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Artificial sweeteners may cause weight gain *
If you're trying to lose weight, you may want to skip the sugar substitutes and go straight for the sugar.
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B.C. podiatrists urge adults with diabetes to watch for symptoms of Charcot foot. . . and act fast *
Charcot foot causes bones of the feet to suddenly disintegrate!
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Diabetes detection and management crucial to eye health *
One in five adults diagnosed with Type II diabetes already shows signs of retinopathy.
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Diabetes Type 2 Drug (thiazolinediones) Doubles Heart Failure Risk *
Thiazolinediones, the name for a type of drug used to treat patients with diabetes type II, could double the risk of heart failure. . .
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Diabetic Eye Diseases fact sheet *
Fluctuating blood sugar levels can cause wide fluctuations in a person's eyeglass prescription. And, over time, high blood sugars from diabetes can lead to eye diseases that can affect many different parts of the lens, the cornea, the nerves that control eye muscles, the optic nerve and the retina.
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Fitness in young adults helps stave off diabetes *
Risk factors for heart disease, stroke can't just be blamed on aging, study says.
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Footsmart Online *
An excellent source for well-priced comfort for your feet -- a free catalog is available by mail, too.
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Garber Gastronomic: Sugar Substitutes *
How bad IS sugar for you? And are sugar substitutes safe? Anne Garber explores the options.
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Levulose (alt: Fructose) *
Fructose has also come come under suspicion recently.
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Sweet Poison: One woman's life-threatening experience *
The inside scoop on the dangers of aspartame.
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Unique Vancouver event highlights a team approach to diabetes *
"Live Well with Diabetes" brings the public together with a wide range of health specialists for a unique, interactive public health fair. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2-6:30 p.m., Vancouver, BC
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Xylitol *
Xylitol, also called wood sugar or birch sugar, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that is used as a sugar substitute.
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Coke and Pepsi battle for top sugar substitute *
Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are setting their sights on producing natural sweeteners -- as concern over the calorie content and artificial ingredients in soft drinks grows.
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Garber Gastronomic: An Ice Cream 'Glace-ary' *
How can you tell what's what? Here's a guide I like to call a short "glace-ary" of terms. . .
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Momordica Grosvenori *
Grosvenor Momordica Fruit is the dried fruit of Momordica grosvenori Swingle. The substance appears in a diabetic-friendly product called "SlimSweet," manufactured in Tempe, AZ. It not a sugar of any kind, and therefore is a "zero" on the glycemic index.
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Soy Protein and Diabetes Complications *
Soy protein has many potential health benefits. . .
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