Posts tagged: diabetes

Happiness Promotes Good Health

A happy outlook in life promotes good health and longevity. A report emanating from Time Magazine states that, “Happiness or related mental states like hopefulness, optimism and contentment appear to reduce the risk or limit the severity of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, colds and upper-respiratory infections,” says a report in Time Magazine. Additionally a study [...]

The Importance of Energy Giving Foods

Food rich in carbohydrates should be taken in ample quantities, especially for athletes or those with work that are stressful and very physical. Your body breaks carbohydrates down into the simple sugar glucose, which is used to give energy or will be stored for a short time in muscles and liver in the form of [...]

Obesity and Diabetes

Overeating is the basically the most common cause of sugar diabetes. A prolong intake of calories makes the fat cells of the body to refuse to accept insulin, which usually controls the glucose level in the blood and this result to diabetes. Reducing weight bring back the usefulness of the insulin. It has also been [...]