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Can you be “Just a little Diabetic*?”

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*The title of the article is asking if one can be just a bit diabetic, not short of stature! Most of the degenerative diseases we face in the modern world are not binary on/off propositions — they exist, and are diagnosed, on a spectrum. Here are some binary propositions: influenza virus (ya got it or ya don’t), compound fracture (bones are sticking out or they are not) pregnancy (knocked up or not). Here are some diseases which progress and are diagnosed on spectrums: cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, and diabetes (specifically type 2 diabetes — for the purpose of this article we are not considering type 1 diabetes even though that CAN exist on a bit of a spectrum during the “honeymoon phase, but that’s an article for a different day.) I subscribe to a number of different news outlets on a wide variety of topics, but the largest block of information I look at daily comes from medical and health related sources. I subscribe to outlets from the mainstream to the outer fringe

From Kicking and Screaming to Loving Life

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It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here . In fact, I have a contest going right now. So if you have a story to share, no matter how big or how small, you’ll be in the running to win a big prize. Read more here .  My husband was happy. Happier than I’ve ever seen. He was also getting healthier. Already healthier and at a better weight than at any time in our relationship. I saw what he was doing. He was following the Primal Blueprint. But during the first 6 months of his journey, I was still skeptical. Then one month of his journey became two, two became three and so on. At 7 months I realized that he had never complained. Not only did he never complain, but he mentioned how great the food was (which I knew firsthand as he was cooking most of our meals) and his particular emphasis:

What You Should Know About Hydroponic Vegetables

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Soil seems so essential to our concept of vegetables that those grown hydroponically – that is, in water rather than soil – may seem confusing. Even futuristic. But hydroponic crop farming is in fact here now. In the last five years, the hydroponic crop farming industry has shown an annual growth of 4.5 percent, according to the U.S. market research firm IBISWorld , and new companies are projected to continue to expand over the next five years. Hydroponic farms produce high yields in a small area. Often grown indoors – in warehouses or greenhouses and in artificial light instead of sunlight – they are protected from extreme weather. Hydroponically grown vegetables, which are fed by nutrient solutions in the water, may be just as nutritious as field-grown vegetables and, depending on the solutions they’re fertilized with, can help meet the rising demand for organic produce. Curious to learn more about hydroponic vegetables, we asked Rebecca Elbaum, MPH, RD, CDN, a clinical dietician

Restaurant Week At Heirloom

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Restaurant Week is always a good time in Charlottesville, and you locals still have time to make a reservation this weekend! There are three levels of pricing: $19, $29 and $39, depending on the restaurant, and all proceeds benefit the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. I was invited by Heirloom , the swanky restaurant and bar at the top of the new Graduate Hotel by the University of Virginia, to enjoy their restaurant week menu and share my experience on KERF. I’ve been meaning to go to Heirloom since it opened earlier this year, and my friends have been buzzing about how awesome the view from the terrace is. We don’t have many skyscrapers in our little town, so it’s not everyday you can see Main Street like this: On a mild winter day the heaters were on, and with a coat we could have had a drink outside, but that was pushing it a bit with temps dropping : ) I cannot wait to go back on a warm spring day and sip wine looking at that view! Back inside, I ordered a glass of the Prince