Health Expert David Mendosa shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/17/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/17/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/17/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/150173/natto-low-carb-food Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:41:00 -0500 David Mendosa When I decided in 2007 that it was healthy and safe to eat nothing but low-carb meals, I wasn’t sure if I could do it for a long time. I wondered if my diet would have enough variety to remain interesting.After all, I had stopped eating more than half the products that all our supermarkets sell. No more bread, bagels, croissants, pasta, pizza, or other products made from wheat. No more rice, corn, potatoes, and other starchy foods.“I... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/150173/natto-low-carb-food http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/150002/trouble-glucose Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:24:58 -0500 David Mendosa A big new review shows that people who don’t use insulin are wasting their time and money when they test their blood glucose.I agree.And I still recommend that everyone who has diabetes test his or her blood.Do I contradict myself? I don’t think so.The new review comes from the Cochrane Collaboration, the most respected group that reviews scientific studies. Six European experts reviewed a dozen randomized controlled trials of 3259... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/150002/trouble-glucose http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149738/bydureon-approved Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18:00 -0500 David Mendosa Today we have the biggest diabetes drug news in 90 years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally approved Bydureon, extended release exenatide. Now people with type 2 diabetes can take just one shot a week. This single weekly injection will help millions of us manage our diabetes better. We already know that Bydureon has a significant side effect. Weight loss. We know that because Bydureon is the extended release version of Byetta, which... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149738/bydureon-approved http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149623/lifescan-verioiq Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:42:30 -0500 David Mendosa When the country’s leading blood glucose meter manufacturer introduces its first new meter in years, checking it out makes sense. LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, sells more meters in this country than any other company, and it just came out with a new version of its old OneTouch meter. This one they call the VerioIQ, because it’s so smart.Its IQ is actually pretty simple, different from human intelligence. It helps us... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149623/lifescan-verioiq http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149411/paula-deen-critics Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:40:22 -0500 David Mendosa Paula Deen’s critics have it wrong. Everybody is jumping all over this poor celebrity chef now that she says that she has diabetes.Poor Paula has grown rich and famous by parleying her home-style cooking into a food empire. Newly divorced and with her last $200 she started a catering service in 1989. In 1996 that became her first restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, and that in turn led to television. Since 1999 she has hosted several Food... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149411/paula-deen-critics http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149232/bernstein-big-book Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:01 -0500 David Mendosa If you follow a very-low carb diet to manage your diabetes, you have no better starting point than the big book by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein. Even if you have been on a very low-carb diet for years, as I have, this book is a basic guide to refer to again and again.Until a few days ago I had only four of his books. Three of them, Diabetes Type II, The Diabetes Diet, and Beating Diabetes, are important. But the fourth one, Dr. Bernstein’s... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149232/bernstein-big-book http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149104/telcare-reporting Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:56:38 -0500 David Mendosa Right along with the theme of ringing in the new year, I want to tell you about the latest in blood glucose testing devices. It’s called Telcare. Its unique calling is how it instantaneously sends the good news about my managed low glucose sugar readings via wireless cell phone technology directly to my password-protected web page account. Most importantly, it sends my BG data automatically, without any additional buttons to push. Now... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149104/telcare-reporting http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149014/astonishing-powers Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:02:54 -0500 David Mendosa A smile can make you happy. Particularly if it’s your own smile. Your smile can also cheer up someone else, at least for a little while.I also maintain that happiness can make us healthier. For those of us who struggle every day with our diabetes, staying happy goes a long way to help us manage it.So, smiling can make us healthier. While the world has long known this, in our daily lives most of us usually fail to act on it. Everyone from... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/149014/astonishing-powers http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/148633/eating-road Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:42:52 -0500 David Mendosa Not even the holidays are as hard on us as eating right as traveling. At least we spend the holidays with friends and family who know -- or need to know -- what we eat.Actually, what we don’t eat is even more important for those of us who have diabetes. We know that keeping our blood glucose levels as low as possible after a meal is the key to managing our diabetes. And eating starch and sugar are what we need to avoid in order to keep our... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/148633/eating-road http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/148457/contrast-diabetes Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:13:02 -0500 David Mendosa The best present for someone who is trying to lose weight might be some colorful plates and bowls that makes their food less appetizing. Like blue, except for eating blueberries.A new study reports that a low-contrast between what we eat and what we eat it on -- like red pasta on a red plate or white pasta on a white plate -- can lead us to eat a lot more. Like 22 percent more than when we eat on high-contrast dinnerware.Not that I would... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/148457/contrast-diabetes