Diabetes News

Yesterday was Diabetes Alert Day, a time designated by the American Diabetes Association to learn if you have this disease. Learn about this potentially deadly disease by listening now to my Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show on Tuesday. The topic was diabetes. My guests included: Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D., President, Health Care & Education for the American Diabetes Association Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., C.N.C. who is contributing author for my book SUGAR SHOCK! Nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D. Listen now to this fascinating show.

Are you one of 6 million Americans who have diabetes but don't know it? Or are you one of 54 million people in the U.S. with pre-diabetes, which means you're at risk for getting the disease? It's imperative that you get the facts now and start taking care of yourself. For Diabetes Alert Day, which is Tuesday, I'm presenting a special Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show at 3 p.m. EST to educate people about diabetes, which now has hit some 21 million people in the U.S., of which 6 million have not yet been diagnosed. Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D., President,...

Are you one of 6 million people who don't know that you have diabetes? Or are you one of 54 million Americans with pre-diabetes, which means you're at risk for developing type 2 diabetes? Find out ASAP, urges the American Diabetes Association, which is sounding the alert now and up Tuesday, March 25, 2008, which is the 20th Annual American Diabetes Alert Day. Tuesday is designated as a time to sound the “wake-up” call to Americans everywhere about the seriousness of diabetes, which is the fifth leading cause of death. The idea of Tuesday's alert day is to encourage those...

Welcome new readers from Las Vegas and Fort Wayne, Indiana, who heard me on the radio in your communities this morning. To get some ideas for healthier Easter fun, go here. It was fun -- and I hope inspiring -- for listeners of Fort Wayne's "Morning News with Charly Butcher" on WOWO-AM/HD and the "KDWN Morning Show" with John Shaffer in Las Vegas. Also this week, I was interviewed for a story for Healing Lifestyles & Spas magazine.

With Easter around the corner, here's an article I wrote to help adults make this holiday a safer, healthier one for their children. Easter: Ban the Bunny, Skip Sugar Shock (Candies Galore) & Bring on Fun Toys Instead By Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. It's time for the sweet Easter bunny with the cute cotton tail to hop around, proferring colorful candies galore to non-suspecting kiddies around the nation, who will undoubtedly gorge on these sweets in obscene quantities. It's sugar shock time. And that spells danger galore! Parents, did you know that all those jelly beans, marshmallow treats and pastel-colored candies...

I just love hearing from readers of my book SUGAR SHOCK! Here are some remarks from Paula in Minnesota. "I just got your book yesterday and couldn't stop reading it. I know I am a complete sugar junkie. Although I have no issues living without white bread, I can not let go of the candy, cookies, cakes, etc. "My husband compared me to a drug addict (like my brother). I have one piece and then before I know, the whole bag is gone. "I have been working on self-help and healing my heart and one of my journaling [exercises] is...

As this blog and my book SUGAR SHOCK! point out, ample research suggests that high fructose corn syrup can be quite harmful to your health (as observed here and here, for example). Now, Michael Pollan, bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, gives us another reason to limit or eliminate the sweetener -- it's bad for the environment, as Washington Post journalist Eviana Hartman points out. "Most corn is grown as a monoculture, meaning that the land is used solely for corn, not rotated among crops," she writes. "This maximizes yields, but at a price: It...

Fall off your diet? Down in the dumps of sugar addiction? Weight loss more of a dream than reality now? Don't fret. Read my article on SheKnows.com to find out how to get back on track.

New York is an awful place to be this week because hyprocrisy is rearing its ugly head. The soon-to-be-former Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- described by the New York Times as a (former") "fierce enforcer of ethics" -- resigned today because the truth came out about his involvement in a prostitution ring. How could the man described by the New York Times as an "avenging state attorney general" who hunted "down Wall Street malefactors with an evangelical fervor" turn out to be such a cad and hypocrite? Shame on the gubernatorial creep for being client # 9 of a call-girl ring...

Hurrah to the Produce for Better Health Founcation for its new, innovative FoodChamps.com website to make shopping for and eating fruits and vegetables more enjoyable and fun for kids. Parents, if your kids are reluctant to eat their fruits and veggies, go online with them and show them the colorful, new website, FoodChamps.org, offered by the the non-profit Produce for Better Health Foundation, whose mission is to create a healthier America through increased consumption of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Just look at the variety of fun on FoodChamps.org for kids 2 to 5 and 6 to 8. For...