I still haven't finished the book yet. But this is REALLY interesting.
So it turns out that the advice given to me by the dietician, I shouldn't even be following.
On an unrelated note: I just finally got prescribed Byetta. I just took my first injection about 10 minutes ago.
I will definitely keep you informed!
I wasn't sure I'd get to start. I had an appointment on Tuesday, my 2nd with this particular doctor. I think I mentioned before that my previous doctor had told me he had never heard of Byetta on one visit, then the next visit with him he said that he wouldn't prescribe it because he felt it was a last resort drug, when everything else failed. I don't know what else he wanted.
So anyways, the doctor I met with this week is a 2nd year resident, and he said he's heard about it, but really didn't know much about it. Luckily I had done my research, so I was able to explain to him a little about how it works, as well as possible side effects I should be looking for. I think he felt that since I put so much time and effort in to it, I must really know what I am talking about and must really want it or something, so he went ahead and wrote the prescription, making me his FIRST patient on Byetta.
I'm glad I started now when I did too. Byetta has been listed on the Iowa Medicaid Preferred Drug List for the past 5 or 6 lists (4 lists a year). However, last week, they released the draft for the January 2008 PDL, in which they are planning to reclassify Byetta from "Preferred" to "Non-Preferred".
Anyways, sorry to take up so much room here. I will keep you updated for sure. I hope I can have as much success with this drug as you have.
Dear Christopher,
As a friend of mine recently said, I am half the man I used to be. In one sense, that's almost true. My weight has gone from 312 to 170. At my height of 6' 2.5" that's a BMI of 21.5 (http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/index-1688-143.html), which is a low normal weight. Still, I would like to bring my weight down to 160.
I haven't had my A1C tested since writing http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/8201/byetta-diatribe or had new numbers for cholesterol levels since reported in the "diaTribe" article.
I owe all of this to Byetta!
I'm not sure what you mean by the last paragraph. I'm prediabetic and am following a low glycemic diet for the most part. I eat 3-4 servings of fruits/day and alot of vegetables. I have also been using 1+ T agave almost daily - either in oatmeal or in hot lemon water. Should I cut back on my fruit and agave intake? I eat no processed foods so I'm not getting any hfcs or added fructose in my diet. By the way,I do think that I have the dawn effect and found your article and posts about it very interesting.
Thanks for all of the great information.
Unfortunately, you are getting a lot of added fructose in your diet! The agave that you use is essentially pure fructose. You may also want to see a new article in the "Chicago Tribune" about it at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0323deardorffmar23,1,7478086.story
Best regards,
David
When I tried your link to the article you said you uploaded I got this:
The requested URL /lustig_fructose.pdf was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
You said, "In addition, Taubes has agreed to answer our questions at HealthCentral.com about his new book." but they seem not to be there. Did he fail to answer or have the answers been lost?
How does one email Gary Taubes? I wonder if he or anyone here has a position on the HIV => AIDS fraud. (HIV isn't even an STD, HIV tests give many false positives, especially in Africa, and AIDS is still mostly confined to the original risk groups.)