Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
Up to half of all people with diabetes will develop diabetic neuropathy over the course of their disease. A safe, simple, topical herbal cream can help.
More than 130 million Americans have prediabetes or diabetes. By 2030, 40% of American adults are projected to have prediabetes. Research has shown that nutrition can help. Can sweet, delicious mango?
Some herbs don’t get the attention they deserve despite an impressive body of research. One of them is olive leaf extract, a powerful herb for high blood pressure.
You already know that cranberry is one of the best things out there for urinary tract infections. But here’s five new uses you may not know and one more that was just discovered.
Celery is common. But no more common than blood pressure problems. High blood pressure affects 1.28 billion people in the world. The rate among Canadian adults is 22.6%, but in adults over 80, it soars to more than 70%. In the United States, it affects a whopping 49.4% of adults. Celery can help.
Effectively managing type 2 diabetes relies on paying attention to your weight. Being overweight is very common in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and losing weight can help manage symptoms and, potentially, even reverse the diabetes. New research shows that curcumin can help.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition affecting women of reproductive age. Metabolic syndrome is more common for women with PCOS than for women without. Can garlic help?
It seems impossible, but more than half the calories in our diet come from ultra-processed food. We eat more fake food than real food!
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death globally. Around 20.5 million people a year die from it. So, preventing it by cutting its risk factors off at the pass is crucial. Simple cinnamon may do just that.
It seems to go against everything you’ve been told, but eating more chocolate–as long as it’s dark chocolate–can actually prevent diabetes.
A new study challenges the common belief that diet soda is just fine for weight loss and diabetes. It’s not!
It’s a nasty cycle: depression increases the risk of diabetes, and diabetes increases the risk and severity of depression. The good news is that one herb can help both.