A range of human diseases where the ability to regulate blood-sugar is compromised leading, if untreated, to a range of long term chronic harms. In type 1 diabetes insulin production is compromised; in type 2, cells fail to respond adequately to the insulin levels in the body.
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Can Okra treat Diabetes?
A work colleague has been taking Okra to treat his type 2 diabetes. There are many article over the internet claiming the benefits of Okra for the treatment of diabetes, including (but not limited to) a Snopes article.
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Can Type I diabetes be cured with a raw food diet and exercise?
Sergei Boutenko is an author who promotes "wild edibles".
He claims, at age 9, to have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Some time later, he started a raw food diet and regular exercise.
One day, about a month into raw foods, when I was doing a…
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver and juvenile type 2 diabetes: rising incidence or just more diagnosis?
I've repeatedly heard the claim, often from anti-fructose advocates, that there is a skyrocketing prevalence of two formerly rare disorders: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and juvenile type 2 diabetes:
Study Reveals Sizable Increase in…
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Do the teachings of Bhagavad Gita help to defeat diabetes?
As published in Times of India in 2018:
Researchers say that the communication between Arjuna and Lord Krishna as enunciated in Bhagavad Gita could be utilised to cope with illness, especially chronic diseases such as diabetes.They are pointing to…
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