In a certain period of every girl’s life, the word “diet” becomes embedded in her head. Whether it was a result of a mean insult she got at school, a hot girl at the beach that she envied so much or even a size 6 dress that she didn’t fit into, this girl automatically thinks of this four letter word that totally turns her into another person.
We all go on diets, we have tried FAD diets, calorie based diets and recently the chocolate diet but nothing seems to shed that extra couple of kilos we need to kick off for the summer. What are we doing wrong then?  We pretend to be nutritionists….. (more…)

People with diabetes are at a higher risk for conditions that cause vision loss or blindness than other people, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). If you have diabetes, you can take steps to reduce your risk for vision loss or blindness. Diabetes can cause the following eye disorders.

Diabetes can lead to glaucoma. Glaucoma is a condition in which the optic nerve is damaged, leading to vision loss. It is caused by a poorly understood group of diseases. Most, but not all, of these diseases cause an increase in intraocular pressure, or pressure inside the eye ball. According to the ADA, people with diabetes are 40 percent more likely to suffer from glaucoma than people without diabetes….. (more…)