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An interesting little study published last week examined what happens if a healthy person restricts their eating window each day.

"But I don't have diabetes. Why should I care about blood sugar?"

November is diabetes awareness month. According to the International Diabetes Association, there are about half a billion people living with diabetes worldwide and half of them are not even aware that they have diabetes!

This weekend my youngest son's football team won their first match in a year and a half. (Damian did a fantastic job as goal keeper and assisted the winning goal by kicking the ball 3/4 across the field, giving the scorer complete free range!). You can imagine the excitement!

If you are pregnant and living in a western country, at some point between week 24 and 28 of your pregnancy, you will be invited to come to the lab first thing in the morning. The nurse will draw some blood to measure your fasting blood sugar and promptly give you a drink containing 75g of glucose (that's about twice...

In the last two posts we talked about the alarming rise in type 2 diabetes among young people and childhood overweight and obesity. This one, Part III, is all about practical suggestions on how to equip the kids with the right tools so they do not have to resort to ultra processed/junk food for their "survival" once they leave...

Put another way, for every obese kid in 1975, there are about 15 in 2022!

There has been a disturbing rise in recent years in younger people being diagnosed with this condition.

A strange question you may ask, but actually an important one if you are in the business of avoiding diabetes and staying in good health.

So last night life happened again. We went to the shops, stayed out a little late and decided to go out to dinner. We ended up in a little Indian restaurant and I was very excited to have some nice veggie options to chose from.