Cutting Edge Research Made Easy
by Linda Woolven, B.A., Master Herbalist, Acupuncturist and Ted Snider, B.Ed., M.A.
Cinnamon is not only one of the most promising toppings for your breakfast bun, it is also one of the most promising treatments for diabetes. Long used in food in the modern diet, cinnamon has long been used traditionally as a medicinal herb. This new study adds to the evidence for its diabetes benefits.
Great for gumbo, modern science is proving it to be just as great for diabetes!
Chronic venous insufficiency is a vascular disorder characterized by severely compromised blood return and venous hypertension. It very commonly occurs in diabetics. The powerful flavonoid antioxidant pine bark extract not only helps, it may help more than conventional treatment.
Sugar is sweet. Maple syrup is sweet. What happens to your health when you swap sugar for maple syrup? No one has ever studied that before. Until now.
Conventional wisdom suggests that eating dark chocolate should be bad for diabetes. Conventional wisdom is wrong.
Once thought of as an unhealthy pleasure, research has been driving a reevaluation of drinking coffee. Instead of eliminating your coffee, the new research suggests you should feel good about enjoying it. But you have to enjoy it in the right way in the right amount.
A billion people have high blood pressure. By 2025, that number is projected to be 1.5 billion. That’s insane! A new meta-analysis provides solid evidence that simply supplementing garlic could help.
There are very few drugs for diabetes that prevent the progression of declining beta-cell function. But curcumin may do just that.
Diabetes is on the rise. Healthy diet and lifestyle are key to preventing and treating diabetes. Getting more of this natural antioxidant may help.
This little talked about herb is building an impressive resume for diabetes.
This massive new meta-analysis may be the most comprehensive evidence yet that eating meat increases your risk of type 2 diabetes.