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The food we eat today, high in sugar and easily digestible carbohydrates, is not only making us fat but is putting us at risk of type 2 diabetes, strokes, dementia, cancer and a lifetime on medication. More than a third of adults in the UK now have raised blood sugar levels and most don’t know it. In this timely book, Dr Mosley explains why we pile on dangerous abdominal fat and shows us how to shed it - fast.

The key to losing weight and keeping it off is maintaining low insulin levels. Based on Dr. Hyman's groundbreaking Blood Sugar Solution program, The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet presents strategies for reducing insulin levels and producing fast and sustained weight loss. You can lose up to 10lbs in 10 days!

Completely revised and expanded in 2016. Based on the award-winning Bloodsugar101.com web site, this book explains what peer-reviewed research published in top medical journals has to say about: What is a normal blood sugar? How does diabetes develop? What really causes diabetes? What blood sugar levels cause complications? Must you deteriorate? What diet is right for you? How can you make that diet work? What medications are safe? What supplements lower blood sugar? This book provides all the tools needed to understand how blood sugar works and achieve blood sugar health.

Are you tired of living with high blood pressure and feeling like it has taken over your life? It's time to take control, and fix the problem, once and for all. Living with high blood pressure is a daunting task. It feels like you're always walking a tightrope, constantly worrying about the risks of complications and struggling to find the right medications and lifestyle changes that work for you.

High blood pressure is called a “silent killer” because it develops with no signs or symptoms. You may not know that you have high blood pressure until it has caused serious damage. But there’s good news: You can take charge of your blood pressure.

Fascia is a single, interconnected web of tissue that runs from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet. It surrounds every organ, every muscle, every bone, and every nerve fiber. And it has an astonishing range of functions. At Complete Wellness, New York City's number one pain management clinic, director Dr. Daniel Fenster is using both high-tech and low-tech fascia therapies to change the lives of thousands of people for the better. With this book, you'll learn if you have fascia-related problems - and if so, how serious they are.

Living with diabetes can feel like walking a tightrope. One misstep and you can come crashing down, facing a range of life-threatening complications. From the constant monitoring of blood sugar levels to the pressure of making healthy food choices and losing weight, diabetes can feel overwhelming. With the right guidance and support, diabetes management can be a well-choreographed dance. By making healthy choices and staying on top of your care, living with diabetes doesn’t have to get in the way of your life.

Now in its fourth edition, the audiobook presents up-to-the-minute information on insulin resistance, blood-testing devices, measuring blood sugar, new types of insulin, gastroparesis and other issues, as well as updated diet guidelines. Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution is the one audiobook every diabetic must own.

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It has been called the worst treatment disaster in the NHS's history. But when it was first used Factor VIII was pitched as a medical miracle: a drug made from human plasma that enabled haemophiliacs to lead lives free of fear that a minor injury would prove fatal. But in the 1980s, tens of thousands of haemophiliacs began to test positive with HIV and AIDS. Their life-saving treatment Factor VIII was infected.

¿Está cansado de vivir con presión arterial alta y sentir que se ha apoderado de su vida? Es hora de tomar el control y solucionar el problema de una vez por todas. Vivir con presión arterial alta es una experiencia abrumadora. Da la sensación de estar siempre caminando por la cuerda floja, preocupándose constantemente por los riesgos de complicaciones y luchando por encontrar los medicamentos adecuados y los cambios en el estilo de vida que funcionen para usted.

Diabetes is one of the most widespread modern diseases. It’s estimated that up to 400 million people in the world have diabetes. Over half of U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes. The World Health Organization predicts that by the year 2030, diabetes will be the 7th leading cause of death in the world. Diabetes doubles the risk of overall death and someone with diabetes is expected to have a 5-10 year shorter life expectancy.

Drs. DeRose and Steinke along with Nurse Practitioner Li draw from cutting-edge medical research and their decades of clinical experience to guide you on an amazing 30-day journey. Learn simple natural strategies that have helped many people decrease or eliminate their dependence on medications.

As Melissa Bond raises her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or less each night. She loses her job as a journalist (a casualty of the 2008 recession), and her relationship with her husband grows distant. Her doctor casually prescribes benzodiazepines—a family of drugs that includes Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan—and increases her dosage regularly.

Blood sugar is an essential measure of your health. Poorly controlled blood sugar levels can lead to health complications. Over several years, it can damage blood vessels in the body and can ultimately cause a heart attack or stroke. Mayo Clinic staff recommend that eating healthy, exercising, and taking medication, if necessary, will help you keep your blood sugar levels within their target range.

The leading cause of death in the US is heart attack and strokes. That is why it is so important to take care of your heart and learn the necessary steps in order to lower your blood pressure. This guide will show you exactly how - the natural way.

Diabetes is among the most common ailments in modern times. People across the globe suffer from this disease and so they undergo treatment. As a matter of fact, it has become a lifestyle disease, and most of the time, it is hereditary or chronic. Because of this, this disease has become unavoidable each single day, and it goes beyond control. Those who suffer from diabetes either lose weight excessively or become overweight. In connection with this, people suffering from overweight issues often have to go on diet in order to retain a healthy status and control the disease.

This book delves into the intricate relationship between blood tests and low-carb, ketogenic, and carnivore diets, exploring how these dietary choices can influence key markers and their associated ranges. It unveils the unique impact of these dietary preferences on blood test results, shedding light on how the traditional reference ranges may not be optimal for individuals adhering to these specific eating patterns.

Mainstream medicine cannot cure high blood pressure because its focus is and has been on treating its symptoms, typically by prescription drugs. However, the cure for high blood pressure exists and is available to anyone by learning what causes a high blood pressure condition and then putting what is learned into practice. This audiobook is all about high blood pressure, what causes it and how to cure it. It critically assesses the prescription drugs typically prescribed and describes their many risks and downsides.

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