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Interview with Yolanda Bowles. She Cured Her Diabetes

February 22, 2012

I’ve written in the past about how type II diabetes can be cured. That’s not  a popular thing to say in some circles and others prefer to use the word “go into remission” instead. Any way you look at it, I know that giving the facts about diabetes can only help so much so I [...]

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Rhabdomyolysis and Personal Training Facts You Need To Know

December 30, 2011

It’s ironic that most people have never heard of rhabdomyolysis, even though you’ve probably seen it mentioned on TV every day!  Rhabdomyolysis is a condition that results in the death of your muscle cells from a stress (like exercise) that overwhelms the body’s ability to adapt.  Basically the muscle cells rupture and release their cellular [...]

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Personal Training and HIV AIDS

December 12, 2011

One of the more challenging areas that personal trainers may deal with one day is working with somebody infected with HIV – but it doesn’t have to be.  What I’d like to do is cover some issues to be considered when working with somebody who has HIV/AIDS as well as exercise guidelines to help people [...]

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It Pays To Be a Type II Diabetic

July 29, 2011

What I’m about to say about type II diabetes will offend some people. Heck, I’m sure others will be downright mad at me. Believe me I mean no disrespect to anyone. I speak these words because they need to be said – because so few others want you to hear them. What I am about [...]

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Can Type II Diabetes be Cured?

February 8, 2011

Recently one of the readers of my website commented on on my post “Is There a Nature Cure for Diabetes”. He brought up a good point about genetics and type II diabetes.  He is right. There is a genetic link to type II diabetes. So if your parents had type II diabetes, you have an [...]

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Football Players, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

December 18, 2010

Athletes may be under a false impression that they do not need to worry about heart disease and diabetes if a recent study is correct. This study, published in the Journal of Athletic Training, found that among college football players, almost one half (1/2) of college defense and offensive lineman had metabolic syndrome, a condition [...]

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Fractures What is YOUR Risk?

October 22, 2010

Have you ever fractured a bone? Maybe not, but are you at risk of fracturing a bone – or worse? I recently became aware of a nifty tool that let anyone estimate their risk. Its called FRAX. FRAX stands for Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (how they got an X in there is beyond me!). Basically [...]

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Is There a Natural Cure for Diabetes?

October 8, 2010

If you subscribe to my other website, Supplement-Geek.com you know I recently wrote a review on a product called Diab X which on their website claimed that this product was a Natural Cure for Diabetes. It turns out that there are a lot of people and websites talking about Natural Cures for diabetes – and [...]

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TV’s Monk and Heart Disease: My Letter To Hollywood

September 10, 2010

Have you ever seen those “Now You Know” TV commercials?  You know, where a celebrity tries to enlighten us into how to treat each other better.?  Now, there’s anything wrong with being nice to other people; and I’m all for it actually.  But, I always felt that celebrities could use their time and talents for [...]

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