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Unless theyve won the lottery or inherited a great deal of money, no one wakes up one day and suddenly cries out: Im rich! Creating and developing wealth is a process that takes time. The same thing holds true for diabetes. If youre not born with it, diabetes is a disease that some people develop over a period of time, as was the case for me.

According to the American Diabetes Association, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States 8.3 percent of the population have diabetes, and this is expected to double in 10 years. There are three pages of basic diabetes statistics, and they are frightening. This is a disease growing at epidemic proportions, yet most people dont understand diabetes and how it affects us.

In the spring of 2009, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was 53 years old, weighed in excess of 250 pounds (my normal weight had always been 188 pounds). I felt miserable. I suffered from constant fatigue and was always irritable. I experienced continual hunger, thirst and had to urinate constantly. Worst of all, I lost my sex drive.

This didn't happen overnight. Despite what I thought was a healthy diet, I had been consuming far too many carbohydrates, especially for breakfast. Americans in particular eat desserts for breakfast. Croissants, sticky buns, buttered bagels and cereals loaded with sugar and processed carbohydrates are breakfast staples for most Americans.

Most people wrongly assume diabetes is about consuming sugar in the form of candy and sweets, but for many people (especially me) simple carbohydrates are the real enemy. Refined carbohydrates like white bread, rice and pasta are immediately converted to sugar and wreak havoc on the human body.

My breakfast (at 7 a.m.) consisted of shredded wheat (pure carbs) with a banana and a bagel (more carbs). By 10:30 a.m., I was always ravenously hungry and would eat some sort of fruit to hold me over until lunch. My lunch usually consisted of pasta primavera, which because of the vegetables I mistakenly presumed to be healthy. At age 49, despite regular exercise (running and weights), I began gaining 12 15 pounds a year and at age 53 found myself obese, miserable and a type 2 diabetic.

I went for a physical and discovered that my fasting blood sugar level was unacceptably high and my doctor prescribed Metformin, which helps manage insulin levels. He recommended I see an endocrinologist, who immediately informed me that I was a type 2 diabetic.

Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes, and according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, When you have Type 2 diabetes, your fat, liver, and muscle cells do not respond correctly to insulin. This is called insulin resistance. As a result, blood sugar does not get into these cells to be stored for energy. When sugar cannot enter cells, high levels of sugar build up in the blood. This is called hyperglycemia. If left unchecked, it will eventually damage nerves, blood vessels and lead to stroke and heart disease.

With the help of the Internet, I began doing research and found Duke Universitys Diet & Fitness Center, which had a one week program specializing in diabetes. Dukes basic concept is that diets dont work and you must adjust and (permanently) maintain a new lifestyle. Most diets treat people as abstractions, whether it involves 10 or 10,000 people. Duke considers the individual and after consulting with a doctor and a nutritionist, a diet is devised for that specific person. My week at Duke was a huge success, resulting in a loss of eight pounds.

The Duke diet is always based on a well-rounded healthy approach to eating. The biggest change for me was to eliminate the refined carbohydrates in my diet. Refined carbohydrates were replaced with whole grains. White rice, pasta, potatoes, bagels and most breads were out. I started combining two whole grain sugarless cereals Uncle Sams & Ezekielalong with a hard-boiled egg for breakfast, which usually kept me sated until noon. Lunch now consists of a healthy salad topped with tuna, chicken or salmon. If I have a sandwich, it's always on multi-grain bread with unprocessed fresh meat or fish.

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A 2007 Cornell study showed that 70% of brides-to-be feel the need to lose weight before their wedding date, many of whom are employing means such as fad diets and extreme weight loss techniques that have the very real possibility of ill effects and health complications. RedCircle offers brides an alternative to unhealthy fad and yo-yo dieting and the only guarantee in Houston that brides will reach their goal and fit comfortably into the wedding gown of their dreams without sacrificing their health or sanity.

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"We know how important it is for brides to look and feel their very best on their wedding day. There is nothing like finding the perfect dress, only to put it on and realize that it is a bit too tight in the hips or that it cannot be zipped all the way," said Suzi Spiering, R.D.Clinical Nutritionist and Director of Coaching at RedCircle. "We want women to know there are healthy options for losing weight and feeling great. Our doctors, dieticians and coaches at RedCircle are here to help her meet her goal, each and every step of the way."

RedCircle's weight loss program for brides is an innovative plan that allows brides-to-be to take the guesswork out of losing weight, keeping it off and looking picture perfect for their wedding day and beyond. Wedding Gown Slim Down is based on RedCircle's Core Program, which begins with a comprehensive health evaluation, genetic blueprint, cardiometabolic testing and lifestyle evaluation to determine which diet and exercise plan will work best for each client. The seven-part scientific system also features supplements, personal training, accountability and meal planning, as well as a weekly progress review of each client by RedCircle's team of doctors and staff to guarantee success.

RedCircle's comprehensive approach to weight loss for brides is more than just a quick fix or a camouflaging of problem areas. With both the Core and Wedding Gown Slim Down Programs, each client learns how their body reacts to exercise and different diets, which foods work best with their genetic makeup and why some diets do not work for everybody. Because it is much more than a standard food-based diet plan, RedCircle's weight and wellness programs are designed to boost metabolism, promote and maintain weight loss, and improve cardiovascular health.

RedCircle is also affiliated with Amerejuve, Houstons #1 MedSpa, to offer beautifying services for Houston brides with their Beautiful Bride Packages. Medspa services included in the packages are laser hair removal, body contouring and cellulite reduction with VelaShape and SmartLipo, facial refining and rejuvenation, dermal fillers and BOTOX, as well as LATISSE for full, long, dark lashes. Visit http://www.amerejuve.com/beautifulbride or call 713-960-6262 for more information.

RedCircle also recently launched the Teen Weight Management Program, which allows teens to take matters into their own hands, lose weight, learn positive eating and exercise habits, and effectively lower their risk for lifelong issues that stem from being overweight or obese. The Teen Weight Management program features the same components as the Core Program, with the exception of supplements, but offers teens exercise equipment of their choosing. Visit http://www.myredcircle.com for more information.

About RedCircle:

RedCircle Personalized Weight Management Inc. is a subsidiary of American Rejuvenation Centers headquartered in Houston, Texas. Supported by cutting edge medical technology and distinguished doctors, RedCircle is a Personalized Weight Management Program based on an individuals resting metabolism, genetic blueprint, cardiometabolic status, fitness, activity and stress levels, and lifestyle. Unlike the one-size-fits-all diet programs in the weight loss industry which only focus on dietary intake, RedCircle is a personalized program and goes beyond dietary interventions. For more information on RedCircle, please visit http://www.myredcircle.com or call 713-781-7332.

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MONTICELLO A Monticello commodities trader left Saturday for two weeks in Mozambique.

While in the east African country, Jim Traub will work as a volunteer for CNFA to establish a small-scale soybean processing line there.

Traub doesn't know yet exactly what that will involve, but he believes soybeans can be used to improve the diets of people there.

"We can raise the protein in their diets with soybean powder," he said. "It's very simple. It will not take a lot of money."

Traub will be working with the Faculty of Agriculture, a university in the city of Cuamba in northeast Mozambique. The university has a 740-acre farm that grows mainly corn and has some livestock.

The university is interested in establishing a soybean processing line, and Traub will develop a feasibility study for income generation related to that.

He'll do that as a volunteer for CNFA, a nonprofit group formerly known as the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs.

The group, which eventually adopted the acronym as its name, aims to bring economic growth to less-developed parts of the world through entrepreneurship and market development. Traub will be working in its Farmer to Farmer program.

Traub, 66, learned of the opportunity from a fraternity brother who took part in a similar program elsewhere. Traub applied to CNFA in May and was accepted in late June.

CNFA will cover his travel expenses and provide housing.

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DENVER, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that dieters who had successfully lost weight and were trying to maintain their weight loss burned significantly more calories eating a low-carb diet modeled after the Atkins Diet than they did eating a low-fat diet. In fact, participants following the Atkins-like diet in the study burned about 300 calories more a day on a low-carb diet than they did on a low-fat diet. Additionally, there were several key health benefits experienced by those following the Atkins-like diet, including increased HDL, lowered triglycerides, reduced inflammation from baseline, and improved insulin sensitivity.

The study examined 21 participants, ages 18 to 40, who had lost some initial body weight and each participant completed three different diets in random order for four weeks. One of the diets followed was modeled on the Atkins Phase 1 Induction diet, with only 10 percent of calories from carbohydrates, 60 percent from fat and 30 percent from protein.

According to the researchers, "These findings suggest that a strategy to reduce glycemic load rather than dietary fat may be advantageous for weight-loss maintenance and cardiovascular disease prevention."

"We are very gratified to see the research community continue to study and validate the Atkins Diet. In this study, the investigators looked at Atkins Induction phase only which caused superior energy burn at rest, as well as much better triglycerides, HDL levels, and overall metabolic levels," said Colette Heimowitz, vice president of nutrition and education for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. "It would have been ideal if the researchers had the funding to follow a longer term protocol which would have allowed the participants to become adapted to fat burning and produce even more favorable results in regard to cortisol and CRP."

About Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. is a leader in the $2.4 billion weight control nutrition category, and offers a powerful lifetime approach to weight loss and management. The Atkins Diet focuses on a healthy diet with reduced levels of refined carbohydrates and added sugars and encourages the consumption of protein, fiber, fruits, vegetables and good fats. Backed by research and consumer success stories, this approach allows the body to burn more fat and work more efficiently while helping individuals feel less hungry, more satisfied and more energetic.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., manufactures and sells a variety of nutrition bars and shakes designed around the nutritional principles of the Atkins Diet. Atkins' four product lines: Advantage, Day Break, Endulge and Cuisine appeal to a broad audience of both men and women who want to achieve their weight management goals and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Atkins products are available online at atkins.com and in more than 30,000 locations throughout the U.S. and internationally. For more information, visit atkins.com.

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These really easy tips go a long way in your battle against the bulge!

Losing weight can be a challenge, especially if you have many pounds to shed. You may have tried weightloss programmes before, but have failed to lose any weight. Everyone is looking for a short cut to lose weight. However, these short cuts never work. You should never crash diet because it's a short term approach that usually fails. You need to be very patient when it comes to weightloss. But finding the time and resources to lose weight can be a challenge.

Many diets don't hold up to all their hype. The true key to losing weight and keeping it off is adopting a sustainable eating plan and then sticking with it. When it comes to weightloss, you have to lose some diet habits which you've grown accustomed to and add some items that may be new to you. Here are some tips to get you started.

Become a vegetarian

This may be a drastic lifestyle change but an effective one nonetheless. Studies have shown that a diet high in red meat consumption is often linked to obesity. If you have been an ardent non-vegetarian, then suddenly stopping meat will not help. Start with alternating between meat and vegetarian food until you are comfortable with ditching it completely.

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I realized that nutrition is a gender issue a while back when we invited Dr. Tomas Fernandez to speak to our students on nutrition. His son was our student and he was heading a nutrition research study. I remember his discussing their research findings and saying that women usually eat last. Often females serve the head of the family first then the children. Females get to eat the last and often consume what the children reject. He commented that this might mean a smaller amount of poor quality food. This would be a sadder situation if she were pregnant. I wonder how far we have moved away from that situation.

Womens Nutrition Issues, in fact declares: Women have special nutritional needs due to hormonal changes that occur with menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause, all of which alter the recommended daily intake of nutrients. Of the many diseases that affect women, five have scientific-based connection to nutrition: iron deficiency anemia, osteoporosis, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer.

The article recommends red meat, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, and fortified breads and cereals to prevent iron deficiency during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It also recommends green leafy vegetables, oranges and orange juices, dried beans and peas and fortified breads and cereals to have folic acid to prevent birth defects. It stresses the big dose of calcium needed both for pregnancy and breastfeeding.

For pre-menstrual syndrome, it suggests a combination of good nutrition, exercise, and stress management for relief.

For women undergoing menopause, wherein a womans metabolism slows down and weight gain can occur exercise and careful food choices could reduce these.

Then, there is osteoporosis women are at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. Women will be prone to this if their diets are low in calcium, vitamin D, or magnesium or higher intakes of caffeine, alcohol, sodium, phosphorus, or protein. Instead walking, hiking, climbing is suggested, together with cheese, yogurt, milk, canned fish with bones, dark green leafy vegetables.

The article reminds us of studies which suggest excessive fat intake may increase breast-cancer risk. Diets that include adequate amounts of fruits, vegetables, and other fiber-rich food may protect women against breast cancer.

In the case of heart disease which begins to rise once a woman reaches menopause, and it increases rapidly after age sixty-five, anti-oxidants are suggested again found in fruits and vegetables.

We can do a great deal to take control of our bodies and promote our well-being through the proper management of our diets. But nutrition consciousness is not only a matter for individual women. Its a family concern as well as a social concern. It is linked to development because we are dealing with our human capital. Many studies have shown that good nutrition is a factor in the good performance of our students.

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Taking proper care of your aging cat can drastically extend its lifespan.

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(CNN) -- Indoor cats can reach the ripe old age of 20. With advanced years come health-related issues such as arthritis or diabetes. But a study by the American Pet Products Association notes that feline veterinary visits have declined in recent years.

"Where are all the cats?" asks Dr. Annie Price of the Ormewood Animal Hospital in Atlanta. "A lot of times if we can find diseases early, we can really lengthen life expectancy and improve quality of life by addressing the issue early."

A well-cared-for indoor cat can live into its teen years, says Dr. Emmy Pointer, medical coordinator of the ASPCA Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital in New York. Cats that go outside significantly reduce their odds, according to petplace.com, which estimates that most indoor cats can reach 12 to 18 years while outdoor cats only reach 4 to 5. While there is no set rule for when a pet becomes geriatric, Pointer considers cats seniors when they hit the last third of their life, typically around age 12.

If your cat has reached its golden years, take note of these common health issues:

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Chronic kidney disease

An older cat that consumes lots of water and urinates a lot may be showing signs of kidney disease. Pointer notes that cats with chronic kidney disease also are prone to urinary tract infections. While there is no cure, she says low-protein and low-phosphorous diets can help by giving the kidneys less work to do. Early detection also allows veterinarians to slow the progression of symptoms. Since cats do a better job than dogs when it comes to hiding health problems, your vet may recommend blood work to detect underlying issues.

"I like dealing with elderly cats because there are so many things you can do for them; it's just a matter of being mindful," Price says. "They can seemingly have no clinical signs and look perfectly healthy, and you check blood work and determine early kidney problems or thyroid conditions or changes in liver values."

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A few years ago, the chef and organic pioneer Alice Waters did a spin on "60 Minutes" that managed to showcase exactly why foodies get branded as elitist. "Some people want to buy Nikes, two pairs," she said in a casual moment at a farmers' market. "And some people want to eat Bronx grapes and nourish themselves."

This was vintage foodie-ism, a smug and irritating noblesse oblige transposed onto a discussion of our meals. That didn't change the fact that much of everything else Waters said was right: The way we eat is making us sick; it's a good idea for kids to learn to cook; even, in a more formal moment, "good food should be a right and not a privilege." But her aside about sneakers made it unlikely that anyone not yet onboard with Waters would listen to her in the first place.

I bring this up because roughly half of the conversation about how to secure the future of America's food supply has been driven by the same just-buy-better-stuff logic Waters embraces, despite its disturbing similarity to Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cake." The other half of the discussion focuses on the structural challenges of eating well, sort of a caricature of liberal analysis. It's strikingly rare for those two halves to cleave together in public discourse - and that is a serious problem for anyone sincere about changing food and eating in America.

Foodie analysis like Waters' suggests that individual preferences, which are seen solely as a product of a person and her culture, are the key to fixing the American way of eating. This gives foodies some strange bedfellows, ranging from Sarah Palin brandishing cookies at a school fundraiser as a way of championing individual choice (much to the chagrin of fellow conservatives), to journalists parroting Waters, to the USDA's long-standing, often futile efforts to offer dietary guidance. Indeed, individual preference has arguably been our primary strategy in attempts to change both American diets and American agriculture for decades. (The obesity epidemic might be one reason to think this approach has largely failed.)

Then, a second, and no more perfect, strategy for changing America's food and diet emerged: treating it as a structural problem. In the last decade, concern over food deserts - neighborhoods with insufficient grocery stores, and thus insufficient supplies of healthy food - has boomed. The food desert analysis holds that access to a supermarket is a key part of making sure Americans eat healthier meals. It's an approach that is arguably more sympathetic to the poor, but can also imply that people are solely products of systems, rather than agents of free will.

The term "food desert" itself is relatively new. It wasn't even in circulation a decade ago, but last year the USDA began measuring the presence of food deserts nationwide. Last July, first lady Michelle Obama put their eradication on her to-do list, announcing a series of partnerships with national grocers. "We can give people all of the information and advice in the world about healthy eating and exercise, she said. "But if parents can't buy the food they need to prepare those meals . . . then all that is just talk."

Food deserts are - and have always been - a flawed conceit. As a measure of access to healthy food, supermarkets are crude. Some are flush with high-quality produce, but others have little concern for quality control. And while all supermarkets sell produce, they are also rife with processed junk (even Whole Foods).

What's more, the method by which supermarkets are identified leaves out important nuances. Typically, a local list of food stores is screened for those that exceed a certain size. Modest green grocers, farmers' markets or street vendors won't show up in the measure of "food access." Indeed, one of the more obscure debates in policy circles is whether "food swamps" or "food grasslands" might be more apt descriptors. And while early studies found links between food access and either lower obesity rates or better diets, more recent ones question whether access plays a role in the obesity epidemic at all.

Despite the divided national debate about food choice vs. food access, the two camps are not diametrically opposed. I've been covering food and class for nearly a decade, and I've yet to meet someone doing supermarket development work who doesn't think food education is important too. The efforts of Brahm Ahmadi, who's trying to open People's Community Market - a community grocery store in West Oakland, a textbook example of a food desert - is a case in point. And for all of Waters' foibles, most chefs I've met grasp the economic difficulty faced by working-class Americans (not to mention the problem of time). Check out Tamar Adler's "An Everlasting Meal" for an example of someone using the language of high culture to promote very proletarian ideals.

I can't quite pinpoint why journalists play up this divide. Surely some of it has to do with the way each approach, in caricature, lines up neatly with right wing (individualistic) and left wing (social) ideology. The clean lines of an absolute make for crisper copy - and sexier headlines - than nuance. And they are typically drawn, somewhat laboriously, around the elephant in the room: economic class.

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What is the glycemic index; it is the study of carbohydrates and the effects on the body can be shown with the Glycemic index. These levels affect blood sugar levels. With attempted weight loss the levels need to be checked often and monitored for changes.

The changes of carbohydrates in the body affect how someone can lose weight and keep that weight off. But the index can be hard to understand for many people, not because they do not want to understand it, but because how we look at the index can seem confusing. There is help out there for understanding the Glycemic index. Find that help is just a click away for those that are interested.

The monitoring of the levels a person can understand better what foods are healthy and good to eat and which should be stayed away from. With the breakdown of food, it is how that food breaks down in a persons system that is important. There are two primary parts of carbohydrates, simple carbs which are sugars and complex carbs which are starchy vegetables and whole grains. We have all heard about carbohydrates in the news, how some are good and how others are bad, yet finding the right information about weight loss that helps you stay on track sometimes can be misleading.

What is the glycemic load is going to be something that comes up as well. The glycemic load is the magic numbers that will raise someone blood glucose level. This is important, how food breaks down for everyone is going to be different, but the general idea is as follows. The breakdown of the Glycemic index is as follows; Low GI foods: Fruits and vegetables, some intact grains, nuts, and some different types of beans.

Midlevel or medium GI: whole wheat, some potatoes and basmati rice. While High GI foods are white bread, white rice, and many breakfast cereals. Confused yet? No reason to be, just remember white grained foods are not good for you, so staying away from high GI foods is best, you can find some low glycemic index in their book to as well The Shortest Way to Lean You in 7 Days-Cracking The Code of the Low Glycemic Index Diet Plan.

To further explain the glycemic load, it's roughly one unit of eating one gram of glucose. The glycemic load accounts for the carbohydrate content in food. Taking into account the amount of carbohydrates being consumed breaks down to food x food GI. This pattern is tracked as the glycemic load. This number can raise and or lower a person's blood glucose level. These levels affect how the body is able to gain or lose weight.

This is why people some people will go up and down in weight for no reason at all, they are not paying attention to the glycemic index chart.

http://www.LowGlycemicIndexDietPlan.com offers some great information on how to get started with everything. Learn how to control your Glycemic Levels; learn to better understand and to create glycemic index recipes, you can find them all over the web. They can give you a fantastic platform and general eating guide. Want to take the guess work out of the index; this is the best place to start. Want to have a better handle on how to lose weight and keep it off read this book.

Take the science talk out of the Glycemic index and you're left with something rather easy to understand. Foods with a low glycemic index can be better understood by reading the book and looking at the website. Some helpful tips, remove high GI foods out of your diet you can better control youre a healthy diet.

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Five million women in the UK lose weight for the big day More than one in 10 brides are losing four stone or more 57% of women are piling the pounds back on their honeymoon

By Bianca London

PUBLISHED: 18:44 EST, 28 June 2012 | UPDATED: 09:46 EST, 29 June 2012

With every new wedding season comes a revolutionary diet and brides will do anything to squeeze into their dream dress.

Losing weight before the big day has become an obsession amongst many brides-to-be

But now, leading experts are calling for women to consider their dieting habits to avoid long term health problems related to drastic weight loss and yo-yo dieting before their big day.

According to new research by XLS-Medical , over five million women in the UK lose weight before they walk down the aisle, with more than one in 10 losing a massive four stone or more.

Yet despite all the effort that goes into slimming down in time for the wedding bells, 57% of women undo all their hard work by gaining weight on their honeymoon and beyond, with over a quarter gaining at least half a stone.

Dr Matt Capehorn, Clinical Director at the National Obesity Forum, said: 'Drastic and rapid weight loss for a particular event or occasion, such as a wedding, is not advisable for a number of reasons.

'You should be aiming for steady weight loss, as a result of sensible dietary and lifestyle change, that promotes sustainable weight loss and health benefits. Any variation from this should only be on the advice of a clinician.

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