Do you know your Wellness Index Score?

Posted by on Apr 2, 2013 in Diabetes Related, Prevention | Comments Off WHAT IS YOUR WICO™ Wellness Score? With one out of three Americans being diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes, it is essential to find a program that not only addresses the root cause of this epidemic, but also in the process empowers people how to make changes to their dietary and lifestyle habits to be in control of their key wellness markers, especially their blood sugar. Knowing your...
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Should soda be banned?

Posted by on Jul 3, 2012 in Diabetes Related, Food & health, Weight | Comments Off Are you a soda drinker? With rates of obesity and diabetes in this country skyrocketing many in the health field are looking at lifestyle and dietary causes. And, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that eating junk food, fast food and drinking soda have had a huge impact on the decline in health and increase in disease. Even though most people know soda isn’t good for...
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Do you have these symptoms? – you could have low B12!

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in Brain Health, Cancer, Diabetes Related, Food Research News, GUT Health, Heart Health, Thyroid | Comments Off Having low B12 can be life threatening and can cause permanent, irreversible damage if not caught and treated soon enough.   B 12 deficiency frequently goes undetected or in many cases, the person is given another diagnosis incorrectly.   What are some of the signs or symptoms of low B12?   sleeplessness; paranoia; depression; memory loss; dementia; violent behavior strange...
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Are you eating the RIGHT carbs????

Posted by on Apr 27, 2012 in Cancer, Diabetes Related, Food Intolerances, GUT Health, Weight | 2 comments You’re probably saying huh????..how can there be right and wrong carbohydrates? Most people think of  carbohydrates as bread, pasta, rice, crackers and maybe potatoes. But carbohydrates are found in many more foods than just grains. Fruits and vegetables also contain carbohydrates and even proteins ( including dairy products) contain a small amount of carbohydrate. Don’t get me wrong...
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American Diabetes Association releases New Standards Care & Screening

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in Diabetes Related | Comments Off The American Diabetes Association just released their 2012 Standard of Care including screening recommendations for health care providers to use. Here’s a brief recap of just some of their diagnostic recommendations: Recommend use of the A1C to diagnose diabetes as the gold standard, but recommended including IFG. Defines impaired fasting glucose as (IFG – Fasting Plasma Glucose)...
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Could you be sugar sensitive?

Posted by on Sep 19, 2011 in Diabetes Related | Comments Off Some people are born with a specific biochemistry that makes them very sugar sensitive. If you were born with a body that responds to sugar, alcohol and refined carbohydrates differently than other people you are sugar sensitive. Sugar acts like a drug in your body. In fact, it affects the very same brain chemicals that morphine, heroin and amphetamines do. What this means is you can be addicted...
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Jamie Oliver Speaks out on Obesity and Disease

Posted by on Jul 7, 2010 in Diabetes Related | Comments Off Jamie Oliver Speaks out on Obesity and Disease
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