Category Archives: Diabetes

The Answer Behind My 13% Rule

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

September 12, 2014

  • Why you should limit meat to 13% of your diet
  • Charring and grilling poses serious health risks
  • This is your gut on an animal-based diet

In a recent issue of Advanced Natural Wellness, I talked about the dangers of eating processed meats. Continue reading

This Is Your Vision on Sugar

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

August 29, 2014

  • What your doctor forgot to tell you about diabetes
  • This is what sugar does to your vision
  • Best ways to protect your sight and independence

My diabetic patients are a real concern to me. That’s because diabetes places everyone at a higher risk of heart disease, nerve damage, kidney problems and even Alzheimer’s. But there’s another health threat many of them find surprising. Continue reading

Break the Fat Cell Storage Cycle

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

September 06, 2013

  • Insulin may be at the root of those extra pounds
  • This vicious cycle locks up your fat cells
  • The #1 food to control insulin and decrease body fat

This is the second of a 4-part series on hormones. This series will give you a deep understanding of hormones and how they affect belly fat.

In the last issue, we talked about how your hunger hormones, leptin and ghrelin, can lead to increased belly fat and weight gain. Continue reading

Sugar swings may be robbing your brain power

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

July 31, 2013

  • Is diabetes really “just a sugar disease?”
  • This is your brain on diabetes
  • The one-two punch to reverse this vicious cycle

Type 2 diabetes is a problem that really worries me. Almost 26 million people in the U.S. have this disease. Another 79 million people are pre-diabetic. That’s more than one out of every three people! Continue reading

This Is Your Brain On Sugar

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

November 09, 2012

  • The real reason you might want to cut back on sugar
  • The solution to sugar overload
  • How to handle your sweet tooth without compromising your I.Q.

Remember that anti-drug ad on TV from years ago? The one where they dropped an egg into the pan and said: “This is your brain.” And then, as you watched it fry, you heard: “This is your brain on drugs.” Continue reading

The Trace Mineral Keeping Diabetes At Bay

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

October 26, 2012

  • Busting the Insulin Myth once and for all
  • The mineral that evens out insulin and could cure or reverse diabetes
  • How to get and absorb more of this miracle mineral in your diet

Before Type 2 diabetes grew into a national epidemic, the only people most of us knew with the disease had Type 1 diabetes – which was known then as Juvenile Diabetes. And we watched them carry around a syringe and little bottle of insulin, and inject themselves with insulin throughout the day. Continue reading

Where Are You On The Diabesity Continuum?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

April 13, 2012

  • The new understanding about diabetes and obesity
  • The 7 nutrients you need to dodge the diabesity bullet
  • Take a Mediterranean vacation without leaving home

You already know that being overweight comes with a higher risk of a long list of illnesses and conditions. And Type 2 adult onset diabetes is at epidemic proportions. Continue reading

The Diabetes Double Whammy

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

If you’re one of the 19 million Americans with diabetes, you know the disease can bring on some pretty scary consequences. Because your body can’t properly control blood sugar, diabetes can leave you at greater risk of heart disease as well as losing limbs, eyesight and kidney function. Continue reading

Could You Be Drinking Your Way To Diabetes?

By David Blyweiss, M.D.

When you’re thirsty, do you reach for a glass of water? If you’re like most people, you probably don’t. Instead, you may find yourself reaching for a sugary sweet soda. Statistics shows that Americans drink more soda than ever before. They account for more than 25 percent of all drinks consumed in the United States. Continue reading