HEALTH HUB Diabetes
Case study: Insulin resistance standing in the way of weight loss
Case study: Insulin resistance standing in the way of weight loss By naturopath Margaret Jasinska I recently saw a 33 year old lady at my clinic who wanted help with losing weight. She [...]
Carpel tunnel syndrome may be an early diabetes warning
Carpel tunnel syndrome may be an early diabetes warning By naturopath Margaret Jasinska New research has found that people who develop carpel tunnel syndrome are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes. [...]
Blood sugar spikes could be harming your brain
Blood sugar spikes could be harming your brain By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Abnormally high blood sugar can cause inflammation in your brain. It is well known that type 2 diabetics are at higher [...]
Gout raises the risk of heart disease
Gout raises the risk of heart disease By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Did you know gout doesn’t only cause painful arthritis in the feet? It actually places your heart at risk. Elevated uric acid [...]
How to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years
How to reduce the risk a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years By naturopath Margaret Jasinska A recent study conducted in Denmark has found that newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics [...]
High blood sugar can age you prematurely
High blood sugar can age you prematurely By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Did you know that elevated blood sugar can cause your skin to age more quickly? Consistently raised blood glucose, as well as [...]
Cholesterol lowering drugs can make you insulin resistant
Cholesterol lowering drugs can make you insulin resistant By naturopath Margaret Jasinska A recent systematic review of medical literature has shown that statin drugs reduce insulin sensitivity and worsen insulin resistance. This finding [...]
Food addiction is a type 2 diabetes risk
Food addiction is a type 2 diabetes risk By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Research has shown that people with food addiction are at more than 5 times the risk of type 2 diabetes, even [...]
Some cholesterol lowering drugs raise the risk of diabetes
Some cholesterol lowering drugs raise the risk of diabetes By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Statins are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the world. A high percentage of people over the age [...]
Artificial sweetener damages DNA and causes leaky gut
Artificial sweetener damages DNA and causes leaky gut A brand new study has found health concerns about the artificial sweetener sucralose so alarming that researchers said everyone should stop eating it and the [...]