Diabetes News

Note from Connie: It's intriguing to learn how, contrary to what many experts had long thought, intense blood-sugar reduction drug therapy doesn't significantly reduce the incidence of heart disease in type 2 diabetics, according to new research in the New England Journal of Medicine. Jennifer Moore brings you details about this study and another. Another study, also published in the NEJM, found that while intensive blood-glucose control therapy reduced kidney disease in its subjects, it didn't significantly effect the incidence of "macrovascular events" -- that is, heart attack, stroke, or loss of blood supply to the limbs (which can lead...

Did you get to listen yet to my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show today where the personable, cheerful transformational pioneer Marci Shimoff offered tips galore on how to achieve happiness? I encourage you to tune in now to get Marci's valuable ideas and to hear her absolutely amazing stories. You'll be inspired, encouraged and motivated! Listen now to this exciting show so you can become happy. (This is the direct link.)

Are you unhappy, blue and just not getting joy in your life? Let renowned transformational leader Marci Shimoff come to the rescue. Marci, a featured teacher in The Secret and one of the nation's leading experts on happiness, success and the law of attraction, will share secrets and tools to happiness when she appears Tuesday, June 17 on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show at 3 pm EDT. She also will share some of the insights that she reveals in her fascinating new book, Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out. If you...

Note from Connie: Up until now, it's been mostly anecdotal that if you eat a lot of chips, crackers and cookies, you have a hard time sleeping. Read on to learn about a fascinating study that links consuming too many carbs with getting less sleep. Jennifer Moore brings you the details. People who slept 5.5 hours, compared to a group of people who slept 8.5 hours a night, ate more snacks and higher-carb snacks, according to research presented at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). So does this mean that if you sleep...

What was it like for you when you first started injecting insulin? What part of it was easy? What part of it was hard? Click here to share your story...

 

What was it like for you when you first started injecting insulin? What part of it was easy? What part of it was hard? Click here to share your story...

 

As I've mentioned previously on this Sugar Shock Blog, I'm now a life coach (still in training), and I've become really excited and exhilarated by it and its ability for people to accomplish things and make their dreams a reality. In fact, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I'm undergoing my second fascinating weekend of training through the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (iPEC). Therefore, since I want to be there for you to inspire you but I won't be able to post on my blog, I'm posting this in advance so you can learn all about coaching and why I'm...

Some of the hottest celebrities today turn to Harley Pasternak to trim down and lose weight. Harley has worked with people like Eva Mendes, Mandy Moore, Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, Kanye West, Orlando Bloom, Jane Fonda, Rachel Weisz, Zack Braff, Brendan Fraser, Robert Downey, Jr., Sophia Bush and Benjamin Bratt. Now you can get advice from him, too. Tune in Tuesday (at 3 pm EDT) to the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, when Harley, author of the bestselling 5-Factor Diet, will share tips galore on how to lose weight and get fit without feeling hungry or deprived. Listen live...

As you get older, Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia are not inevitable. So concluded researchers examining the brain of a 115-year old woman, who just passed away. Get encouraged now.

The evidence continues to mount against foods that sweets and culprit carbs (white rice, white bread, most processed crackers, etc.), which, of course raise your blood sugar levels. Groundbreaking research from Centre for Public Health Research at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand reveals that elevated blood sugar levels in people without diabetes have a greater likelihood of dying early. In fact, as people's blood sugar levels increased, so did their risk of premature death. What's so intriguing about these findings -- which appeared in the June issue of Diabetes Care -- is that only a few studies have looked...