Diabetes mellitus is a disease where the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues for glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle, fat and liver cells respond poorly to insulin. In people with diabetes, building glucose in [...]

This is a breakdown of how the increasing obesity has become: according to the Office of the Surgeon General’s, the number of overweight or obese adults in this country is 50% higher than it was just a decade ago. Recent studies have predicted that 1 / 3 of children born in 2000 will develop diabetes [...]

Diabetes occurs when the body does not produce insulin, a hormone needed to sugars, starches and other foods into energy for daily life requirements. It is still a mystery cause of diabetes, although genetic and environmental influence, such as not enough exercise and obesity play a role. To understand diabetes, it is good to learn [...]

Some women are at higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes because of a syndrome that often goes undiagnosed: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, affects between six and ten percent of women who are of childbearing age. One of the symptoms of PCOS is often excess weight gain, with that weight carried [...]

Every day, in the United States, more than 2000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed. Type II diabetes, the most prevalent form of diabetes worldwide, often shows few or even no symptoms! After eating, food is broken down into what is known as glucose, a sugar carried by the blood to cells throughout the body. [...]