Extensive studies show that antidepressant medications increase the risk of diabetes. Prescription medications do have side effects, but there are natural options for mood support.

Elevating levels of the hormone leptin typically accompany abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. Leptin seeks to communicate, as if making a phone call, to the soluble leptin receptors in numerous locations throughout the body and general circulatory system. This communication is vital for the normal function of...

A study analyzing the diets of American teens shows that low fiber intake is the key factor associated with the development of the metabolic syndrome (expanding waistline, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar), placing them on the path for cardiovascular disease. Not surprisingly to me, but apparently troubling for dietitians, foods high in...

The ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Trial is proving to be a complete flop. Its purpose was to aggressively use drugs to lower blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol in type II diabetic patients so as to prevent heart disease. One day it may sink in to the multibillion-dollar-per-year fraud of Big Pharma and Western...

Are you getting the most from your exercise? Here are five tips that will enhance your weight loss efforts and help you build muscle, balance blood su

Be sure to get a high protein breakfast to boost your metabolism, reduce food cravings, improve blood sugar, and support liver function!

Oral carnosine supplementation prevents vascular damage in experimental diabetic retinopathy.

Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor–Beta in Diabetic Nephropathy: Implications for Treatment

Growth hormone and sex steroid administration in healthy aged women and men: a randomized controlled trial.

Protein supplementation lowers blood pressure in overweight adults: effect of dietary proteins on blood pressure (PROPRES), a randomized trial.

'Short-sleepers' May Develop Blood Sugar Abnormality That Can Lead To Diabetes.

Resveratrol up-regulates SIRT1 and inhibits cellular oxidative stress in the diabetic milieu: mechanistic insights.