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How does weight loss help control Type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes usually starts after a person becomes an adult. It is by far the most common type of...

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simple dieting

I have diabetes type II. When I started to 'eat' right I studied what to eat that was good for me. I avoided...

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I have diabetes type II. When I started to 'eat' right I studied what to
eat that was good for me. I avoided obvious foods. Mostly what I did was eat "good" to get nutrients. I'd see some blueberries and eat them. I'd start my day with glasses of veggie juice- to get my vegetables. A handful of walnuts- because you need them. Ah!- an avocado for health. Better get some fish for those nutrients. Grab a variety of fruits -eat for late night snacks: that reminds me to get some dark chocolate to have a small piece each night. Buy some energy/health bars for quick bite. Plan to eat oatmeal alternating
with healthier breakfast cereal (throw in some berries, dash of cinnamon to gain their nutrients). Anyway, the message is that I found myself eating to put foods inside me to ensure I had great nutrition. I wasn't focused on diet by avoiding bad things. I ate out occasionally, eating what I wanted without being totally stupid. My
physical activities decreased because they did -none of my weight loss is from being more active I assure you.
So what happened? Well my portions shrunk from the way I'd grab a tomato, hour later bowl of oatmeal with blueberries, four hours
later small reheated portion recent doggie bag with fancy crackers.
Eating small and often; with a view to ingesting high value foods like
you'd take vitamins- I need this, buy some, eat a few each day.
Figs, radishes, nuts, light-seeded crackers,sardines, cans of tuna/
albacore. At first there were small frozen meals and soups. They wound up not being using or at least replaced.
My stomach shrunk, I filled up fast, bad cravings left, and I lost
30 pounds in a year. I was not obese. It is good. I like the foods I eat
The simple point I'd make is that by shifting my food habits to
a point of view of getting 'good stuff' inside me, my diet improved and it wasn't hard to do. Fill your spaces with good to super foods.
Did you have your fruits and vegies required by USDA yet? If not,
grab that V-8 for starters, plus one of those packages of oatmeal
and those blueberries before they start to spoil. Now you are kinda full so you move on. Later on make a chicken sandwich without the bread but a large bed of lettuce and tomatoes and probably way too much dressing but who's going to tell. This diet is not a really a conscious weight loss plan; more of a 'get the nutrition required for health' plan. By selecting good stuff that you like or can suffer through and eating them smaller sized and often, good things can happen. Of course working out would also help.View Thread

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Stem Cell Treatment For Diabetes

Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes Stem Cell Treatment Diabetes: Diabetes is still associated with tremendous...

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Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetes
Stem Cell Treatment Diabetes: Diabetes is still associated with tremendous morbidity and premature mortality. Patients require multiple daily insulin injections throughout their lives as well as close monitoring of their diet and blood sugar levels to prevent complications. Unfortunately, there is presently no permanent cure for diabetes. Whole pancreas or islet cell transplantation is available only to a very limited number of patients and necessitates potential lifelong immunosuppressive therapy.
Stem cells provide an exciting approach towards Diabetes. Stem cell transplants have been used successfully for patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy, and for a variety of cancers and autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, and rheumatic disorders. Recent studies in immunodeficient models with chemically-induced pancreatic damage have shown that stem cells preferentially home to the pancreas and may have the capacity to initiate pancreatic regeneration, thereby restoring the endothelial interactions in the pancreas and correcting the associated elevated blood sugar levels. Adipose tissue has shown promise as an excellent source for deriving stem cell populations, stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into a variety of non-blood cell types, including hepatocytes, neural cells, and endothelial cells. In addition, Adipose tissue contains a greater proportion of Mesenchymal stem cells than bone marrow.

It has also shown the following in terms of efficacy of the procedure:

1. Statistically significant decrease in the Fasting Blood Sugars, and the level of Hemoglobin A1C

2. Statistically significant decrease in Triglyceride levels, and

3. Improvement in Renal (Kidney) Function and a statistically significant decrease in Creatinine levels.

Other benefits:

1. Improved capacity for physical activities

2. Feeling of vitality and rejuvenation

3. Smoother skin

4. Thickening of hair

5. Loss of NEUROPATHY

6. Loss of pruritus (ITCHY SKIN)

7. Loss of nocturia (having to wake up from sleep to urinate)

8. Increased libidoView Thread

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how diabetes affects everyone sometimes out of now...

I'm 66 years and never had diabetes before. my son works night shift and he came home early one evening. my wife...

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Diet

You need to eat better man....no more DOMINOS!!

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help for small fiber neuropathy - new studies - do...

Here are some new studies that I have used to help me with SFN that is over 80% of my body (confirmed by skin...

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food help

My sister has DIABETES whet cook book can i use?

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Finding a good meter

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Different glucose meters

I used a accu check nano for 2 years and recently had to switch to a one touch verio due to insurance plan. ...

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The Most Accurate BG Testing Meter

The FreeStyle brand of blood glucose testing meters was chosen as "the most accurate" meter by Dr. Richard K....

Posted by nutrijoy

The FreeStyle brand of blood glucose testing meters was chosen as "the most accurate" meter by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein following a thorough test of all the leading brands on the market. Like many members here in the forums, I have grudgingly borne the cost of purchasing my test strips out of pocket due to the hassles of navigating insurance and Medicare red tape and restrictions. After Dr. Bernstein announced his selection of the FreeStyle meters as "the most accurate" approximately six months ago, I began to have second thoughts about continuing to pay for test strips out of pocket (up until now, I have never drawn any benefits from my Medicare Advantage carrier or from Medicare itself that amounted to even ten percent of the premiums that I paid out to them).

Long story short, I investigated my options, discussed it with my Endo, and signed up on the FreeStyle website for the Promise program . After signing up, Abbott's FreeStyle staff took care of all of the details including contacting my doctor, obtaining the requisite prescription, and forwarding everything to my designated pharmacy. I obtained a free meter for the strips and the pharmacy actually charged me less than the $15 co-pay for a month's supply of strips under the Promise Program (under Medicare Part

. At least now I'll be able to get a portion of my monthly premium back in terms of receiving benefits for myself instead of having 100% of my premium go to pay for everyone else's claims.

I also went online and purchased a backup meter for use in a second location. Here are the lowest priced sources I was able to find:
FreeStyle Freedom Lite Meter for $10 (shipped free) from Sherwood Medical Supplies via eBay
FreeStyle Lite Meter for $7.99 (shipped free) from GraceHealthcare.net via eBay

Both of the above are factory sealed complete starter kits that includes the meter, carrying case, lancets, lancing device, control solution and a vial of ten (10) Freestyle Lite test strips. The retail price of the ten test strips alone are worth the price of admission. The lancing device (and free lancets) is just icing on the cake because if you've ever had one break on you like I have, a replacement lancing device usually costs $10 or more. If you're thinking of migrating over to the FreeStyle meter and, like me, like to keep a secondary backup meter around, you might want to purchase it from one of the two links above (or do a search on your own). Note: the two models of FreeStyle meters are different. You can view a comparison of the various models at this link . I switched over from the one that my Endo had originally provided and the FreeStyle is a pleasant change; it only requires about a third of the amount of blood compared to the BG meter that I had been using.View Thread

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Blood Sugar high in Morning

I struggled with and my Family Doctor screamed at me for being too high in A.M. Then I went to an...

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SGLT2 Inhibitor effect

I just read an excellent discussion of SGLT2 inhibitors on DiabetesJournals.org, and felt motivated to pass on...

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Getting blood sugar under control using insulin

I normally like Dr. Gabe Mirkin 's advice and newsletters. But in one of his most recent newsletter...

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I normally like Dr. Gabe Mirkin 's advice and newsletters. But in one of his most recent newsletter articles, he commits the same medical faux pas that seems to still predominate among most health care providers. To wit:
"If your HBA1C is still not under control, you need to take a bad drug that raises insulin levels. I usually start with Glipizide XL. If that doesn't control your HBA1C, I raise the dose, and if that still doesn't work, you will need to inject yourself with insulin."

Dr. Mirkin acknowledges that sulfonylureas are a "bad drug" but seems to feel that the use of insulin is a last resort. A small minority of physicians hold the opposite view and fully embrace the use of insulin as a first line medication for any patient who is unable to normalize blood sugars after recommended changes in diet, exercise, oral meds, and other lifestyle modifications have failed to yield desired results. If the patient continues to have blood sugar levels above safe ranges, they start the patient on insulin early on. In contrast, most practitioners and the vast majority of patients perceive the use of insulin not only as a very, very, very last resort but somehow as an indication of failure. This mindset needs to be changed and the sooner the better because of the horrific damage that it is doing to PWDs when elevated blood sugars persist over an extended period of time. Very often, by the time the use of insulin is finally started in these patients, the damage to their bodies is already so extensive that the use of insulin alone isn't going to make that much difference.

There are plenty of real life examples of members in this forum who were uncontrolled for too long a time frame, developed serious and advanced complications; and have since passed. Other members are still with us but suffer from a myriad of advanced complications including atherosclerosis and renal failure; all of which might have been prevented with much earlier insulin therapy/intervention. Of course, anyone that is so affected needs to urgently discuss this matter with their own respective physicians and become more proactive in their self-management of the disease. This article on Jenny Ruhl's BloodSugar101 site is a MUST read for all PWDs. If you are still struggling to get your blood glucose levels within safe ranges and/or already suffer from complications, discussing the use of insulin with your doctor and/or diabetes educator could very well help to maintain and prolong your healthy years. The too-often maligned Dr. Bernstein has always coveted the use of insulin early in the treatment cycle but has encountered stiff resistance to his views among many physician colleagues (note: clicking on the link will auto-download a PDF version of Bernstein's "My Life" story to your computer that you can read at your convenience). Nothing in this post, of course, should be misconstrued as medical advice any more than the articles that have been linked for you. Consulting with your own doctor is always the recommended course of action. This message is only intended to alert you to a harmful mindset that could endanger the ability to get your blood sugars under control -- sooner rather than later.View Thread

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Have an icecream Bar and think it's Christmas!!

Blue Bunny makes a smaller version of icecream bars. Name is "Blue Bunny Star Bars" and come 20 in a box....

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Eliminating "Popular" Discussions Confusion

WebMD continues to post older (i.e., inactive) discussions under the heading [POPULAR Discussions>. This...

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Eliminating "Popular" Discussions Confusion

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Reversing Diabetes World Summit 2014...

Core Nutrition to Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes is a free Ebook (actually, it's really a booklet,...

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Core Nutrition to Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes is a free Ebook (actually, it's really a booklet, only 27 pages) currently offered to readers who register for the free Reverse Diabetes Summit 2014 . Already into Day 4 (the Summit will run a total of 12 days), four speakers are featured daily. I particularly liked the talks by Steve Freed (Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator; perhaps best known for his Dr. Bernstein-affiliated DiabetesInControl website) and Jenny Ruhl (Blood Sugar 101). Both of those speakers were featured on Day 2 of the Summit and are no longer available via the Summit itself. However, I have included links (just click on their respective names) to archived versions that are still available on Vimeo but may be deleted soon now that their talks are officially over.

The free ebook is available to those who register for the Summit but if you don't wish to give out your email address (for fear of junk mail), you can download a copy from this link . However, if you do register, you will get a daily email reminder with a link to the current Day's sessions. If you're skeptical whether the book contains any information that you might find of value, here's how it begins:

"Most people have heard at least one doctor tell them that diabetes is a chronic, degenerative condition that gets worse over time, not better. The longer you have diabetes, the more problems you can expect and it's not a matter of "if " you'll develop complications, it's a matter of "when".

Why would your doctor tell you that? Because it's true. If you follow the standard recommendations prescribed by the ADA and most well-intentioned but misinformed doctors, that is exactly what will happen (emphasis added). If you ignore the true cause of diabetes, and only treat the symptoms with medication, without making the necessary changes to your diet and lifestyle, your condition will get worse over time, not better.

But, that's not your only choice . . . "[br> [br>
The link to the Summit provided above will take you to the home page but here's a complete schedule of the featured speakers for all 12 days of the Summit.
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I have a close friend who is dealing with type 2 diabetes. I wanted to share that through using essential...

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Make a Plan to Eat Right & Move More

Being a diabetic doesn't always mean drastically changing everything you eat, or sacrificing the things...

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Dry mouth due to diabetes/ taking lots of medicine you can get relief. I found a product called Biotene and...

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