diabetes

Do plastic baby bottles cause diabetes and heart disease?

Posted September 16, 2008 - 14:48 by Andrea Dickson

Health and Beauty, Green Living

What? Poisonous infant formula wasn't enough? Plastic baby bottles and the linings of canned food may be linked to diabetes, heart disease, and altered development in infants' brains and glands, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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FREE food for diabetics

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Deals and Coupons, Food and Drink

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Get them quick folks, because I can't find an expiration date on either of these special offer pages. The good folks at Glucerna are giving away cereal and milkshakes completely free. That's great news for you frugal readers who have to live with diabetes, or know someone who does.

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8 Cheap Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar

Posted May 2, 2007 - 11:53 by Andrea Dickson

Life Hacks, Health and Beauty

Keeping blood sugars in check can be tricky - there's an endless cycle of highs and lows that can be hard to navigate. Sometimes, sugars get high and we should take more meds to counteract them. Sometimes, though, if sugars are elevated but not dangerously so, we can use these cheap methods to get our glucose back to normal - without popping another pill.

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Is Green Tea All It's Cracked Up to Be? It's close.

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Health and Beauty

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I've been enjoying the snarky articles at Slate.com recently focusing on the commoditization of Eastern traditions, such as yoga. As someone who purchases but never uses yoga clothing, mats, and accessories, I can truly appreciate the hypocrisy in the American tendency to turn something that is supposed to be purifying and healthy into something that is really a money-making scheme.

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