diabetes

Diabetes Rising, Insulin Prices Increasing

Diabetes is increasing. Insulin costs have tripled. Obesity as a source of diabetes is increasing. Yet, weight loss surgery is decreasing. 422M have diabetes.

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Taste Buds: In Your Tongue & Gut – Cats Can’t Taste Sweets

Taste buds are not just found in the tongue, but throughout the entire GI tract, and even the lung! Taste buds throughout our body don’t all function to provide a sense of taste but are used to trigger other reactions. In the tongue, they provide a sense of taste that drives us to seek some foods and to avoid others.

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Paula Deen’s Diabetes – a Physicians Perspective

Paula Deen’s celebrity can be a powerful force for diabetes research and education – while her food didn’t help her, it was more her genetic make up than the food. But the best quote is from Anthony Bourdain.

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More Reasons to Lose Weight

A recent study found that erectile function, sexual desire, and urinary symptoms improved significantly for all the participants, who lost on average 5 to 10 percent of their body weight over the 8 weeks.

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