Tag Archives: diabetes
Aerobic Versus Strength Training for People With Diabetes
“Resistance training, similarly to aerobic training, improves metabolic features and insulin sensitivity and reduces abdominal fat in type 2 diabetic patients,” according to a report in the current issue of Diabetes Care. Italian researchers randomized 40 type 2 diabetics to … Continue reading
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173 Years of US Sugar Consumption
Thanks to Dr. Stephan Guyenet and Jeremy Landen for this sugar consumption graph. I’d never seen one going this far back in time. Dr. Guyenet writes: It’s a remarkably straight line, increasing steadily from 6.3 pounds per person per … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, Causes of Diabetes, Sugar
What About Sugar Alcohols?
Dietitian Brenna at Eating Simple recently posted an article on artificial sweeteners exclusive of sugar alcohols. Now she’s reviewed sugar alcohols. Many who have a sweet tooth, including myself, use sugar substitutes such as sugar alcohols. Sometimes they affect blood sugar levels, … Continue reading
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UCSF Investigating Paleolithic Diet For Diabetics
A May, 2010, press release from University of California San Francisco outlines the university’s research into use of the Paleolithic diet (aka Stone Age or caveman diet) for people with type 2 diabetes. From the press release: The initial … Continue reading
Filed under Paleo diet
Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
Paula Deen’s recent announcement of her type 2 diabetes got me to thinking about diabetes prevention again. If you’re at high risk of developing diabetes you can reduce your risk of full-blown type 2 diabetes by 58% with intensive lifestyle … Continue reading
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LADA Awareness Week
This is the first ever LADA Awareness Week, organized by Diabetes Hands Foundation and dLife. LADA stands for Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. I think of it as type 1 diabetes that starts in adulthood, although there are some differences from typical juvenile-onset … Continue reading
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Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt Explains LCHF Diet
Dr. Eenfeldt of DietDoctor.com gave a talk at the recent Ancestral Health Symposium in California, on the rationale of the current low-carb, high-fat diet (LCHF) so popular in his home country of Sweden. It’s very understandable to the general public … Continue reading
Filed under Carbohydrate, Fat in Diet
Which Of Three Low-Carb Diets Reduces Future Risk of Diabetes?
Men eating low-carb diets featuring protein and fats from sources other than red and processed meats may reduce risk of developing type 2 diabetes later, compared to other types of low-carb diets. The same Boston-based researchers previously looked for a similar … Continue reading
Filed under Causes of Diabetes, Fat in Diet, Protein
Nutty Treatment for Diabetes
Eating nuts improves blood sugar control and cholesterol levels in type 2 diabetics, according to a recent research report in Diabetes Care. Canadian researchers randomized 117 type 2 diabetics to eat their usual types of food, but also to be … Continue reading
Filed under ketogenic diet, nuts
Mediterranean Diet for Diabetes
In 2009, Current Diabetes Reports published “The usefulness of a Mediterranean-based diet in individuals with type 2 diabetes,” by Catherine M. Champagne, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N. Unfortunately, the full article isn’t available to you at no cost. But I read it. … Continue reading
