Type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes, is one of the fastest growing diseases in America. It affects more than 24 million Americans. While genetic factors can affect your likelihood of being diagnosed with diabetes, the disease is largely attributed to lifestyle and behavioral factors. Here are a few simple tips to preventing type 2 diabetes. 1. Stop smoking today. Along with a host of other illnesses associated with smoking, smokers are more than 50% more likely to develop diabetes than non-smokers. This risk is higher […]

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Many people believe that diabetes is almost entirely hereditary, but that really is not true. While heredity plays a significant role, the fact is that the highly processed, sugar saturated diet consumed by most people in developed countries today is a recipe for diabetes even without the heredity factor. What do you need to eat to avoid diabetes? Read on to find out. To put it very simply, if you have diabetes or want to avoid diabetes, you should eat the same healthful, natural diet that all […]

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