diabetes

T2D is such a common genetic disease there must be an advantage to it, or it would have been eliminated from the gene pool. My theory is that it is not just "thrifty genes", but another system all together. Seems the disease is only superficially the high blood sugar called Diabetes. The...

(This is an offshoot of my main post : BBC "Trust Me I'm A Doctor" = "Don't I'm a TV Doctor" as I first saw the concept in this TV show and as yet the topic appears to have no post of it's own on ISF) - The Michael Mosley TV show had a number of dodgy science practices however The Concept of...

One of my elderly aunts (she's in her mid 70s) was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about 30 years ago. She had to take insulin every day, twice a day, to maintain good blood sugar levels. She is notorious in the family for not taking care of herself; She's not one to eat the healthiest food and...

I was disheartened to read a couple of weeks ago that, not only does having type II diabetes increase your chances of having a stroke, but even if the diabetes is under control through diet and exercise, the increased chance of stroke never goes away. Having been diagnosed with type II diabetes...

Hello all, Diabetes may start in the intestines, research suggests "Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have made a surprising discovery about the origin of diabetes. Their research suggests that problems controlling blood sugar — the hallmark of diabetes — may...

Chef Paula Deen has announced that she has been diabetic for the past three years. She's been drawing heat for continuing to promote unhealthy recipes during that time. She also has signed a deal with Novo Nordisk to promote its medication...

So, I decided to do something about my expanding gut and for the first time in my life started looking into methods of weight loss. Came across this presentation: Sugar, the bitter truth. For a short summary, try this one. And holy crap, was that an eye-opener. It makes a very compelling case...

Hot Dogs May Contribute To Causing Type II Diabetes? ...due to the nitrites in it, used as a preservative. Apparently they break down in the stomach to chemicals that kill pancreas cells. Well, I would be one data point in severe evidence of it, as I got it, got it strongly and relatively...

A friend of mine linked to this study @ Facebook: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21335995 The title of the study is: "Evidence for acne-promoting effects of milk and other insulinotropic dairy products." ...but the abstract ends with this: ...and this is where the fun begins, the...

Apologies if this has been answered - I did run a search and found a diabetes thread but it didn't seem to cover this question. I keep seeing ads for diabetes blood test meters that allow you to obtain the sample from the arm or some area of the body other than a fingertip. Why is/was blood...

Ok, as some of you know, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last year. I have learned more in the last year about insulin, insulin uptake, sugar structures and their effects on the body; all good stuff. The one thing I haven't been able to find out is - how does the body know know that there...

Facebook delivers again! bzdhBo4pbgE So, homeopaths, spiritual leaders and Woody Harrelson have found a way to cure diabetes. I'm still waiting to see their study in more detail.

An acquintance of mine, who is a doctor, claims publically (well, on Facebook) that the American Diabetes Association recommeds a diet which does more harm than good. He describes the situation as absurd, since there is a lot of evidence showing their recommendations to be harmful. I know next...

I am in a meetup.com group and someone scheduled a meetup for a screening of a movie which says you can reverse your diabetes (type II and I) in 30 days with a raw food diet. They specifically said in the meetup description at least that you could reduce or eliminate the need for insulin. Now my...

Just saw a "My Life in Food" episode where a woman with Type 2 diabetes went to a retreat (Tree of Life) where they ate nothing but raw food. While the premise seems logical, it doesn't seem practical. Watching this show it set off many alarm bells that the program was totally woo, especially...

Just today, I've had a little debate with a friend of mine who is of the opinion that artificial sweeteners can cause (or at least encourage (if that's the right word) ) diabetes, because "it tastes sweet, and then the body prepares for sugar that doesn't come, and that's got to be bad". Uhm...

I was walking through a shopping centre and noticed a sign taped to the wall(see attached blurry .jpg). It's about Pixie, a "diagnostic support dog", who will apparently become "agitated or upset" when it's diabetic owner needs sugar. I'd never heard of this before and was sceptical, so I've...

Hi, I am generally do NOT trust the general media about reports on this sort of thing, and instead of sifting through thousands of web pages that may or may not be credible, I decided to come here and ask a question of the many intelligent forum readers here at JREF. Is there really anything...

Horrifying news article from my home town: Link. This shows: A. Prayer is not effective. B. The parents didn't pray hard enough. C. God refused to answer this prayer. I'm going for option A.

Okay, so my mom (a retired nurse) and I went out to The Olive Garden for lunch yesterday. My mother has diabetes and needs to be very careful when we eat restaurant food. She asked our waitress about substituting steamed veggies for the pasta and explained that she had diabetes. Our waitress...

Hello, Following are the indicated actions of insulin. There can be more insulin secretion in insulin resistant diabetics type2, naturally or by medication programme. As such, will such more insulin enhance following actions and can there be some adversties due to more or increased exposure of...

I am getting confused right now over this Avandia mess. I am taking Avandia with Metformin, since Metformin alone did not keep blood sugar under control, even with diet and exercise (which I admit I am not as meticulous about as I should be, but I have also had surgery on both knees and it only...

And she's VERY afraid to use it. We have just found out that our 10-year old cat is diabetic. He came back with blood glucose levels of 460. The vet is fairly calm, but Blue here now gets to shoot up the cat every evening. The vet showed us how last night, and it doesn't appear that the cat...

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It seems to be a favourite past time of the media these days, catch your attention with a health scare story. This one claims that one *sugar sweetened* soft drink a day will cause 80% of women to become diabetic...

I have noticed that there are a number of threads about diabetes but I couldn't find the product "Diabeticine" when I searched the forums. This product is also mentioned (although not by name) in Kevin Trudeau's book, Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About. It was developed by Dr...

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0929evschoolsuit29.html There can be long-term risks, too, if blood sugar gets too high or low, Lagman added.

The link between fast food and obesity has been studied and according to this, eating fast food in your youth will increase your risk of getting diabetes in middle age. http://meatprocess.com/news/ng.asp?id=57043&n=wh1&c=nbbgbvsktuxtxwj 04/01/2005 - Young adults who eat frequently at...

Diabetes in Hispanic Americans is a serious health challenge because of the increased prevalence of diabetes in this population, the greater number of risk factors for diabetes in Hispanics, the greater incidence of several diabetes complications, and the growing number of people of Hispanic...

Alright, my girlfriend's mother has a little shelf in her book with alt-medicine subjects. She knows I don't believe in that sort of thing, and I was commenting on the books (tehe, Kevin Trudeau, tehe) In any case, she had one, titled along the lines of "Diabetes: Reducing Dependance on Oral...