The Latest Scare Study: Or Why Eating Meat Does Not Cause Diabetes
This article is summarized here:http://www.medindia.net/news/higher-dietary-acid-load-increases-diabetes-risk-127666-1.htmDr. Weil, who has earned millions promoting his own brand of faddish health advice summarizes it here: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/WBL02378/Surprise-Diabetes-Threat.htmlI went and read the actual study, which you can find in its full form here:Dietary acid load and risk of type 2 diabetes: the E3N-EPICcohort studyHere's my take on it:I am always very suspicious of the findings of any large study that draws its conclusions from questionnaires purporting to measure what people are supposed to have eaten o...
Source: Diabetes Update - November 21, 2013 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Study: Lower Your Cholesterol and Raise Your Risk of Death Following Mainstream Diet Advice
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Source: Diabetes Update - November 14, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Study: Lower Your Cholesterol and Raise Your Risk of Death Following Mainstream Diet Advice
You've been hearing for decades about how a healthy diet is one that lowers your intake of saturated fats and replaces them with "healthy" unsaturated oils. This, you have been told, will lower your cholesterol and your risk of having a heart attack.What you probably didn't hear is that a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) February of this past year found that though the first claim is true--swapping out saturated fats for vegetable oils will lower your cholesterol--if the oil you use instead of saturated fat is full of omega-6 fatty acid, like safflower oil or corn oil, the second claim is completely fal...
Source: Diabetes Update - November 14, 2013 Category: Diabetes Source Type: blogs
Study Quantifies Whether Weight Loss Surgery Cures Diabetes
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Source: Diabetes Update - October 1, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Study Quantifies Whether Weight Loss Surgery Cures Diabetes
A study recently published in the Annals of Surgery gives much more insight into oft-repeated claims that weight loss surgery cures diabetes.The study can be found here:Can Diabetes Be Surgically Cured? Long-Term Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Brethauer, Stacy A. et al. Annals of Sugery, 10/13/2013. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a5034bThe study followed 217 people with Type 2 Diabetes who had had weight loss surgery for a period lasting between 5 and 9 years. One hundred and sixty-two had the radical Roux-en-Y gastric bypass operation, which irreversib...
Source: Diabetes Update - October 1, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
Generic test strips that work in Ultra meters. Get them before their maker is forced out of business!
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Source: Diabetes Update - September 18, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Generic test strips that work in Ultra meters. Get them before their maker is forced out of business!
I learned about the generic One Touch Ultra strips sold as Genstrips in a tweet from diabetes business analyst Scott Strumello (@sstrumello). It turns out that the company that sells them came up with their own strip engineering design that works with the One Touch Ultra meters without violating Johnson & Johnson's patents.The FDA required rigorous testing before allowing them to be sold, and they passed.The company then made a deal with Walmart, which would have sold these cheap but effective strips to people all over the world who can't afford the obscene prices Johnson & Johnson charges for them. But...
Source: Diabetes Update - September 18, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
Onlgyza Appears to Raise Risk of Heart Failure
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Source: Diabetes Update - September 2, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Onlgyza Appears to Raise Risk of Heart Failure
A two year long study of two DPP-4 inhibitors (one not available in the U.S.) found that these drugs did not, as hoped, lower the risk of heart attack in people with diabetes who took them, and they found a surprising increase in cases of heart failure among people taking Onglyza.UPDATE 2-Doctors get good and bad safety news on diabetes drugshttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/heart-diabetes-idUSL6N0GY0S720130902The study also claimed to find no sign of pancreatic disease with Onglyza, but there are several reasons to discount this finding:1. The study only lasted 2 years, which is far too short a time for the ...
Source: Diabetes Update - September 2, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
September Special. Download Blood Sugar 101 for $3.99
I've just lowered the price of the Kindle version of my book, Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes to $3.99.This is a special offer that will run through the month of September. My hope is that this price cut it will motivate more people to download the book, read it, and improve their health.The book version of Blood Sugar 101 arranges the information you will find at the main web site in an easy to follow, logical manner. Both Kindle and print versions of this book were completely rewritten in June of 2012 to bring the research cited up-to-date to that point.So if you've been holding off purchasing th...
Source: Diabetes Update - September 2, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
Berberine Works But May Very Well Be Harmful
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Source: Diabetes Update - August 14, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Berberine Works But May Very Well Be Harmful
I have been getting a lot of email of late about the supplement Berberine, which appears to be the latest miracle cure being sold to those people with diabetes who believe that completely unregulated herbs imported from countries with long histories of food and drug adulteration are somehow safer and "more natural" than the tightly regulated pharamceuticals.Berberine does appear to work to lower blood sugar. The problem is that we really know very little about how it does it or what its long term effects are on the body. I see many mentions on sites promoting berberine supplements of the fact that berberine has a lon...
Source: Diabetes Update - August 14, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
I'm Taking a Break from Blogging
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Source: Diabetes Update - July 23, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
I'm Taking a Break from Blogging
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Source: Diabetes Update - July 23, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
I'm Taking a Break from Blogging
I'm taking a break from blogging about diabetes news. If something major occurs, I'll blog about it, but I'm not going to be posting minor tidbits anymore. Almost all the news items I've been highlighting here over the past few months just reiterate some point made in a previous post or add more data to support an argument already fleshed out on the main site. The 500+ posts already to be found here and the hundreds of pages available at the main site http://bloodsugar101.com have covered just about everything you need to know about Type 2 diabetes, diabetes drugs, and diet. To find information about a diabet...
Source: Diabetes Update - July 23, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jenny Source Type: blogs
