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[Best Syndication News] On The Oprah Winfrey show today, it was all about type 2 diabetes and what we can do to prevent the disease and halt the damage that it creates. The first part of the show discussed how the disease works and the second part of the show had an intervention and a success story of a chef that had reversed his diabetes with diet and exercise. This is article discusses the second half of the show.

Dr. Ian Smith participated in the Diabetes intervention on Oprah's TV show today. He is well know for his creation of 'The 50 Million Pound Challenge' which was created to challenge the population's problem with obesity with the goal of weight loss. Smith is currently the medical/diet expert on VH1’s 'Celebrity Fit Club.' He is also the author of several books, including 'The Fat Smash Diet.'

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(Best Syndication News) Diabetes was discussed on the Oprah Winfrey Show Thursday. “People are dropping like flies” and diabetes especially affects the African American Community, according to Oprah.

“I have a radical goal in the next 60 minutes to save millions of lives,” the talk show host opened her show with. As a heart surgeon, Dr Mehmet C Oz, says he sees people with diabetes all of the time. In the United States alone there are 80 million people who have diabetes or on the verge of getting it and there are another 6 million people who have it and don’t know it.

Americans spend $174 billion a year on the disease and that will double in 25 years. That is more than AIDS and all of the cancers combined. “At this rate it will bankrupt our health care system,” Oprah said.

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(Best Syndication News) The Los Angeles County Coroner reports that Casey Johnson died of diabetic ketoacidosis. Johnson, the great-great-granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, died January 4th. Ed Winters with the coroner’s office tells Best Syndication that the manner of death was “natural”. She was 30-years old.

Typically this type of acidosis occurs in people with type-1 diabetes but it can also occur in people with type-2 diabetes. In certain cases this condition results from an shortage of insulin. The body then switches to burning fat which produces fat acids.

Larynx and Epiglottis

(Best Syndication News) On Wednesday’s Dr. Oz Show, the doctor talked about weight loss and hiccups. Apparently hiccups are a survival mechanism. But what really causes them?

How Do We Hiccup:

One guest thought gas caused hiccups. Without telling her if she was right, Oz explained what causes hiccups. An animation helped explain it. When the diaphragm pops down, the lungs are “sucked” down. This is a traditional way for us to move air in and out of the lungs.

When we hiccup the diaphragm spasms, and when that happens it dramatically pulls the lungs down. This can cause a hiccup and the sound we hear.

Varicose Veins

(Best Syndication News) There is a difference between varicose and spider veins, according to Dr Mehmet C Oz. The doctor said this is one of the most common and treatable complaints heard from women.

“In fact, about half of you are living with it right now,” Oz said. “They are called spider veins.”

How They Form:

He called Marsha up to the stage to help with the demostration. There is a difference between spider and varicose. A graphic illustrated the point. Blood circulates through the veins in the leg. After a while they “engorge” and become bigger. The blood begins to rush back to the feet causing changes in the wall of the vein. As they get larger they become more “torturous”.