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air pollution increases diabetes

Air pollution could be responsible for 1 in 7 new cases of diabetes | World Economic Forum

Air Pollution Increases Diabetes When we think of diabetes we often think of lifestyle issues like obesity and poor nutrition. There seem to be little conversation about how air pollution increases diabetes… until now. Outdoor air pollution – already a major cause of disease and death globally – contributed to 3.2 million new cases of […]

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Plant-Based Diabetes Program Joins Medical Roundtable

Plant-Based Diabetes Program The plant-based lifestyle has certainly gained momentum through books / movies like Forks Over Knives and What The Health? but it has been less successful gaining clinical access… until now. An online diabetes coaching program focusing on a plant-based whole foods diet has joined the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Corporate Roundtable.

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Air pollution linked to 3.2 million new diabetes cases in one year – CNN

Air Pollution Linked To Diabetes That air pollution promote lung and heart problems is old news. It even makes sense. We breathe in fine particulates which impact lung and heart functions. But how is air pollution linked to diabetes?  Turns out that the pancreas and its ability to manage insulin production may be impacted by

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New study shows health impacts of eating plant-based diet

Plant-based Diet Health Benefits An upcoming nutrition conference plans to highlight the numerous plant-based diet health benefits. At HealthCare Too, we keep finding, posting, and commenting on such research. What we haven’t found is evidence that so much of our conventional modern Western diet promotes health. Occasionally there is something that bacon or milk or

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Artificial Sweeteners Are Bad — Linked to Diabetes, Obesity

Artificial Sweeteners Are Bad A recent study has linked artificial sweeteners to diabetes and obesity… they conditions these sweeteners are supposed to eliminate. The Perry household has had its own experience with artificial sweeteners… none of it good. Not even the taste. We have found that a smidge of honey, a pinch of brown sugar,

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“Why Is Health Care So Expensive”–The Wrong Question

Chronic Disease Epidemic For the past several decades a chronic disease epidemic of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more has taken hold of the US and most Western nations. The culprit behind most of these insidious chronic diseases is the Western Lifestyle. High stress, fast food, late nights, processed meals, always behind schedule kind of

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Diabetics Need More Than Medicine Survey Finds

Diabetics Need More Than Medicine A recent survey by Novo Nordisk highlights the need for a holistic approach to diabetes. The survey found that diabetics need more than medicine and that many physicians understand this as well. Diabetes 360 — a Novo Nordisk-sponsored survey conducted nationwide of 1,200 patients with diabetes and ~500 healthcare professionals

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