Controlling diabetes – and keeping your organs safe from the damage it can cause – takes a strong dose of diabetes education. That, and following through on what you learn!

Diabetes, whether Type 1, Type 2, or Type 1.5 (also called LADA: Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults), can eventually affect every organ and organ system in your body. It is well known for targeting the eyes, feet (circulation), and kidneys. People with uncontrolled diabetes can lose their vision completely. They can lose their toes, feet, or legs from poor circulation. They can develop full blown kidney failure leading to the need for dialysis or kidney transplant.

Also well known are its effects upon nerves and blood vessels. Herein lies the universality of diabetes’ damage: there are no organs, no areas of the body which aren’t served by nerves and blood vessels. (more…)

The surprising sound nearly knocked the breath out of Health Nut Hal. He couldn’t believe how wonderfully deep and rich it was.

“Wow, Mr. Lincoln, that’s amazing!” shouted Hal in order to be heard above the lustrous music. “I never thought you’d get all those messed up parts and pieces together…not together enough to make something that powerful.”

Alfred Lincoln’s dirty head appeared from behind the massive organ. He grinned at Hal as he played a few more chords from Bach’s famous “Organ Toccata.” It was breathtakingly beautiful as it filled the church with its robust tones. The organ’s pipes seemed to dance with their renewed life.

Alfred lingered on a final note and then let the wind from the pipes fade slowly away before he said, “Yeah, this old baby has a lot more life left in her.” He patted the front side of the organ’s keyboard, almost lovingly. His gaze upon the old organ was just as gentle.

Hal said, “It’s really awesome how you could take (more…)

There’s a pretty good reason why type 1 diabetes isn’t referred to as “juvenile diabetes” anymore. It’s not just for kids, that’s for sure!

Here’s what I mean: 85% of of people who have type 1 diabetes are adults!

Yep, according to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), type 1 diabetes is growing and it grows by 3% each year. Every day, some 80 people are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. That’s more than 15,000 children and 15,000 adults each year. Three million Americans have it…and that number gets bigger each year. (more…)

“Wow…juvenile diabetes, huh, Petey? How’d it happen?” asked Hal when his little brother Sal walked into the kitchen.

Ignoring the fact that Hal was on the phone, Sal erupted excitedly. “Whoa…Petey got a beating at juvy? “Holy crud, I didn’t even know he got sent up. When did all this go down?”

Hal just shot Sal a switchblade glance and kept listening to Petey on the phone. His forehead, creased with concern, displayed his focus. (more…)

Sal was popping around like a jumping bean on a hot car hood. He shouted at Hal who was in the kitchen grabbing an apple, iPod headphones blasting away in his ears. “Hal! Come here!” Sal yelled. When no Hal reply came, Sal bounced on into the kitchen, grabbed his brother’s arm, and tugged him on into the living room.

Hal was more than a little irritated having had the ear pieces pulled from his ears right in the middle of Train’s “Drive By”. He leered at his overly excited brother and said, “Chill, bro. You popped my earphones out right as his love went viral.”

Sal ignored Hal as he pointed again and again at (more…)

“You are not alone.” We use that phrase a lot around here at Health Nuts Media. And, if you have type 2 diabetes, it is very, very true.

When it comes to kids, it used to be that people only thought of type 1 diabetes. (That’s how it got the name, which some folks still use, “juvenile-onset diabetes”.) But, unfortunately, that old idea just isn’t true anymore. (more…)

A possible cure for type 1 diabetes? Even years after being diagnosed with the disease? Wow! That could be huge.

Well, that’s the potential based upon the just-published research findings of Professor Bart Roep of the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide reported on Tuesday, February 21, that Professor Roep had discovered (more…)