Tag Archives: Sugar

The Sugar Monster

Do you want to lose weight but just can not take it off or keep it off. Why not? What are you doing that you should not be doing. The first thing that comes to our minds is that you are a victim of the sugar monster. Yes that monster is everywhere and in almost… Read More: The Sugar Monster »

Psychiatrist: My Medicine Raised Our Patient’s Blood Sugar, Can You Help? PCP: That’s a Dump!

By HANS DUVEFELT, MD If my hypertensive patient develops orthostatism and falls and breaks her hip, I fully expect the orthopedic surgeon on call to treat her. I may kick myself that this happened but I’m not qualified to treat a broken hip. If my anticoagulated patient hits his head and suffers a subdural hematoma,… Read More: Psychiatrist: My Medicine Raised Our Patient’s Blood Sugar, Can You… »

Do Not Snort Sugar: How Studies Can Be Misinterpreted

Doing this is not going to be good for your lungs. (Photo: Getty Images) Getty The list of things that you should not snort is very long. The list includes condoms, chocolate, bicycle parts, and Avengers figurines. It also includes sugar. But somehow headlines such as “Snorting sugar could help fight lung disease, study says”… Read More: Do Not Snort Sugar: How Studies Can Be Misinterpreted »

Diabetes type 2 – the ‘single best food’ to AVOID high blood sugar symptoms

Diabetes affects around 3.7 million people in the UK, and 90 per cent of all cases are caused by type 2 diabetes. The condition is caused by the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the body not reacting to insulin. Without insulin, the body struggles to convert sugar in the blood into… Read More: Diabetes type 2 – the ‘single best food’ to AVOID… »