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If you’re ready to fight to reverse your type 2 diabetes, a pair of sneakers can be one of your best investments (via Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: Lose Weight with This Workout - Prevention.com)

In your efforts to deal with the symptoms and side effects of diabetes, don’t overlook the power of yoga. Many people with diabetes have found relief by incorporating yoga into their routine, and it can help at any stage, says Jasmine Lieb, a therapeutic yoga instructor at YogaWorks in Los Angeles who has worked with many diabetics. (via Yoga Poses To Help Ease Diabetes Symptoms - Prevention.com)

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Beets

“The dark red color indicates the powerful phytonutrient package of beets,” Diekman tells The Huffington Post. Indeed beets are rich in betalains, such as betanin and vulgaxanthin, that give them their pigment and also have anti-inflammation and antioxidant properties. 

Beyond that, beets contain significant amounts of folate, vitamin C, B6, iron, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, zinc, niacin, riboflavin and thiamine.

Pain is a real problem for millions of people. It can affect quality of life and overall health. As a result, in the 1990s, the medical community urged doctors to begin to treat pain as a real and important part of health management. However, while the thinking at the time was that use of narcotics for pain management was a good thing, it would not result in addiction problems for patients. According to WebMD, “In 2011, Hydrocodone – a narcotic – was the most prescribed drug in America.” (via Big Pharma Smiling? Hydrocodone Most Prescribed Drug in America - The Alternative Daily)

Cure aches and pains - naturally

Your body can throw you for a loop at any time. You wake up with a sore throat the day you’re set to make a major presentation, a seafood-salad sandwich leaves you with grumbling indigestion, or you overdo it at the gym and arrive home with a stiff neck. Wouldn’t it be great to have a live-in doctor/therapist/trainer to tend to your everyday aches and pains? (via Natural Home Remedies For Health Woes - Prevention.com)

The MHRA is advising consumers not to use the products specified below due to concerns about possible side effects. (via Hong Kong Department of Health issues warnings about Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) found to contain heavy metals : MHRA)

The MHRA today warned people not to buy or use potentially dangerous unlicensed Chinese medicines sold online after some products were found to contain excessive levels of mercury or lead. Health authorities in Hong Kong told the MHRA that various products are being recalled and they should not be used by people in the UK because of an increased toxic poisoning risk. The products are: Bak Foong Pills - used to relieve menstrual discomfort; Fung Shing Paij Tian-Ma Wan - used to relieve arthritis and headaches; and Shi Hu Ye Guang Wan and Nai Chang Ming Yan Pills - both used to improve vision in adults. (via Press release: Toxic poisoning alert for online Chinese medicines : MHRA)

Since the first identification of a novel coronavirus in September 2012 [1], four confirmed cases had been identified in the United Kingdom (UK) by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) by 19 February 2013: two imported cases and two indigenously acquired cases linked to the second imported case. (via Health Protection Report | Infection Reports | Respiratory)

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