Tag Archives: diabetes
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Book Review: Carbohydrates Can Kill
I recently read Carbohydrates Can Kill, by Robert K. Su, M.D., written in 2009. Per Amazon.com’s rating system, I give it four stars ( I like it). ♦ ♦ ♦ Many developed Western societies have a love affair with carbohydrates, … Continue reading
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Vitamins Slow Rate of Brain Shrinkage in Elderly
A cocktail of three common vitamins slowed the rate of brain shrinkage over two years in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. Less brain shrinkage should translate to better brain functioning. People … Continue reading
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Exercise, Part 8: Warnings and Precautions for Diabetics
Exercise clearly has many benefits, as discussed in prior installments of this series. Yet we shouldn’t overlook the potential risks to diabetics either. Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetics with retinopathy (an eye disease caused by diabetes) have an increased risk of retinal detachment and bleeding … Continue reading
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