Sweet sixteen reasons to eliminate sugar and save your Sweet Heart!

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Sweet sixteen reasons to eliminate sugar and save your Sweet Heart! 1. Sugar is Not Food – It is empty calories with little nutritional value and actually causes your body to steal vitamins from other vital organs in attempt to process the sugar, leaving you undernourished. It really is an … [Read more...]

Diabetes has been cured in Lake in the Hills! Really!

A future without insulin injections

As we get through the Holidays, many wonder how to eat so that they don't put on extra weight. Sure, as a doctor serving Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, Crystal Lake and the surrounding areas, I don't want people to put on weight but the bigger concern of mine is putting on diabetes. Well, I want … [Read more...]

An FYI for McHenry County When it Comes to Diabetes Medications and Side Effects.

Insulin-Syringes

On the subject of diabetes medications and their side effects, I want everyone to think about something: Most diabetes is related to too much demand on the pancreas to produce insulin so insulin production becomes problematic and eventually slows down. This is protective of the body so that you … [Read more...]

November is Diabetes Awareness Month…Really? Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie…my my!

Cat eating pumkin pie my oh my

Lake in the Hills Doctor feels that this is not the month to bring awareness to diabetes. However, it’s as good of a time as any. So what is diabetes? Your body dislikes carbohydrates? Your body just stops working? Nope! Diabetes is an issue with your pancreas and insulin. Your pancreas is an … [Read more...]

BEWARE! Your kids may be turning into “FOOD ZOMBIES”

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BEWARE! Your kids may be turning into “FOOD ZOMBIES” What to look out for to protect your children from the “dreaded curse of the food zombies”: 1. Almost 80% of food commercials that aired on Saturday morning children shows are for junk food. “If you’re not teaching and telling … [Read more...]