Less sugar reduces your risk for diabetes

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Less sugar reduces your risk for diabetes

Added sugars such as high fructose corn syrup can lead to obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. High fructose corn syrup is found in most sodas and sugary soft drinks. It is easy to get addicted to fructose as it triggers a ‘feel good’ chemical activity in the brain. The more sugar you eat, the greater your threshold to reach this pleasure sensation is, so you need more and more daily.  Americans consume nearly 130 pounds of added sugars every year.

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How to get better sleep over the holidays

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Avoid stress. Too much stress or worry keeps our minds running all day and all night, often causing us to stay up all night since our brains cannot settle down. Prioritize your life; get organized, have a daily schedule, practice good time management, and always make time for fun activities that you enjoy.

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Be PROACTIVE to prevent prediabetes

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Be PROACTIVE to prevent prediabetes

Prediabetes is a condition in which the blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes.  It’s estimated 79 million Americans have prediabetes and it is often underdiagnosed and undertreated.  If it is not diagnosed it most likely will go on to develop into type 2 diabetes.  Currently, about half of all American adults have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.  

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Things You Never Knew Could Damage Your Liver

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The liver is the largest and one of the most important organs in the body. It performs hundreds of functions in the body, but the biggest of all its roles is that it processes all the foods and drinks you consume and is decides to use it or eliminate it. The liver is responsible for filtering blood from toxins and converts waste to be eliminated by urine. It creates bile to help digest fats and carbohydrates.

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Secrets to Keeping a Flat Stomach

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Having excess belly fat is worse than having excess fat on most other places on our body. Belly fat, or visceral fat, is a huge meter of many chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes and can even mean an increased risk for stroke. Unfortunately for many people, the waist is often the first place excess fat goes. Even worse, it is also one of the hardest areas on our bodies to lose weight.  Here are our not so secret secrets to keeping a flat stomach:

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Be good to your gallbladder

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The most commonly reported symptom for emergency room visits is stomach or abdominal pain and a good portion of those visits are due to gallbladder issues of gallstones.  More than 25 million Americans have gallstones but only about 1-3% of the population will have symptoms over the course of a year. 

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