One aspect of lifestyle that is often overlooked is time spent sleeping. Getting adequate sleep is often sacrificed due to the demands of job and family. In the Sleep Heart Health Study over 1400 men and women were surveyed about their sleep habits and its relationship to diabetes and prediabetes. It was found that sleeping [...]
When Should I be tested for Diabetes?
1) Screening for diabetes usually involves obtaining a blood sugar reading before breakfast, also known as a fasting blood sugar. A blood sugar value over 126 mg% indicates type 2 diabetes. Ideal fasting blood sugar is less than 100 mg%.
2) Opinions are divided regarding whether to [...]
How do I prevent type 2 diabetes?
If you have a close relative with type 2 diabetes (the kind that usually develops in adulthood), you are at risk for developing diabetes yourself.
1. The most important way to avoid developing diabetes is to pay close attention to nutrition and exercise and to maintain a healthy weight. The particular [...]
No where is weight loss more essential to health than in those with obesity related Type 2 diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome can be thought of as Type 2 Diabetes before the blood sugar levels become elevated. Experts are now turning more often to surgery when convential treatment with diet, exercise and medication fails [...]
Recent studies are confirming that weight loss surgery can provide dramatic improvements in treatment of people with Type 2 Diabetes. One such recent study compared the results of many other studies of weight loss surgery and was published in the JAMA. Type 2 diabetes, or adult onset diabetes, is generally seen in over-weight adults. When an individual gains weight the [...]
I just attended a conference on the latest wonder drug to be launched in the battle against diabetes type 2 (the kind of diabetes you take pills for, not insulin injections). The drug, Byetta, was derived from an unlikely place, the saliva of the Gila Monster. These ugly and venomous lizards eat 3 times per [...]
For over 3 million Americans who inject insulin every day to control their diabetes, the introduction of the InDuo device (by Novo Nordisk and LifeScan) will be an outstanding convenience. Part of the job of using insulin properly is testing blood sugar levels prior to the insulin injection to calculate the proper dose to be [...]
Actos, released this summer by Lilly and Co. in collaboration with Takeada Pharmaceuticals, is the latest of the oral agents for treatment of diabetes. Actos whose chemical name is pioglitazone, is part of the new class of diabetes fighting drugs called “glitazones”. Other drugs in this class are Rezulin(Parke Davis/Sankyo) and Avandia (Bristol Myers Squibb). [...]
There are an estimated 16 million diabetics in the United States today. This number can be further subdivided into Type 1 (juvenile-onset) or Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetics. At the root of both types of diabetes is the inability to control levels of blood glucose, the main energy source for the human body. This is due [...]
Did you ever notice that the flesh of a half eaten apple turns brown after a few minutes? It is the exposure to life giving oxygen (oxidation) in the air which is responsible for that brown discoloration. Oxidation does the same thing to our body’s delicate tissues and is why so many [...]
