diabetes

Diabetes is a relatively common, and potentially serious, disease that effects over 20 million people in America alone. There are three main types of diabetes, which includes: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Each major type of diabetes can have damaging effects on a person's body. Basically, the disease works by not using or producing insulin properly, which leads to the body not converting sugar and other foods into the energy it needs to survive.

Doctors believe that diabetes is brought on by both genetics and a lack of exercise coupled with a poor diet. Obese individuals are at a far greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, which is the most common type of diabetes. Blogs that focus on eating healthy, exercising and weight loss can be great resources when trying to prevent or control diabetes.

Exploring the blogosphere, you can find thousands of blogs that focus on diabetes prevention, living with diabetes, “feel-good” stories of conquering the disease, information about people fighting for a cure and much more. Diabetes can be controlled and even prevented if you're equipped with the right knowledge, and the blogosphere has got you covered.

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• Diabetes Symptoms: The Various Kinds Of Symptoms To Deal With

  
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• Mailbag Monday: Michelle’s Question

  
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  Michelle commented on a progress photo that I posted on Facebook not long ago with a question whose answer warrants more than a simple “yes” or “no.”  Michelle said, “ Look at you!!!! Bravo! I’ve been wanting to ask you this, but I keep forgetting. I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned this in your blogs ...
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• Thinking about the concept of ‘whole foods’ critically: 5 whole foods that might give you problems

  
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  INTRODUCTION: I am a big believer that in order to be healthy, a good general principle to use is to base the bulk of your diet on whole foods.  I believe that a nutritious diet based on whole foods can not only make you feel good, it can make you look good, and relieve the pain associated with many conditions, ...
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• Tracy’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Breast Cancer)

  
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  Hello all, my name is Tracy. I wanted to share my story with you so you can see that, although it is not always easy to fight, we can fight back together. I was diagnosed first with diabetes at age 7. I have had diabetes for 32 years now. I went through those teenage years trying to be like everyone else and making ...
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• Type 1 Diabetes May Be Reversible With Immune Suppressor Protein

  
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  A professor in Melbourne, Australia, who is on a mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, believes that the answer, or part of it, lies with an immune suppressor protein called CD52. And if it works for type 1 diabetes, then it may well work for other immune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid ...
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• Type 1 Diabetes May Be Reversible With Immune Suppressor Protein

  
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• Pensioner to lead vintage tractor convoy cross-bay attempt for Diabetes UK

  
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  The first ever convoy of vintage Massey Ferguson tractors will (we hope!) cross the hazardous sands of Morecambe Bay, between Cumbria and Lancashire, to raise money for Diabetes UK on Sunday, 2 June 2013. Bob Dickman, 81 (pictured), from Bampton, Cumbria has signed up twenty tractor enthusiasts (the maximum number ...
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• Dangerous Natural Sweeteners Worse Than High Fructose Corn Syrup (& The Truth Behind Eating “Natural” Sugar)

  
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  All sugars are not created equally. Natural sweeteners like honey, agave, or cane sugar are not any better for you than “other” sugars. There is a widespread belief that “natural” is better – and that natural  things  can’t be bad for you. Sugar is one of those very wrong assumptions. Many, many ...
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• Lying in bed longer than usual could be a sign of?

  
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• Eat Well, Live Well With Diabetes

  
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  by Christiana Care Diabetes is a serious disorder of insulin and glucose metabolism, and requires many dietary restrictions to stay healthy, active, and live a long life. With the help of homecare medical equipment to help monitor glucose levels, diabetic patients can restore some normalcy to their dietary lives. ...
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• Sherri Shepherd Talks About Her Fight With Diabetes! [Video]

  
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• Wrap up. Review. Reminder. Repeat.

  
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  This is an edited version post to what I wrote last year at the end of Diabetes Blog Week. It’s still true and accurate, but I guess with Google Reader ending this summer ( what are we planning to use instead, feed reader friends? ), I’ll have to change the plan a little bit for next year. Whew! The third ...
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• AACE’s New Diabetes Treatment “Algorithm” Leaves Us Cold

  
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  The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) proudly showcased their new “comprehensive algorithm” for diabetes treatment at their 22nd Annual Conference in Phoenix, AZ, at the beginning of May, replacing their previous algorithm that’s been in place since 2009.Wait,… The post AACE’s New ...
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• Rolling back pre-diabetes

  
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  A major factor for the most common form of diabetes, type 2, is being overweight or obese. And doing something about this could be especially important for people with pre-diabetes, where blood sugar levels are high but not so high that they signal the person has diabetes. At the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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• Just My Type: Tight Schedules

  
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  Another year wiser? The fact that it was my birthday made the day even more ridiculous. It was Friday, April 26. Instead of going on the surprise getaway to Cape Cod that my husband tried to plan, I had to work. I work for the Girl Scouts, and one of my tasks that day was […]
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• Research uncovers a potential role of two proteins in diabetes

  
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  Flinders University researchers are breaking new ground in a decade-long journey to pinpoint the function of two closely related proteins. They now have data that reveals a role for these proteins in regulating cell metabolism. Disturbances in metabolism underlie a number of human diseases including type 2 diabetes, ...
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• American Heart Association says Depression linked to almost doubled stroke risk in Middle-Aged Women

  
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• Injectable Nanogel Can Monitor Blood-Sugar Levels And Secrete Insulin When Needed

  
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  Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. The nanoparticles were designed to sense glucose levels in the body and respond by secreting the appropriate amount of insulin, ...
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• 10 Bad Habits That Raise Your Risk of Diabetes [VIDEO]

  
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