by Charlie Reese Type 2 diabetes is a serious health condition that, if not managed properly, can lead to severe complications. A well managed diet for diabetes is essential to controlling this disease. Your physician may prescribe medications to help regulate your blood sugar levels, as well as medications that help protect your heart and kidneys. Understanding how to manage your diet can be complex. Here we try to put it all in plain language, to help you make sense of all the charts in the standard booklet of counting your carbs. At first glance, it seems that carbs are your enemy. The usual...

by Tommy Hammerman Those of us in search of medical insurance ideally want to get our hands on a group medical insurance plan. For many, one of the biggest perks of taking a new job, and hanging onto it, is the group medical insurance plan that it offers. Unfortunately, employers are not required to offer any kind of group medical insurance plans to their employees. Due to the recession, many companies are looking for ways to lower expenses, and many programs are getting scaled back or even eliminated. Because of these changes are happening so quickly it is important that you do something right away....

by Ana Dupuis Heart healthy cooking doesn’t mean that you have to cut out all of the foods that you love to eat. Most natural food products are intrinsically healthy. It’s the cooking techniques that turn them into a recipe for disaster. Cooking methods aren’t all created equal. A food can be filled with all sorts of essential vitamins and nutrients in its natural state. But most of the nutrients will be cooked away if you don’t prepare it properly. How then can you make great meals without losing all the nutritional benefits of the food? It’s not hard to get started with...

by Roman Maurer No matter if it is the 4th of July, or just another day in the summer, chances are someone in your area is barbequing. Barbequing has become a standard American tradition for families. The reason as clear as to why, not only does the food that comes from barbequing have a taste that is unmatched by other cooking methods, but barbequing presents a reason for families to gather together. First, no barbeque would be complete without guests and proper outdoors weather. Plan ahead of time, checking with your potential guests for scheduling conflicts and issues. Finding a date and time that...

by Deen Dragonovich The fructose diet, also known as the Shangri-la diet was invented by University of California at Berkeley professor Seth Roberts, Ph.D. He reportedly used the fructose diet on himself over a 12 year period and kept data of his progress. Roberts uses the Set Point theory as the basis for his fructose diet. The Set Point theory basically says that each person has a control system within themselves that regulates how much fat they should carry. If the weight you carry is lower than your set point, you’ll probably feel hungry. If the weight you carry is equal to your set point,...