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by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Jan 16, 2014 | About Type 2 Diabetes, Cool Things From Others, Diabetes
What if people with diabetes didn’t have to prick their fingers several times a day to conduct blood sugar tests — but instead could simply wear contacts? You’ve probably heard that diabetes is a huge and growing problem—affecting one in every 19 people on...
by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Jan 5, 2014 | About Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, How To Eat, How to Exercise, Reversing Diabetes
We all have heard television commercials or read magazine ads making promises about some wonder powder, juice, or pill that will cure all that ails you. This program doesn’t rely on any gimmicks. There are no magic potions or elixirs—just good, wholesome food that you...
by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Jan 2, 2014 | About Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, How To Eat, How to Exercise, Reversing Diabetes
The keys to preventing and improving type 2 diabetes are to eat an optimal diet, live a more active lifestyle, keep insulin and glucagon in perfect balance, and use up the excess fuel that has been stored. By eating the right foods at the right times and avoiding the...
by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Dec 21, 2013 | About Prediabetes, About Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, Reversing Diabetes
What is Prediabetes? Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have “prediabetes” — blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Doctors sometimes refer to prediabetes as impaired...
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by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Nov 29, 2013 | About Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, Reversing Diabetes
To put it simply, diabetes is a condition in which there is too much sugar (glucose) in the blood. We need glucose—it’s the primary source of energy that fuels the brain, red blood cells and muscles of the body. It’s when blood sugar levels rise too high that there’s...
by Cheryl Farley Wellness | Nov 28, 2013 | About Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes, Reversing Diabetes
We still don’t know exactly why people develop type 2 diabetes, but we do know that both genes and lifestyle put you at risk for the disease. The analogy that’s sometimes used to describe type 2 diabetes risk is, “Genes load the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger.”...
