Diabetes News

Back in mid-March, I wondered here, on this SUGAR SHOCK! Blog, if Britney Spears is a sugar addict. I asked: "Might drugs, sugar or alcohol have triggered erratic, unpredictable behavior in her such as when the pop star shaved off her gorgeous locks on Feb. 16?" Interestingly, yesterday -- nine months after I speculated that Britney had a sugar problem -- Access Hollywood raised the same issue, even quoting an expert, who expressed horror about Britney's "toxic diet" and her bizarre behavior such as attacking a car with an umbrella. “She’s a person who’s completely addicted to sugar," Dr. Timothy...

If you drink too many sugary sodas, you may increase your risk for developing Alzheimer's disease late in life, new research suggests. While this study was conducted on mice, not humans, study co-author Ling Li, DVM, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the findings add to the evidence implicating poor diet as a risk factor for Alzheimer's risk, according to Medicine.net. The findings were fascinating: Mice were fed either water or sugar water -- about the equivalent of five cans of sugary soda a day for a human. Sure enough, the brains of mice fed sugar water...

Calling chocoholics (chocolate addicts) based in Los Angeles. Please help me to help you -- and to help a major new TV show. Please help this sure-to-be-hot reality TV show find some L.A.-based chocolate addicts. If you're a chocolate addict living in L.A.,, this is your big chance to get help on TV from a hot new reality TV show from the company that worked on "The Biggest Loser." Even if you you do NOT live in L.A. yourself but you know some chocolate addicts living there, PLEASE help me to spread the word to your friends, relatives, co-workers in...

Note from Connie: More scary findings were just released about the dangers of high blood sugar. Learn about this recent study, which concluded that that people who have polyps removed from their colons and have elevated levels of blood sugar or insulin at the time of the procedure are at greater risk of the polyps returning. My blog researcher Jennifer Moore brings you more info about this eye-opening study, which we learned about from this eye-opening article from Megan Rauscher of Reuters. Thanks to a research team from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, people are being forewarned that you shouldn't...

Worried about how to survive holiday parties without pigging out on those culprit carbs? Get some holiday help tomorrow from four low-carb experts, who will offer all kinds of tips and tactics to beat the cookie monster. (Or candy cane monster or gingerbread monster. You get the idea.) Tune in for help tomorrow, Tuesday, at 3 p.m. EST to the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show. In this special, fun, lively show, you'll first meet these four popular low-carb experts, who will share how they were able to lose so much weight. Then they'll give goodies galore on how you can...

Article written by a registered dietician offers realistic holiday eating tips for people with diabetes. Download 3 smoothie recipes.

Article written by a registered dietician offers realistic holiday eating tips for people with diabetes. Download 3 smoothie recipes.

Ever wonder what that seemingly innocuous phrase, "all natural" means? Take your power back and get educated. A good first step is to read an article by my colleague, Mike Adams, a.k.a., the "Health Ranger," over at the popular website, NewsTarget.com. Mike explains how The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn't regulate claims of "all natural" even though the agency claims to do just that. In fact, food companies are getting away with using all sorts of non-natural processes and chemical ingredients in a food product that they claim is "all natural," Mike explains. Check out Mike's interesting article now...

In school, kids are supposed to learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Is it too much to ask that children also begin to get some nutrition basics from at least one of their teachers? Apparently, in Florida's Seminole County, the notion of teaching kids about healthy eating and good food is a foreign one. The school board there struck the most ill-conceived, nutritionally horrific, jaw-droppingly bad deal with McDonald's restaurants in Seminole County: For the 2007-2008 school year, elementary school kids with good grades and near-perfect attendance are rewarded with Happy Meals. That's right. If you're one of the 27,000 school...

Salt is on the minds lately of the Food and Drug Administration, the American Medical Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. But should salt -- the so-called "forgotten-killer" -- be the prime focus of governmental and medical attention and potential regulation rather than even-more-forgotten-and deadly sugar? Yes, salt can lead to fatalities, but the other white powder, sugar, and its relatives (other refined sweeteners) can kill way more people than salt. Let me bring you up to date on salt's heated debate. The FDA is considering limiting salt content in processed and restaurant foods, because the...