Apropos to last week’s post on Testing Driving Insulin, I was thinking about the ‘older’ versions — and discovered a reader letter I received back in February of 2006.
The enthusiasm for the low carb diet as a weight loss diet arises in the first few weeks and months when most people experience dramatic weight loss. What rarely gets mentioned–especially in the miracle weight loss books–is that very few low carb dieters ever get to their weight loss goal, especially those who start out with a lot of weight to lose. I am enthusiastic about the power of carb restriction to lower blood sugar to normal or near normal levels.
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Why Weight Loss Stops on Long Term Low Carb Diets
Friday night, I stuffed my car to the gills with stuff, as much as was humanly possible.
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A Flea Market & A Type One
Dan Hurley is a journalist and science writer who contributes regularly to the New York Times.
Scott Johnson is one of my favorite fellow diabetes bloggers.
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How to Be a Good Endo, From a Patient’s POV
A brand new Dutch study published in PLos ONE came up with a dramatic finding that should reassure everyone diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes that their condition is not, necessarily, a death sentence. Since this study did not tout the usefulness any particular drug it got no play in the health media
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Great News: Life Expenctancy of People with Type 2 Diabetes Same as General Population
There is quite a lot of evidence suggesting that fish oil, a mixture of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has strong anti-inflammatory properties and may also improve lipid profiles and heart attack risk. You can read an excellent summary of a review that looked at this data here: Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease Protection (American College of Cardiology CME) One small area of concern about the research cited is that quite a lot of it was done with a prescription (i.e.
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Fish Oil, Yes–But NOT From Fish
This week, over at Diabetes Daily, founders David and Elizabeth Edelman are running Newly Diagnosed Week, where the contributing bloggers are posting their tips. I thought it was a great idea — we need to talk a lot more about that free-fall we all experience when our diabetes begins — so I’ve asked friend and
Curious about what’s happening in the diabetes industry and research community? Or maybe (like me) you think that you already know what’s going on… Well, get ready for a concise and extremely entertaining exposé of the current status of diabetes care and research towards a cure.
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SNEAK PREVIEW: “Epic” New Book, Diabetes Rising
A is for acceptance. B is for building others up
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The ABC’s of Diabetes