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10 Foods For Energy and Performance  High level performers are always looking for strategies that will give them an edge in their field of endeavor. Athletes want to run a split second faster and jump an inch higher while business…
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By now you may have heard the shocking news: Subway "chicken" may contain just 50 percent chicken.1 The rest is filler. As reported by Time Magazine:2 "According to tests performed at Trent University in Canada, the company's chicken…
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Whether you eat them on a casual day at home or serve them at a party, you can guarantee that almost anyone will enjoy munching on chips. Unfortunately, most chips nowadays are made with genetically engineered (GE) ingredients and mixed…
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The Sugar Hype You add it to your morning cup of coffee or tea. You bake it into pastries, cakes, and cookies. You even sprinkle it all over your breakfast cereal or your oatmeal. But that's not all. It's also hidden in many of our…
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Studies Reveal Peripheral Nerve Damage Begins with Pre-diabetes and Obesity Peripheral neuropathy may be more common in patients with pre-diabetes than previously thought, and early interventions may be warranted in this patient…
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Did you ever let your foot fall asleep and suffer first from numbness and then from a tingling, pins-and-needles sensation while it "awakened"? People with peripheral neuropathy suffer from those types of sensations all the time. And…
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83% of adults drink coffee in the U.S., according to the National Coffee Associations online survey-2013.  Coffee has been touted as both 'Hero' and 'Villain' in the topic of health.  Although research has shown that coffee has some health…
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Diabetes and Obesity affect EVERY other American and one in four kids? Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. Type 2 diabetes in America has tripled since the 1980s, and researchers estimate one in three Americans will have diabetes by 2050.…
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Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a serious and common complication of diabetes.  Currently there are 29 million cases of type 2 diabetes that have been diagnosed and another 8.1 million cases that are undiagnosed, reported by the CDC…
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Is Type 2 Diabetes Hereditary? My mom has Type 2 diabetes, and it also runs in my dad’s side of the family. Does that mean I’m doomed? This is a common question and relevant concern from patients.  When you look at the statistics,…
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