Before Insulin, There Was Oatmeal Before the discovery of insulin, the lives of many people with diabetes were saved or prolonged by Carl von Noorden’s oatmeal diet. As…
Read more The Science Behind Oatmeal and Diabetes | NutritionFacts.org(CNN) — When was the last time you had your blood sugar checked? It might be worth looking into, a new study says. Forty-four percent of people age 15…
Read more Nearly half of people with diabetes don’t know they have it, new study findsThe sugar industry responds to evidence implicating sweeteners in the obesity epidemic. In terms of excess body fat, the “well-documented obesity epidemic may merely be the tip of the…
Read more Sugar and Gaining Weight | NutritionFacts.orgPlant-based diets are the single most important—yet underutilized—opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes-induced epidemic of disease and death. Dr. Kim Williams, immediate past president of the…
Read more Diabetes Associations Recognize Plant-Based Diets | NutritionFacts.orgWhen I heard that my patient was back in the ICU, my heart sank. But I wasn’t surprised. Her paycheck usually runs short at the end of the…
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