Archive for the ‘diabetes and pancreatitis’ Category


Taming the Sugar Beast (Part IV) – Do you go organic?

Interesting to hear of a recent report in Diabetes Care that found a strong relationship between Type II diabetes and pollutants in the body. Some may now argue that because of the use of contaminants in conventional commercial vegetable and fruit growing operations, that people with diminished pancreatic function should stick to organically grown food. [...]

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Taming the Sugar Beast (Part 3)

White is NOT right when it comes to sugar (..and rice…and bread!)   We’ve probably all suspected it for a long, long time but there’s now growing empirical evidence that in the pursuit of perfect-looking white sugar and fluffy white bread rolls and rice, we’ve emptied these products of their original nutritional value and have, [...]

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Taming the Sugar Beast (Part 2)

It seems as though everyone faces sugar cravings on a reasonably regular basis. Some believe that sugar has become an addiction as a result of it being surreptitiously added to many of the processed foods we eat. Sugar certainly is a sneaky substance – it seems to creep up on us – the more we [...]

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