The low-fat diet has been promoted and touted as the go to diet for “health”.   You might be on one right now…

The fact is the benefits of a low-fat diet are minimal at best.  Now I NOT giving you permission to start drinking butter and eat fried chicken everyday.  Not that you would do that (I hope).

But consider this, current health trends are showing the highest populations of diabetes, heart disease and cancer in recent history and are on the rise.  So to me at least, I don’t think the low-fat diet is really working.  Just a thought.  There is actually very little evidence that a low-fat diet provides ANY health benefits. But somewhere along the line (1960s) it became an overstated ideology of the standard American diet.

More than often sugar substitutes and artificial sweeteners are offered as the next best thing to eating sugar.  But the FACT is they are very far from being the healthy alternative.  In all actually, aspartame (which is found in a majority of diet foods and drinks) is linked to 90 different adverse effects including seizure and death.   Here are just a few other side effects you may be encounter if you regularly consume aspartame:

• Headaches
• Weight Gain
• Rashes
• Insomnia
• Fatigue
• Joint Pain
• Loss of Taste
• Muscle Spasms

SWEET MEMORIES

We all enjoy reminiscing about the past from time to time.

Revisiting our experiences with people, pets, events and places is one of the simplest yet most rewarding pleasures life has to offer.  Memories are powerful…so powerful that they are the best and most genuine way of coping with the loss of a loved one.

Shortly after my dear grandmother passed away several years ago, I bumped into a close friend of mine who specializes in psychology.  Smiling warmly, he offered his condolences and encouraged me to embrace my fond memories of her. He said that the memories would always be there to offer comfort.

I was taking a gander at what diabetics were searching for the most on Yahoo over the last couple days and stumbled upon “weight loss and diabetes” in the top 10 searches.

What a PERFECT opportunity to kick some good information and motivation to our community of type 2 diabetics who want to lose weight.

Some may be wondering how exercise affects type 2 diabetes.  Others probably know how losing weight affects type 2 diabetes but need a little help putting a plan together.

Whichever category you fall under, look no further!

Here’s the lowdown:

• If you’re overweight, reversing your type 2 diabetes and losing weight are inseperable (Yes, it is very possible to reverse type 2 diabetes.)