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Shedding Light on the Co-morbidities of DiabetesThe Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes

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A good number

Recently I received an e-mail with the following question, and think it's worth some commentary: "I have type 2 diabetes and it's like a yo-yo. I'd like to know exactly what a good number is." I've always had a simple answer to whether blood glucose (BG) numbers are "good" or "bad:" they are neither! They are simply numbers: high, in the... Read moreChevron

More yellow stuff

Several weeks ago, I wrote about a new category of sweeteners I called the "green stuff." At that time, I was under the impression that the yellow stuff, Splenda (sucralose), was available only under the one name-brand. But I was wrong. On a recent shopping expedition, my wife Steph mentioned that she saw several brands of sucralose available... Read moreChevron

Will diabetes be cured in the 21st century?

A reader recently wrote: "I just wonder if a cure will ever happen in the 21st Century? What do you think as a doc with diabetes? Will it make the extinction list of diseases when the 21st Century is over? Your perspective as a doctor?" Well, as a doctor with diabetes myself, I'll take the bait, and offer an opinion. But first things first:... Read moreChevron

There is no cure for diabetes

Once or twice a year, I get riled up by some bizarre claim that someone has found a cure for diabetes. This time, it was a claim that a product (which I will not name in this essay) "is a newly discoverd [sic] herbal formula which helps heal and cure Type II diabetes." The writer continues with the pseudoscientific claim that the "herbal... Read moreChevron

And now there’s green stuff

I have frequently been in restaurants that have containers at each table containing packets of sweeteners: the white ones contain sugar, pink is saccharin, and blue is aspartame. I happen to like the yellow stuff: sucralose itself is white, but the packets are yellow, and so I somewhat illogically call the product by the color of its packaging:... Read moreChevron

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