Family Health

via BlackDoctor: Diabetes is a chronic disease that impacts millions of Americans, with the black community being at the highest risk. Research has found that 1 in 3 adults have prediabetes, which is a prolonged state of high blood sugar levels. While prediabetes isn’t quite diabetes, 70% of prediabetics go on to develop diabetes which […]

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via BlackDoctor: Here’s another reason to give the vegan lifestyle a try – it can help lower blood sugar over time for diabetics. That’s right. A recent study found that type-2 diabetics who ate only vegan foods for about 12 weeks had a lower blood sugar level than diabetics who ate otherwise. Another bonus: the […]

Family Health

via BlackDoctor: Diabetes is a chronic disease that impacts millions of Americans, with the black community being at the highest risk. Research has found that 1 in 3 adults have prediabetes, which is a prolonged state of high blood sugar levels. While prediabetes isn’t quite diabetes, 70% of prediabetics go on to develop diabetes which […]

Women's Health

via EEWMagazine/ Terri Abrams: Diabetes is running hard in the black community and that is because of lots of sugar consumption. Christian actress Sherri Shepherd started her sugar-free keto diet in March 2018, and it improved her diabetes. The 52-year-old said cutting the sugar made such a huge impact, her doctor told her she wasn’t […]

via BlackDoctor: If you have diabetes this holiday season you got to moderate what you eat. NOT ALL SWEETS!! Having diabetes doesn’t mean you have to deprive yourself of taste and flavor. There are plenty of sweet foods out there that don’t actually have sugar in them. These are foods made with low or zero-calorie […]

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via BlackDoctor: Diabetes complications occur from damage to cells as a result of a persistent elevation of blood glucose – also known as blood sugar. Keeping your blood glucose close to normal can prevent or delay diabetes-related complications. There are two kinds of complications: those that occur in the short term, known as acute complications, and […]

Women's Health

via BlackDoctor: Even though her birthday is technically in May, Gladys Knight celebrated her landmark 75th birthday in October with a special party in Los Angeles. The seven-time Grammy winner was joined at Vibrato Grill Jazz by celebrity pals including David Foster and his new wife Katherine McPhee, LaToya Jackson and Terry Crews. Knight, who […]

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via BlackDoctor: According to the American Diabetes Association, over 30 million children and adults in the United States are affected with Diabetes, 84 million have pre-diabetes, and one in four adults are not even aware that they have diabetes. Today is Diabetes Alert Day, observed annually on the fourth Tuesday in March, bringing awareness to the […]

Family Health

via BlackDoctor: Diabetes is a chronic disease that impacts millions of Americans, with the black community being at the highest risk. Research has found that 1 in 3 adults have prediabetes, which is a prolonged state of high blood sugar levels. While prediabetes isn’t quite diabetes, 70% of prediabetics go on to develop diabetes which […]

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via BlackDoctor: Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, when compared to people without diabetes, people with diabetes have twice the risk of developing heart disease, twice the risk of having a heart attack, a greater chance of dying from a heart attack, and four times the […]

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viaBlackDoctor: According to the National Kidney Foundation, Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure in African Americans. African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as Caucasians. Approximately 4.9 million African Americans over 20 years of age are living with either diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. Recently, researchers have found ties between […]

Entertainment

via BlackDoctor: Patti LaBelle, Auntie Patti, Ms. LaBelle, Lady Marmalade…whatever you want to call her, Patti’s name is synonymous with good music and big smiles. Born Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards in Philadelphia on May 24, 1944, her career spans over a half of century with awards, critical acclaim and a string of hits. When Patti LaBelle learned […]