, 2014

In a paper just published in BMJ Open, it is reported that the incidence of prediabetes in England increased from 11.6% in 2003 to 35.6% in 2011 (1). Those with prediabetes have an increased risk of developing full blown diabetes. Furthermore vascular complications, nephropathy, retinopathy and neuropathies are more common in people with prediabetes than

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77. DIABETES….A SURPRISING CASE STUDY

May 19, 2014

In my last blog, I quoted a number of case studies from individuals who had successfully overcome diabetes by making changes to their diet. As a result the blood glucose had been reduced to “normal” levels and in most people, the need for drugs had been eliminated. It was therefore with some surprise that

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76 Diabetes Can Be Conquered!

April 25, 2014

Diabetes is essentially excessive glucose in the blood. In the normal course of events insulin is produced by the pancreas which prevents the build up of blood glucose. In Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) there is an inherent weakness in the ability to secrete sufficient insulin and in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) the amount of glucose

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71. COPING WITH DIABETES

April 9, 2014

There is absolutely no doubt that diabetes is one of the major public health issues throughout the world at the present time. Here in Great Britain, the incidence in both men and women has more than doubled in the last 15 years. If current trends continue then it is likely that there will be 5

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38. The Health Benefits of Milk and Milk Products

June 24, 2013

Traditionally milk has been regarded as important with respect to nutrition because it is a source of calcium and several vitamins. However liquid milk consumption has suffered because of the competition other beverages such as sugar sweetened soft drinks and various forms of bottled water. In addition milk and/or milk products contain saturated fat, which

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