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Friday, August, 29, 2008

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Taste More, Eat Less

When our food tastes better, we might eat less. Maybe that doesn't sound logical. But a new study of 2,436 overweight or obese people shows that at least some things that stimulate our sense of taste can help us to lose weight, which almost everyone with type 2 diabetes wants to do.Alan Hirsch, MD, studied a variety of calorie-free seasonings... Read moreChevron

Glucocard X-Meter

The idea of intelligent design might or might not explain the universe. But it certainly applies to Arkray's Glucocard X-Meter and X-Sensors.Two years ago Arkray of Kyoto, Japan, bought out Hypoguard, which developed the original Glucocard blood glucose meters, and is now Arkray USA in Minneapolis. While the term "Hypoguard" is a great name for... Read moreChevron

Renew Lancing

Lancing devices and lancets don't get the respect they deserve. Not from those of us who have diabetes and need to test our blood glucose and not from the manufacturers.Until recently we have had few choices, and most of them were nothing to write about. Meters we have in abundance, but it is the lancet where -- if  we were automobiles... Read moreChevron

A Better Reason to Reduce Salt

Just when it looked like we could relax about the amount of salt we use, it seems that we may need to limit how much of it we use after all.I used to trust the recommendations of the American medical establishment that we must reduce the amount of salt we use in order to control hypertension (high blood pressure). Early last year, in fact, I... Read moreChevron

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