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IN THIS ISSUE:

• Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar
• ORBIS - Saving Eye Sight Worldwide
• Russians Publish Remarkable Clinical Study

Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar

One of the most crucial aims for any diabetic person is to try keeping low blood sugar levels. It’s a daily battle which has to be fought every time a meal is consumed. One of the most effective ways to keep the blood sugar under control is staying with Low Glycaemic diet, which makes the daily struggle much easier and more manageable. Of course, follow your doctor’s advice on the overall strategy for living a normal, healthy life with diabetes.

Scientists and researchers working in diabetes-related fields are always on the lookout for compounds that show promise to assist with maintaining low blood sugar levels – the key to minimizing diabetes negative side effects on our health.

According to USDA researchers, several compounds isolated from cinnamon may one day become the key natural ingredients in a new generation of products aimed at lowering blood sugar levels. They tested the compound called polyphenolic polymers, found in cinnamon. In test tube studies, the compound increased sugar metabolism in rodent fat cells 20-fold. The study was conducted at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Another journal, Diabetes Care, published a related finding, reporting that less than a half-teaspoon of cinnamon daily for 40 days significantly lowered blood sugar levels among 60 human volunteers with Type 2 diabetes. This finding was reported by the members of USDA’s Richard A. Anderson, PhD, team members, who conducted the above USDA cinnamon study.

ORBIS - Saving Eye Sight Worldwide

IAPA (International Airline Passengers Association) has announced its support for international sight saving charity, ORBIS, and its work to eliminate unnecessary blindness. Using both the world's only Flying Eye Hospital and long-term country programs, ORBIS takes medical volunteers to developing countries to teach local eye doctors essential skills to treat and prevent avoidable blindness.

The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital is a fully converted DC-10, complete with operating theater, recovery room and state-of-the-art teaching facilities. To date, the Flying Eye Hospital has conducted programs in 68 countries, taking quality eye care training to where it is needed most. ORBIS further supports countries by providing equipment, medication, infrastructure and community eye health education.

Of the 37 million blind people worldwide 75% don't need to be, as the skills and technology already exist to treat or prevent their blindness. Further to this 90% of the world's blind live in developing countries where barriers such as poverty stand in the way of even the most basic eye health care.

Since it was established in 1982, ORBIS has trained over 70,000 medical professionals who have not only saved the sight of millions, but have gone on to train others, creating a ripple effect in the transfer of these greatly needed skills. The charity has also established permanent country offices in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam to implement long-term sight-saving programs.

For further information or to make a donation towards ORBIS's work please visit www.orbis.org.ukor call +44 (0) 20 7608 7260. (Source: IAPA E-newsletter - November 2005)

NAC eye drops

NAC or Can-C eye drops help aging eyes

The group known as Innovative Vision Products (IVP), have tested various anti-glycation carnosine agents’ in-vitro and in-vivo, and discovered that a natural antioxidant known as N-acetylcarnosine (NAC) helps the aging eye to recover in terms of improving its clarity, glare sensitivity, color perception and overall vision.

These remarkable results can be seen within a matter of months, and sometimes positive effects are noted in a few weeks. To-date, no serious side-effects or contraindications have been reported, even after a human clinical study of continuous eye-drop use for 2-years.

To obtain more info about these eye-drops, send an email message to Health News. Put Eye-Drops in your message subject line.

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