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Fiber is a key ingredient in weight loss (Asheville Citizen-Times)

Are you looking for an edge in the new year to maintain and even lose weight? Take a look at the fiber in your diet.


Low-carb Diets Prove Better At Controlling Type 2 Diabetes (Science Daily)

In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.


Nick Jonas and Bayer Diabetes Care Design Diabetes Dog Tags to Unite People Touched by the Disease (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

(ARA) - Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, knows first hand that being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is life changing. He also knows, however, that a diabetes diagnosis does not necessarily need to be life restricting.


What your heart needs, at every age (CNN)

The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.


Diagnosis Defines Dinner: Portions, carbs, calories big part of cooking (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

Stephanie Beach got nervous. Then she took action. Beach, 59, calendar editor in the Record-Eagle's features department, was diagnosed with Type II adult-onset diabetes more than a year ago. She got serious.


Diabetes tied to early cognitive slowdown (UPI)

EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Talking, planning, organizing and paying attention to details are worse in people with type 2 diabetes than in healthy adults, a Canadian study indicated.


Thought for food (BBC News)

Donating vital blood platelets means lean times


Have we got a diet for you (The Sacramento Bee)

Old joke: Guy walks into a health club. Goes up to a trainer and tells him, "Dude, I need to lose 15 pounds, fast." Trainer says, "OK, let's cut off your arm." Newer joke, almost as ridiculous: In March, during an episode of the TV show "Lipstick Jungle," stars Brooke Shields and Lindsay Price are lunching and dishing with blond bombshell Kim Raver, who is looking guilty for looking ...


2,000-Calorie Diabetic Diet (ThirdAge)

This is a guide to the 2,000-calorie diabetic diet. While many people find this type of diet plan useful, the American Diabetes Association recommends that you talk to a registered dietitian (RD) about obtaining an individualized meal plan.


What causes low type-A blood cells? (Erie Times-News)

QFor the past 20 years, my type-A blood cells have been running 3.1 to 3.6, which I am told is low.


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