American Girl's New Diabetes Kit Is Making Real Girls' Dreams Come True

When she was 11 years-old, Anja Busse was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Like many girls her age, Busse loved American Girl dolls. And like many girls, Busse wanted her dolls to mirror her real-life, awesome self.
"I have two American Girl dolls, but there's no diabetic supplies so they look just like me," Busse, now 13, said in a powerful video from January 2014. "It's very weird for me because I want my dolls to be just like me."
So, Busse started a petition asking American Girl to sell an insulin pump and diabetic accessories. Two years and over 4,000 signatures later, American Girl finally listened up. As of Jan. 1, the Diabetes Care Kit for Dolls is available for purchase in stores and online for $24.
Busse and her mom, Ingrid, delivered the happy news on their Facebook page, Diabetic American Girl, in late December:
"I know if they do this, it'll make thousands of diabetic girls happy," Busse said in her initial 2014 video. She was 100% right. The proof is in the comments:
There's an entire Facebook album, titled "Dolls With Diabetes," demonstrating how much girls appreciate the new addition to American Girl's catalog. Hats off to Busse and her supporters for making this much-needed doll accessory a reality!
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Say Goodbye to Diabetes, Obesity, and Tumors with Frozen Lemons!

Lemons are known for a host of health benefits, ranging from providing the body with vitamin C to boosting the immune system to normalizing cholesterol levels. Perhaps no other citrus fruit is as common as it is beneficial to our bodies. Whether it’s the juice you consume or the peel, you know you’re doing your body a favor by ingesting some lemons.
But did you know that even terrible diseases like cancer and obesity can be prevented by lemons? Lemon peels are packed wtih antioxidants such as limonoids that destroy and remove toxic waste from the body. This includes the destroying cancer cells from 12 different cancers like cancers of the colon, breast, prostate, lungs, and pancreas. With that in mind, the natural lemony goodness sure looks like a better alternative to chemotherapy!
Lemons boost the body and cleanses it too!
Need proof? Dr. Marlyn Glenville, a nutritionist and expert on women’s health explains the benefits of fruit peels:
Most of the antioxidants included in fruit are included in the peel or the pith rather than in the pulp. Smoothie is far better than a juice, since you can consume the whole fruit including the peel, and you will not throw away a single nutrient from the fruit.
However, did you know that the power of the lemon can be amplified when they’re frozen?
Lemons are known to be bitter and hard to consume as they are, but when they’re frozen and then added to food and drinks, the bitterness dissipates. In addition, freezing lemons allows you to store them for longer, so no fruit is wasted!
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Low-Fat Dairy May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

A recent study found that people who opted for full-fat dairy products were 50 percent less likely than low-fat fans to develop the disease.
For more than a generation, government dietary guidelines have urged Americans to avoid full-fat dairy products. The thinking behind that recommendation is beginning to change, however, and it may shift even more based on recent research suggesting that dairy fat could actually lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.
The study, published in March in the journal Circulation, began in the 1980s. Researchers at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health collected blood samples from 3,333 subjects and measured their biomarkers for dairy fat. Over the next 20 years, they monitored which of the subjects developed type 2 diabetes.
Study author Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, MPH, reports that after controlling for demographics, diet, and other lifestyle factors, those who consumed the most dairy fat in those intervening two decades “had about a 50 percent lower risk of diabetes.”
Mozaffarian explains the link by pointing to evidence that “when people consume low-fat dairy, they eat more carbohydrates” to counterbalance, likely because low-fat dairy isn’t as satiating as full-fat options. As a result, these people tend to consume more calories — often in the form of highly processed carbs, which trigger a metabolic response that can lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
The study only proves correlation — not causation — between full-fat dairy consumption and lowered diabetes risk. More research will be needed to support the l Continue reading

Water Aerobics For Those With Diabetes: Benefits and Tips

Water buoys us up, helps us move, and simultaneously provides the resistance necessary to tone muscle and get our heart pumping.
This is why participating in water aerobics is beneficial for almost everyone, including people with type 1 or 2 diabetes.
Water aerobics are the performance of cardio-boosting exercises in water, typically a swimming pool. The workout is usually done while standing in waist or chest deep water, and may involve the use of aquatic equipment such as kickboards, and water woggles (foam cylinders).
Aerobic water workouts can be adjusted to suit people’s fitness status, and any physical limitations. Participants can control their level of exertion by altering the speed and size of their movements. It’s a great way for those who are out of shape, overweight, or have mobility issues to start, or maintain an exercise program.
Water Aerobics and Diabetes
Water aerobics are particularly helpful for many people with diabetes because:
Water aerobics is a non-weight bearing activity. Most exercises are done in chest deep water where the body is about 80 percent buoyant, so people are supported by water, not their extremities. This makes working out more comfortable for those with neuropathy or other physical pain; plus, buoyancy can aid with balance.
When we are surrounded by water every movement in every direction is met with resistance that increases calories burned, facilitating weight loss.
The massage-like pressure that water exerts against the body, called hydrostatic pressure, helps the heart pump more efficiently, and is beneficial for those with p Continue reading

Rob Kardashian Leaves Hospital After Diabetes Scare

Rob Kardashian checked out of a hospital Thursday morning after spending the night at the medical center to treat diabetes complications, E! News has learned.
Both Blac Chyna and Kris Jenner visited him in the hospital overnight. Chyna arrived without their 7-week-old daughter Dream Kardashian.
A family source had told E! News exclusively Rob was stabilized and that his condition is not life-threatening. Kris left the hospital earlier in the day. Details about his diabetes complications and treatment were not revealed.
Rob was hospitalized and diagnosed with diabetes last year. He said on the E! series Rob & Chyna weeks ago that his nutritionist told him he was "completely free" of the disease. Neither type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, nor type 2 diabetes can be cured but its symptoms can be managed with insulin, diet and exercise.
Rob's latest health scare took place more than a week after he and Chyna had a major fight and aired their relationship drama on social media, during which she said she got hacked and he said she took their daughter and left his home.
They soon reconciled and he posted an apology on Instagram, saying he was "seeking help" to deal with his "flaws/issues." He also called Chyna a "great mother" and said he was going to "get better" for Dream's sake.
Rob opted to check himself into the hospital after feeling unwell Wednesday night. He "recognized that his symptoms were diabetes-related," a source told People, adding that the reality star "hasn't been taking care of himself, and that's why he's now sick again.
"Rob has made some changes to his l Continue reading