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posted 07/13/2008, comments (4)

When You Want to Avoid Eating It All

Except for cruise ships, buffets are the worst for our weight. The cruises that I've taken have been essentially round-the-clocks feasts.The all-you-can-eat buffets don't seem as bad as going on a cruise. After all, each buffet is just one meal. But the urge to gorge seems to come naturally when we know that we only have one chance to fill er... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/12/2008, comment (1)

News from the Doc

 saw the doctor yesterday after a couple of months, and finally got some answers to some questions I have been worried about.    Firstly, he considers me a Type 1 diabetic.  He said that the case could be made for me being a insulin-requiring Type 2, but that because I'm relatively young he chalked me up as Type 1.  It's... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/10/2008, comments (0)

South African Diabetes Resources Part II

Some more of my favourite South African diabetic things:   GIFSA GIFSA is the GI Foundation of South Africa.  They are the people responsible for testing the GI of South African products, and they have a series of logos that the company responsible can then put on their product.  GIFSA produces a publication that lists the GI,... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/08/2008, comments (5)

Food Diaries Help

If you want to lose weight, doing something as simple as recording what you eat might make the biggest difference. Writing down what you eat can double your weight loss, according to a study that the American Journal of Preventative Medicine will publish next month.This finding comes from an analysis of the first phase of one of the... Read moreChevron
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posted 07/06/2008, comments (3)

Looking AHEAD to Weight Loss

One of the biggest and most important diabetes trials is well underway. But so far it hasn't received much attention. That will change. The Look AHEAD trial began in 2001 and is scheduled to conclude in 2012. In it they randomly assigned 5,145 overweight people with type 2 diabetes to either a lifestyle intervention or to enhanced diabetes... Read moreChevron
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