It’s supposed to be impossible to reverse Type 1 diabetes, which is a form of diabetes where the Beta cells in the pancreas, which produce insulin, are basically stressed to death or at least, into paralysis. All this means a Type 1 diabetic loses the ability to produce life-giving insulin. A Type 1 diabetic must…
January 2009 Glucose Tolerance Test
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This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series My 2-Hour Glucose Tolerance TestsI passed the 2-hour glucose tolerance test I took in January 2009. That’s over 4 years since I first failed a glucose tolerance test and was told my pancreas would be very, very, very, very unlikely to ever recover more function,…
A Diet for Reducing Cancer Treatment Side Effects
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Cancer cells crave sugar and don’t do well at burning fats. So it makes sense that reducing the sugar that’s available to cancer cells might slow them down, while at the same time, improve energy for a person undergoing cancer treatments. It’s not an approach you’ll hear much about in the United States, but this…
A “Low Carb” Menu Plan Disaster – from a Diabetes Health Educator
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My blood sugars went up near 170 the one time I ate a “low carb” meal recommended by an American Diabetes Association, acclaimed diabetes educator.
October 2005 Glucose Tolerance Test
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This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series My 2-Hour Glucose Tolerance TestsI failed my second 2-hour glucose tolerance test. Failing two tests makes a diagnosis of diabetes even more official.
June 2005 Glucose Tolerance Test
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I failed my first two-hour glucose tolerance test. This flagged me as a diabetic.
Sweet “Treats” – The New Heroin?
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If you “feel” addicted to sweets, is it safe to abstain except on weekends? Maybe not. A 2009 study shows the addictive power of sweet treats, at the same time that a new campaign by the American Dairy Counsel was launched to get more children to drink more sweetened chocolate milk. Lead researchers include Pietro…
Hospital Blood Sugars – Christopher Fox, MD
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Keep your blood sugars low in the hospital, and you may heal faster. That’s the take-home message from this talk, presented by Chistopher Fox, MD, of Boulder Endocrinology in Colorado. Dr. Fox gave this presention at a diabetes education symposium in Boulder around 2008. Listen – Hospital Blood Sugars (30 minutes)
Animal Blood Sugars – CSU Vet Scientist Dave Van Metre
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Cows live off the microbes in their stomachs.
Chef Ann Cooper on Healthy School Lunch
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Do school lunches and snacks have to be sweet and filled with processed foods before kids will eat them? Listen to the Renegade Lunch Lady, Chef Ann Cooper, at Boulder Valley Schools, hear what happens when school lunch gets healthier. Listen (30 Minutes) Healthy School Lunch Chef Ann Cooper This program first broadcast on KGNU
