Friday, May, 09, 2008

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Drinking Calories Debated

The debate on whether the calories that people with or without diabetes drink help to make us feel full isn't over. But the evidence that they don't is mounting. My preliminary article, "Drinking Calories," appeared here last September. At that time I reported on the finding of obesity researcher Barbara Rolls. “Calorie intake increased... Read moreChevron

King Corn

Our national obesity epidemic didn't just happen. The people who study the statistics agree with Dr. David Ludwig of Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School that before the early 1970s, the prevalence of obesity was relatively constant in the United States. As he told the 63rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association... Read moreChevron

What's My Blood Glucose Level?

Just before lunch this afternoon I checked out the new FreeStyle Freedom Lite blood glucose monitoring system from Abbott Diabetes Care. The company's public relations firm, Fleishman-Hillard, was nice enough to send me one of the first of these cute little meters and 10 test strips.After carefully washing my hands, I quickly used one test strip... Read moreChevron

Curing Erectile Dysfunction

Guys named Ed probably don't feel honored to have one of the most devastating complications of diabetes named after then. But erectile dysfunction -- or just ED for short -- is both personally ego-destroying and all too common. At least they don't say nowadays that ED is the same as impotence.From 15 million to 30 million American men suffer... Read moreChevron

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doc. say not a diabetic, but my sugars goes from upwards of 180,127 to 59 quite frequently,

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