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This new section is a blog linked to the main site which allows visitors to post comments about the Blood Sugar 101 site.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Raising Low Vitamin D Levels Does Not Improve Glucose Tolerance
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Added information about and link to study published in the journal Nutrition where glucose tolerance was studied before and after people deficient in Vitamin D were given a large infusion of the vitamin sufficent to raise their levels to normal. No change in glucose tolerance or insulin sensitivity was demonstrated.
This raises the question of whether Vitamin D deficiency is a byproduct of the diabetic state rather than a cause of abnormal glucose metabolism or insulin resistance.
Added information about and link to study published in the journal Nutrition where glucose tolerance was studied before and after people deficient in Vitamin D were given a large infusion of the vitamin sufficent to raise their levels to normal. No change in glucose tolerance or insulin sensitivity was demonstrated.
This raises the question of whether Vitamin D deficiency is a byproduct of the diabetic state rather than a cause of abnormal glucose metabolism or insulin resistance.
Vinegar Makes a Tiny Difference in Blood Sugars
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Added discussion of three small studies that found trivial changes in blood sugar after ingesting it with a high carb diet.
Added discussion of three small studies that found trivial changes in blood sugar after ingesting it with a high carb diet.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Benfotiamine plus ALA normalises complication-causing pathways in type 1 diabetes
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Added citation to new study published in Diabetologia that confirmed that, as previous research had shown to be true in animal models, the combination of benfotiamine and alpha lipoic acid reverses some of the chemical pathways leading to complications in humans with Type 1 diabetes. However, this combination did not lower high blood sugars.
Added citation to new study published in Diabetologia that confirmed that, as previous research had shown to be true in animal models, the combination of benfotiamine and alpha lipoic acid reverses some of the chemical pathways leading to complications in humans with Type 1 diabetes. However, this combination did not lower high blood sugars.
Low Protein Diets Do Not Appear Beneficial to People with Diabetic Kidney Disease
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Added discussion and link to the full text of an editorial in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition summarizing studies into whether low protein diets were effective in staving off kidney failure for people with diabetic kidney disease. Also linked to abstract of the metareview of these studies.
The meta review found that very low protein diets were not significantly effective, particularly in people with diabetes. The editorial mentions the need to investigate lower carb diets. Both suggest ACE inhibitors and ARBs are as effective as low protein diets.
Added discussion and link to the full text of an editorial in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition summarizing studies into whether low protein diets were effective in staving off kidney failure for people with diabetic kidney disease. Also linked to abstract of the metareview of these studies.
The meta review found that very low protein diets were not significantly effective, particularly in people with diabetes. The editorial mentions the need to investigate lower carb diets. Both suggest ACE inhibitors and ARBs are as effective as low protein diets.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A1c in Two "normal" Populations Rises with Age
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Added citation to a study that found that in two normal populations (defined as neither having Impaired Glucose Tolerance on an oral glucose tolerance test or Impaired Fasting Glucose) the bound of the normal A1c range rose at the rate of about .01 units per year or .a total of .6% between age 40 and age 70.
Added citation to a study that found that in two normal populations (defined as neither having Impaired Glucose Tolerance on an oral glucose tolerance test or Impaired Fasting Glucose) the bound of the normal A1c range rose at the rate of about .01 units per year or .a total of .6% between age 40 and age 70.
Stimulating Insulin Secretion Produces C-peptide: a Benefit in MODY?
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Added brief discussion about why stimulating insulin secretion may be valuable because of the recently discovered role of C-Peptide in preventing microvascular complications.
Added brief discussion about why stimulating insulin secretion may be valuable because of the recently discovered role of C-Peptide in preventing microvascular complications.
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