Page Changed: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/15877514.php Supplements for Diabetes.
Added new section reporting a 17 year study that linked low blood levels of Vitamin D with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes and put in link to a 2007 review that examined earlier studies linking Vitamin D levels to diabetes and insulin sensitivity.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Vitamin E Effective in Preventing Heart Attack in People with Specific Gene
Page Changed: http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/15877514.php Supplements for Diabetes.
Added report of study showing that people taking Vitamin E for 18 months who had a specific gene had 40% fewer heart attacks.
Added report of study showing that people taking Vitamin E for 18 months who had a specific gene had 40% fewer heart attacks.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Antidepressants Cause Obesity and May Cause Type 2 Diabetes
Page Changed: You Did not Eat Your Way to Type 2 Diabetes
Pointer to research linking antidepressant use with development of Type 2 diabetes and a Mayo Clinic article stating "weight gain is a reported side effect of nearly all antidepressant medications currently available."
Am I the only one who has wondered why no one has flagged the huge increase in the use of prescription antidepressant--with their known effect on weight gain--with the emergence of the so-called "Diabetes Epidemic?"
Pointer to research linking antidepressant use with development of Type 2 diabetes and a Mayo Clinic article stating "weight gain is a reported side effect of nearly all antidepressant medications currently available."
Am I the only one who has wondered why no one has flagged the huge increase in the use of prescription antidepressant--with their known effect on weight gain--with the emergence of the so-called "Diabetes Epidemic?"
Beta Blockers Raise Risk of Getting Type 2 Diabetes
Page Changed: Dangerous Drugs for People with Diabetes
Added link to metastudy showing beta blockers significantly increase incidence of both Type 2 diabetes and stroke without lowering incidence of heart attack or death.
Added link to metastudy showing beta blockers significantly increase incidence of both Type 2 diabetes and stroke without lowering incidence of heart attack or death.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
New 5% Club Report
Page Changed: The 5% Club They Normalized their Blood Sugar and So Can You
Added report from someone who dropped his A1c from 13% to 5.4% in 3 months.
Note: I get a lot more reports from people who make it into the 5% club than you see posted on the page. I only post the ones that have some data included in the report, like this one.
Added report from someone who dropped his A1c from 13% to 5.4% in 3 months.
Note: I get a lot more reports from people who make it into the 5% club than you see posted on the page. I only post the ones that have some data included in the report, like this one.
Study: Lowering LDL Raises Incidence of Blood Cancer and Sepsis
Page Changed: Dangerous Drugs for People with Diabetes
Added link to study that found "Each 1 mg/dl increase in LDL was associated with a relative reduction of 2.4% in the odds of hematological cancer (OR 0.976, 95% CI 0.956–0.997, p = 0.026). Low LDL levels also increased the odds of fever and sepsis."
Added link to study that found "Each 1 mg/dl increase in LDL was associated with a relative reduction of 2.4% in the odds of hematological cancer (OR 0.976, 95% CI 0.956–0.997, p = 0.026). Low LDL levels also increased the odds of fever and sepsis."
Friday, November 9, 2007
Added information about Lyrica and Neurontin for Neuropathy
Page changed: Neuropathy
Added section discussing Lyrica and Neurontin with citations to serious side effects of both drugs, including new FDA warnings on Lyrica.
Added section discussing Lyrica and Neurontin with citations to serious side effects of both drugs, including new FDA warnings on Lyrica.
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