Asthma, Inhaled Corticosteroids, and Adrenal Suppression
Adrenal suppression may be an issue in asthmatic patients. A study published in Thorax (1993;48:599-602) looked at children who were taking 400 micrograms of steroids per day. The subjects of the study were 49 children who had a mean age of 9.2 years, taking budesonide, and 28 children with a mean age of 10.2 years…
How Women Are Leading the BioHacking Movement
image source Biohacking is a practice with HUGE potential for our health and wellbeing. And, while it’s been a primarily male-dominated industry, women innovators like our founders, Lauren and Katie, are leading the way in understanding how biohacking can improve our lifestyle. For those who don’t know much about this field, biohacking is the idea…
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Is diabetes pregnancy high risk? Women with diabetes have an exceptional concern about their health. Pregnancy comes with new demands for the body such as food cravings, tiredness, and other hormonal changes. Such demands tend to affect diabetes medication and blood sugar levels. During early pregnancy, before thirteen weeks, heightened blood sugar levels increase the risk of…
The Top 5 Exercises Every Person with Diabetes Should Try
People living with diabetes should lead a healthy lifestyle in order to manage their weight and blood sugar levels. Exercising regularly and eating a balanced diet can assist in reducing health risks such as stroke, cardiovascular problems, and heart attack. Hence, your overall body health will be greatly improved. Some of the easiest exercises to…
Can Type 2 Diabetes be Reversed?
Diabetes has no cure. However, research has proven that it’s likely for some individuals to reverse it. If one works on their diet and towards losing excess body weight, then they may be able to arrive at, and be able to stay within, a normal range of blood sugar even without using any medications. Having…
Intermittent Fasting and Type 2 Diabetes Management
“Nobody should die of a lifestyle disease, fast it out!” I read this comment in a popular Facebook group for Intermittent fasting, and I must say that I was super intrigued. This woman had successfully controlled her blood sugar level. In fact, her doctor declared her diabetes-free after undergoing several assessments. Like any other person,…
Study Reveals the Mapping of the Human Immune System
In a recent 2020 paper published in Science, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Newcastle University, and Ghent University, Belgium, mapped thymus tissue throughout the human lifespan. They were looking to better understand how T cells, which are human immune cells, are produced by the thymus gland. T cells are released from the thymus gland and enter the…
Finding the Yoga Mat That’s Right for You
Whether you’ve been practicing for a long time, are new to yoga, or are just looking for an exercise mat, the amount choices can be vast and overwhelming. There are many options from mat thickness to materials used that you could choose from that allow you to fully customize your yoga mat needs. First off,…
Can Diet Soda Make You Fat?
Dieters, in their quest to consume fewer calories, often opt to drink diet soda instead of sodas with sugar in them. It turns out that drinking diet soda may not be a very good strategy for losing weight. Research that was performed at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (and presented at…
Diets Make You Fat
In 1919, Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters wrote the book Diet and Health. In it she presented the concept of counting calories. A calorie is a measurement of energy (much like the BTU used to rate furnaces). In nutrition, it is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one liter of water one…
