Tag Archives: diabetes
TV’s Biggest Loser Plan Improves Diabetes and Prediabetes
TV’s “The Biggest Loser” weight-loss program works great for overweight diabetics and pre diabetics, according to an article May 30, 2012, in MedPage Today. Some quotes: For example, one man with a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 9.1, a body mass … Continue reading
Filed under Exercise, Overweight and Obesity, Weight Loss
Heart Disease Death Rates For Diabetics Falling Fast
MedPage Today on May 22, 2012, reported a dramatic drop in cardiovascular death rates for folks with diabetes: The death rate from cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults with diabetes fell 40% from 1997 to 2004, CDC and NIH researchers said. … Continue reading
Filed under coronary heart disease, Diabetes Complications, Heart Disease, Stroke
Bladder Cancer Linked With Diabetes Drugs in Thiazolidinedione Class
MedPage Today reports that thiazolidinediones (aka glitazones) are linked to development of bladder cancer. Pioglitazone is the most commonly used TZD in the U.S. From the article: The increased risk of bladder cancer associated with glitazones — which reached a … Continue reading
Filed under cancer, Drugs for Diabetes
Latest Research: 1) Sleep Patterns and Diabetes, 2) Drop Metformin When You Start Insulin?
1) Lack of sleep coupled with disrupted day-night cycles predisposes to diabetes and prediabetes. Night-shift workers take note. 2) Compared to those using metformin alone, type 2 diabetics who also took insulin needed less insulin and had better blood sugar levels. … Continue reading
Filed under Drugs for Diabetes
Random Thoughts On Paleo Eating for People With Diabetes
I was interviewed a couple months ago by Amy Stockwell Mercer, author of Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes. All I knew beforehand was that she was interested in my thoughts on the paleo diet as applied to diabetes. I think … Continue reading
Time to Update Your Strength Training Regimen?
Strength training, also called resistance training, is an important method for controlling blood sugars without drugs in folks with diabetes. A few months ago I read Hillfit: Stength, an ebook by Chris Highcock of Conditioning Research. It’s about improvement of hiking … Continue reading
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Chronic Alcohol May Impair Vision in Diabetics
MedPage Today reported that long-term consumption of alcohol may impair vision in diabetics. Drinkers performed less well on vision chart tests than non-drinkers. It’s not a diabetic retinopathy issue. Beer and distilled spirits were riskier than wine. The MedPage Today … Continue reading
Filed under Alcohol, Diabetes Complications
Dr. Richard Feinman on Carbohydrate Restriction for Diabetes
Dr. Feinman is a professor of biochemistry at Downstate Medical Center (SUNY) in New York. A few days ago he wrote about the rationale behind carb restriction as an approach to diabetes. We’re singin’ from the same page of the … Continue reading
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White Rice Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
Did you see this? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/white-rice-seen-type-2-diabetes-says-study-233837784.html -Steve Update March 15, 2012: I read the primary research article and blogged about it at Advanced Mediterranean Life.
Filed under Carbohydrate, Causes of 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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