Low-Carb Diet May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease

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You know it’s curious when many people ask me about what I think they should do about such and such a condition. They all seem surprised when I say “well, let’s have a look at what you’re eating before we go any further” because over the years I found truly that so many of the problems, diseases, illnesses both physical and mental far too often have a source or certainly a highly contributory factor in what we eat and having watched my mother suffer with Parkinson’s disease and many of her friends and those in that generation suffer with Alzheimer’s as well.

Nothing yet has convinced me that there’s not quite a bit of truth that the gradual lowering in quality of our food has contributed quite strongly to the gradual increase in many of the health problems that we as a society suffer which is why I’m quite happy to  recommend the article that I’m linking to below by Dr. Mercola who’s looking at the work of another doctor, Dr. Ron Rosedale, who’s a prominent  expert in low carb and high-quality fat approach to improving health and the article points to a very interesting conclusion that Alzheimer’s might well be considered as brain diabetes.

It’s well worth a good read as not only do they point out some of the more cutting edge work about exactly what casues Alzheimer’s but they lead on from that and tell us about how we can avoid Alzheimer’s just by simple changes in our diet and behavior to a certain extent anyway, fairly recommend as well and I hope it helps you.

Link to the article

Carbs are key

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The world needs more people like Peggy Newman. She’s a Family Nurse practitioner at Southeastern Medical Clinic in White Lake and she takes the time and trouble to teach people about exactly what carbohydrates are.

Her main audience is people who have diabetes but obviously that would also apply to people who are wanting to follow a low carbohydrate diet in order to deal with the diabetes and other health problems such as being overweight.

 It’s a matter of fact little story this but frankly it’s quite touching but someone would give up their time and take the trouble to help show other people how to live better and healthier lives.

Three cheers for Peggy! Maybe this story will touch your heart as well…. The link is below.

Link to the full article

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Vitamin D may lower diabetes risk in obese children and adolescents

With childhood and adolescent obesity rates in most of the Western world rising dramatically over the last few decades, it’s not surprising that a lot of effort has been put into finding out what to do about it, after all being obese puts people at greater risk of developing all sorts of types of complications such as diabetes.

In a recent University of Missouri study, researchers found that vitamin D supplements can help obese children control their blood sugar levels which in turn may help them to resist the disease.

Catherine Peterson, the Associate Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri, said “By increasing vitamin D intake alone we got a response that  was nearly as powerful as what we’ve seen using prescription drugs. We saw a decrease in insulin levels which means better glucose control despite no changes in body weight, dietary intake or physical activity.”

So if you or someone you know suffers with diabetes, then according to this study, vitamin D holds a lot of promise.

For more details please follow the link below.

Link to the article

Low carb diets and heart disease – What are we afraid of?

1297680967Xa27j9It seems that the medical establishment still does not feel comfortable with suggesting low carb diets for people with heart disease. It seems that they are afraid of something or another.

Yet those of us who have followed low carb diets have found that almost without exception, the huge range of health benefits positively outweigh any inconvenience that we might suffer through restricting our diet by moderate amount.

This article I’ve linked to below goes through many of the different types of diets that could be called loosely low carb and covers many of the relevant points and studies in quite a comprehensive way.

Link to the article

Cancer and cooking: How my low carb diet is helping me to fight this disease

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Diagnosed with cancer in 2011 Hannah Bradley has undergone treatment to reduce her tumour.

This treatment has been very succesful and has lead to Hannah making lifestyle changes, including switching to a low carbohydrate diet with no sugar.

Link to Hannah’s blog