Understanding GL – the key to reversing diabetes

Here’s a dull management saying for you: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. That’s true in business, but it’s also true if you have, or are approaching diabetes. You need to literally measure your food – or …

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10 simple ways to reverse diabetes

1. Eat a low GL diet. A ‘low glycemic’ diet won’t cause sugar spikes and that’ll keep your blood sugar even. 2. Pig out on soluble fibres. A low GL diet includes foods like lentils, beans and chickpeas which are …

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How type 2 diabetes creeps up on you

A poor lifestyle and diet raises your blood sugar levels. There’s no getting away from that. The trouble is, the more often your blood sugar leves go high, the more insulin you make. And the more you make, the more …

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The symptoms and the consequences of type 2 diabetes

The main symptoms of type 2 diabetes are: Unusual weight chance (both up and down) Constant thirst Constant sugar craving Frequent urination Tiredness Blurred vision Itchy skin Course, you can have none of these and still be diabetic. And bear …

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My light bulb moment with diabetes.

One thing that confused me when I first started scratching my head about diabetes, was a very simple question. If your body is producing too much insulin, surely that’s going to lower your blood sugar levels? But that’s the rub …

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What is Type 2 diabetes?

Let’s get Type 1 out of the way first. Type 1 diabetes is when your body doesn’t produce enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when your body produces too much. Here’s what’s frightening about Type 2 diabetes though: Half of …

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