Blood Sugar and Joint Pain
Sugar, in its many forms, is a menace. In 1988, the forward-thinking Nancy Appleton wrote a book entitled Lick the Sugar Habit, implicating sugar in 141 diseases. Today we understand that too much sugar – hiding under many names in endless combinations of glucose and fructose – causes a host of health problems, including PAIN. People […]
The Obesity and Inflammation Connection
Most people by now know that excess body weight is bad for your health. What many do not know is that there is a very strong connection between excess body fat and inflammation/pain. Especially visceral fat or the fat surrounding the major organs. Inflammation is a natural process used by the body to repair itself […]
A Deadly Trio- Insulin Resistance, Pain & Obesity
Insulin resistance is defined as the state where the body produces insulin and does not get the expected biological effect that it should, which is to deliver glucose into cells to be used as energy. In other words, your body produces insulin that becomes essentially ineffective at doing the job it is supposed to do. […]
Alleviate Pain Caused by Type 2 Diabetes
In the US, 29.1 million people have type 2 diabetes (9.3% of the population), and a whopping 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. As you might’ve guessed, there’s a lot of crossover between the two. In fact, 48% of people with diagnosed diabetes also have a diagnosis of arthritis, and people with diabetes are […]
Drug-free Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular disease, which includes high blood pressure, is the number one killer of women and men in the United States. It is also a leading cause of disability, keeping you from leading an active life. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major risk factor for, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, and kidney failure. The good news […]
FDA Warns Diabetes Medications Cause "Severe" Joint Pain!
If you manage your type 2 diabetes with a medicine classified as a DPP-4 inhibitor, the FDA has issued a warning that the medication may cause severe joint pain. The warning applies to the following medications, which are available under different brand names alone or combined with other diabetes medicines like metformin: