Hint: It’s not olive oil… but it is an excellent source of cancer-fighting flavonoid polyphenols, immune-boosting vitamin E and antioxidants–not to mention that one component that works against heart disease and diabetes.

In today’s toxic environment, diabetes may be the biggest health danger we all face. But you can calm the risk of this condition with lifestyle, herbs and natural ways to ease the stress your body faces. Here are the three herbs you must know about to improve your chances of avoiding diabetic complications.

Considering that more than 1 in 3 American adults are deficient in vitamin D, you may be wondering what came first, the illnesses or the low vitamin D? So let’s take a long look at the list and get straight on just how vital this vitamin is and why you’re most likely not getting enough to do any good…

Few patients who meet the criteria for prediabetes are receiving drug or lifestyle modification treatment from their primary care physician. That means people are missing a window of opportunity to prevent a disease that could ultimately end their lives prematurely.

Ask yourself: Is it mere coincidence that of these five cancers, four of them are the most diagnosed and often deadliest? Not when you consider that your own body has been pushed into a vulnerable state where these cancers can grow.

It may seem like a sugary fruit you wouldn’t want to eat if you have blood sugar problems… but eating a bunch can reduce inflammation and improve your heart health if you have metabolic disease or even diabetes.

Over the past two decades the U.S. has experienced an epidemic of obesity and obesity related disease. And we’re finding that a good portion of the most commonly prescribed drugs are related to syndrome x, which is linked to obesity. The symptoms of syndrome x include…

You may not have diabetes. But here’s something everyone eating foods from the standard western diet should know.

This vegetable maintains one of the highest glycemic index values of any food, and causes your blood sugar levels to rise rapidly. In turn, your blood insulin concentrations simultaneously increase. When these two metabolic responses occur repeatedly, you become insulin resistant.

When it comes to your body, standard medicine separates it into pieces, and treats each one with often unnecessary surgeries and drugs. Have a blood sugar problem? Right, diabetes it is, and here’s a drug that works in your pancreas.