Posts Tagged “Pancreas”

One problem that many people run into when it comes to eating properly is that they follow to many different programs.  Although it is a good idea to have a program in mind whenever you start eating for health, being too drastic or jumping from program to program is not going to help you at all.  

Unfortunately many people tend to cut something out of their diet which the body needs.  It is difficult to estimate how many people have damaged their metabolisms as a result of yo-yo dieting through low carbohydrate or low-fat eating.

If you really want to control your weight, it is difficult to beat the benefits that you receive from eating a low glycemic diet.  The way that you would do this is actually fairly simple to understand.  The glycemic index is a list of foods that are arranged according to how quickly the sugar that is in them is released into our system.  The higher on the list the food resides, the faster the sugar is going to be dumped.  This can cause our pancreas to overload us with insulin, something that is going to end up storing fat on your body.

By eating a healthy diet that includes five to six small meals on a daily basis, you can really get your metabolism running at top speed.  Make sure that you include a protein, legume and plenty of low glycemic vegetables at every meal, preferably raw.  If you eat like this for two weeks you will be able to see the difference in your clothing and whenever you stand on the scale.  It is an easy way to get fit without doing exercise.

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I had to put this in here. This is amazing. You can get the full news here  Face Transplant

Transplants are an amazing thing. Many people have no idea what is going on in this area. In fact, Let me tell you something from experience.

My wife had a kidney transplant back in December of 2005. Now most people are familiar with kidney transplants. But . . . . .

In March of this year she had a pancreas transplant at the Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus. What?! What that means is she was a brittle diabetic since the age of 13. She is now 58 and the diabetes has taken a toll on her. The pancreas transplant actually made it so she is no longer a diabetic. 

I didn’t even know this was possible and, as it turns out, not only are many other people unfamiliar with this, many doctors don’t even know this is possible.

When you have a transplant your body’s defense mechanism wants to reject it as it views it as a danger. So you do take anti-rejection medications for the rest of your life. Well, let me tell you, my wife is fine with that as it beats the alternative, which was kidney dialysis, which she was on for a year and a half, and it stops any further health conditions the diabetes was causing.

Now I see this face transplant and it just blows my mind. Technology is a great thing, sin’g it?

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