Diabetes News

Are you often plunging into sugar shock, because you polish off almost the entire box of processed crackers? Have you been packing on the pounds, because your sizes are way out of whack? Are you a victim of what experts dub "portion distortion"? To learn what a proper portion is, check out Lynn Grieger's great article about the subject on Your Total Health at iVillage.com. Lynn, as you can learn here, is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, co-author of 6 Weeks to Losing It for Good and popular nutrition writer. Let Lynn help you to never overdo it on...

The trans fatty acids (trans fats) were supposed to take a hike. Turns out that's not totally true. You see, we just learned, thanks to researchers at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis reporting in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the nasty substance still lurks in some foods. The good news is that researchers, who examined a sampling of processed snack foods, cookies, butter, and margarines sold at retail giant Wal-Mart in Minneapolis-St. Paul, found that most of them are now free of trans fats, which have been known to raise "bad" LDL cholesterol, which puts you at...

Did you hear that beginning March 31, all chain restaurants in New York City will have to prominently post calorie data on their menus? Indeed, as noted here previously, the city's Board of Health voted unamimously last month to require this information in the hopes that it will help combat obesity, as CNN and CSPI pointed out. About 54 percent of adults in New York City are overweight or obese. The new regulation applies to restaurants with 15 or more outlets nationwide – or about 10% of all New York City restaurants. This move has the backing of a number...

Do you turn to sugary foods when you're stressed out? If so, you're in good company. But you don't have to let stress get the better of you. You'll get some hope and information from a great, short NBC news story that I just discovered while doing research for my follow-up book to SUGAR SHOCK! (I'll tell you more about the book later.) Watch this intriguing, inspiring NBC News story now about stress and its relationship to overeating. You'll even get some tips while watching the story, which comes from veteran medical reporter Helen Chickering. You can find more helpful...

I was just on KVON 1440 AM's show "Kellie in the Morning" to talk about Valentine's Day and how giving your loved one sugary chocolates isn't such a great idea. I always enjoy enlightening people about sugar's dangers so that they can live a happier, healthier life.

Isn't this tragic? A week after the deadly Feb. 7 sugar refinery explosion in Georgia, the obstinate fire is still burning, the AP reported today. What more, the death toll at the Imperial Sugar Plant Co. has now climbed to eight. The AP explained that dozens of fireworkers weren't enough. "Local crews had to call in a specialized team with powerful equipment to assault the silo fires, where thick masses of molten sugar were still smoldering even after a helicopter dumped thousands of gallons of water." As if sugar isn't bad enough when you over-consume it (as I reveal in...

With romance on people's minds today, the American Diabetes Association sent out this special message to guide people with diabetes so they can have fulfilling love lives. Here's what the ADA wrote: "Don’t let this Valentine’s Day be a bust! "We’ve heard you loud and clear. According to last week’s poll results, diabetes affects many of your love lives. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Janis Roszler and Donna Rice, authors of ADA’s new book Sex and Diabetes: For Him and For Her, answer some of your most urgent questions on the topic." The ADA then sends you to this...

An interesting study, "Exceptional Longevity in Men," just came out in the of Archives of Internal Medicine, which found that men with healthy habits live much longer. Go to MedPageToday.com to hear an intriguing audio clip from head researcher Laurel B. Yates, M.D., M.P.H., a a geriatrician at Brigham and Women's Hospital. It certainly wasn't surprising that men were at increased risks for dying before age 90 if they had bad habits such as these: Smoking, HR 2.10 (95% CI 1.75 to 2.51) Diabetes, HR 1.86 (95% CI 1.52 to 2.26) Obesity (body mass index of at least 30), HR...

Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Wondering how to make it a very special one for your special someone? Tune in Monday at 3 p.m. EST (or afterwards online, at any time, on a 24/7 basis) to the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show, when a panel of renowned experts on romance, relationships and gift-giving -- Gregory Godek, Tamsen Fadal and Matt Titus, Dr. Paulette Kouffman-Sherman and Robyn Freedman Spizman -- will share helpful, tantalizing ideas about how to make this Valentine's Day your most romantic ever. In addition, this Valentine Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show will feature renowned cardiologist Stephen T....

How tragic! Six people died and 42 were injured after a sugar dust explosion at Imperial Sugar Co.'s sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, near Savannah, Georgia, Bloomberg reported. The culprit? Sugar dust. That's right, sugar dust in a "silo" -- where refined sugar is stored before being packaged -- "likely ignited like gunpowder," reported the AP's Ross Bynum, attributing Imperial Sugar Co. president and CEO John Sheptor. "Now, what does that say about our favorite little `treat'?" wondered Karen, who is a member of my Break Free to Soar With Glee program. This incident certainly gives one pause about...