A new study suggests that going “gluten-free” may actually raise your risk for type 2 diabetes...

Only 1 in 20 Americans consumes enough fiber...

Research suggests that dropping meat from your eating pattern may be useful when it comes to successfully managing your weight...

Studies continue to show that a Mediterranean-style eating pattern is good news for health. Here’s some of the latest in Mediterranean diet research...

Omega-3 fatty acids can be a big part of your healthful aging diet because this type of fat helps decrease risk of cardiovascular disease, reduce internal inflammation that is an important component of type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and some types of cancer, and also plays a key role in maintaining active, healthy brain function.

While there is little doubt that regular exercise has many health benefits and may help with reducing body fat stores, most research suggests that regular exercise alone is unlikely to solve America’s obesity epidemic...

To prevent and treat type 2 DM, a more plant-based diet with a lower calorie density and a higher fiber content coupled with regular exercise remains the top priority...

While it appears that the amount and type of dietary carbohydrate and fat have little impact on insulin sensitivity that is independent of a change in body fat stores, this does not appear to be the case for dietary protein.

Recently, the American Diabetes Association issued a new position statement addressing exercise guidelines for people with diabetes and prediabetes...

Plant-based eating patterns are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems...

A healthful, balanced, delicious, and quick dinner will help you feel energized through the evening without reaching for candy or ice cream...

If you are one of the 86 million Americans with prediabetes, your best chance to avoid developing type 2 diabetes is to boost your body’s insulin sensitivity.

Here is a large collection of useful diabetes resources, just for you!

Could you have prediabetes? It may be more likely than you realize.

Singling out sugar as now being more responsible for raising BP and cholesterol levels than added salt and fat & cholesterol-rich animal products is clearly a gross distortion of what the best quality scientific data tells us is most likely true...

It’s time to stop looking at exercise as a weight loss tool and to start looking at it as a quality of life tool!

Lunch is often a difficult meal because you only have a limited amount of time to eat and few food options. Here are some ideas to get you started…

Carbohydrate counting is a handy tool to help you plan meals and keep your blood glucose numbers within a healthy range each day...

In this post, we summarized the latest research to make choosing a breakfast that will help you keep your energy levels up while feeling satisfied until lunch...

More research is needed to further elucidate how added dietary salt may be contributing to overeating, weight gain, insulin resistance, and type 2 DM. However, given the overwhelming evidence linking increased salt intake with the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, there is no reason not to make it clear that most people would be far better off limiting their sodium intake to no more than about 1500mg/day...