Top stories in health and medicine, June 12, 2014
From MedPage Today:
Men: Want to Be Healthy for the Rest of Your Life? Marriage is good for a man’s health. And it’s actually having a marriage license that matters — not just living with a partner, according to data from the 2011-2012 National Health Interview Survey.
Diabetes: Out-of-Pocket Costs Soar in T2D. Out-of-pocket costs for type 2 diabetes patients have risen with wider uptake of insulin analogs.
Bariatric Surgery Pays Off Long-Term in Diabetes. Gastric bypass beat diet and lifestyle for helping obese patients with type 2 diabetes shed both their disease and its long-term consequences.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 12, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News Diabetes Obesity Source Type: blogs
No Longer Count Calories And Lose Weight Like Sarah
Sarah relates this story of how, after years of struggle with health and weight, she finally found the answer.
Her story is especially interesting as she worked in the weight loss industry.
“I have struggled all my life with my weight and food was always my comforter.
In my late 30′s, I managed to lose 40 kg [88 lbs] and reach my goal weight with a major weight loss company in which I became a consultant. But, if I was previously fat and unhappy, I was now thin and unhappy. My years of chronic low-fat dieting led me to develop binge eating disorder. I felt like such a fraud and I was struggling to maintain my...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 29, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Sarah no longer counts calories
Sarah relates this story of how, after years of struggle with health and weight, she finally found the answer. Her story is especially interesting as she worked in the weight loss industry.
“I have struggled all my life with my weight and food was always my comforter.
“In my late 30′s, I managed to lose 40 kg [88 lbs] and reach my goal weight with a major weight loss company in which I became a consultant. But, if I was previously fat and unhappy, I was now thin and unhappy. My years of chronic low-fat dieting led me to develop binge eating disorder. I felt like such a fraud and I was struggling to main...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 29, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly success stories keep on pouring in!
In my public talks, I point out that the enormous success of the Wheat Belly message has little to do with me, but succeeds because 1) it works, and 2) people share their extravagant successes nowadays via social media and word spreads like wild fire. That’s what has caused the Wheat Belly message to turn the nutritional world topsy-turvy, upsetting dietitians accustomed to talking about “healthy whole grains,” and terrorized people in the grain and milling industries.
I never tire of hearing these stories. Not just do people lose the weight they’ve struggled with for years, but they also experienc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat-elimination success stories Source Type: blogs
Christie Gets a Band
I hadblogged a while ago about New Jersey governor Chris Christie's angry response to a former White House physician's opinion that he needed to think about losing some weight. Christie basically told the doc she needed to mind her own business. My take was that, morbid obesity being a risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, and early death, Christie's weight would be a issue I considered if and when he decided to run for the Presidency in 2016. In order to be reassured that he could withstand the stress and pressure of being the leader of the world's only superpower, I i...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - May 8, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
