Ok, so in my last post I mentioned that Dr. Kristina Rother of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was conducting a clinical research trial to investigate the effects of artificial sweeteners in diet soda.
I volunteered for this study because the researchers were looking for participants ages 12-25, with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, as well as non-diabetics. I am getting paid for visiting the NIH twice - the first day was on June 27th and the second day was July 9th. Both days...
Most of us probably assume that if your only beverage choices were diet or regular soda, the diet variety would be better. After all,... Read more »
Those sweet sparkling drinks we’ve come to enjoy have been under the spotlight lately and what emerges suggests we might want to evaluate... Read more »
In the United States of America, the government seems to think that it needs to protect people from themselves. Thus, we have helmet laws... Read more »
I used to be a diet soda junkie. I consumed lots and lots of them each day, thinking that they were good for me since they had the magic... Read more »
Editor's note: Each day in January 2008, Dietitian Heather Reese will encourage you to keep your New Year's Resolutions by giving a diet... Read more »
A healthy well-balanced diet is an essential part of glucose control for people who have diabetes. However, having diabetes does not mean that you... Read more »
Finding out your child has type 1 diabetes can be terrifying, and figuring out how to work diabetes care management into your life can be downright... Read more »
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease caused by the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin or to use the insulin produced in the proper way.... Read more »
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Insulin-dependent diabetes; Juvenile onset diabetes; Diabetes - type 1TreatmentThe immediate goals of treatment are to treat diabetic ketoacidosis... Read more »
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The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2,... Read more »
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