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 …
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Posted on May - 19 - 2012
Bladder Cancer Linked With Diabetes Drugs in Thiazolidinedione Class
Posted on May - 17 - 2012
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 bl…
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Posted on May - 16 - 2012
STORIES FROM THE CRUISE
We had a very large group on the low-carb cruise this year; I’m not sure what the actual count was, I heard it was 275, but that may have included a few who never actually made it. We made national news when one of our speakers was remov…
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Posted on May - 16 - 2012
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 readin…
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Posted on May - 15 - 2012
New Study: High Fat Food is Good for Diabetics
There is no reason to fear fat anymore. High fat food is even good for diabetics, according to a new high-quality Swedish study of 61 patients: Diabetes patients randomized to a high fat (20% carb) diet improved their blood sugar, cholesterol and could reduce their diabetes medications. Patients randomized to conventional (obsolete) low fat advice ...
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Posted on May - 10 - 2012
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…
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Posted on Apr - 26 - 2012
Paleo Low-Carb Bloggers Beware: Dietitians Are Coming After You
For those of us who are privileged to live in the United States of America, one of the hallmarks of our nation’s 236-year existence has been our basic freedoms of speech, religion and the press. But what if these tenets of our liberty were somehow infringed upon by one set of American citizens over ...
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Posted on Apr - 26 - 2012
An Open Letter to the NCBDN
Earlier this week, my brother sent me a link to an article about the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition and their ongoing attempts to strong-arm a nutrition blogger into taking down his site. The blog in question is www.diabetes-warrior.net and its owner is a man from Charlotte, NC named Steve Cooksey. Then Uziel — one… Read More
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Posted on Apr - 26 - 2012
The Candy and the Antidote
How do you like this irony? It’s like promising free lung cancer treatment by the cigarettes. The problem is that the treatment rarely makes the disease go away.More about diabetesUpdate: Two more examples: 1 / 2
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