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Diabetes Light Testing

Allan — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:48:22 +0000

Breakthrough Testing technology is being developed with the help of three specialist groups, engineers, endocrinologists and microbiologists that have come up with a faster light-based testing system that gives result in as little as a minute. The product shines light onto the skin to detect for the presence of glycation endoproducts that is sure sign of damage caused by abnormal blood sugar levels. The technology is promising for it does not involve painful needle pricks that is quite traumatic to most when testing for diabetes. The disease is frustrating enough due to the severe lifestyle changes that have to be undertaken to manage the disease and the indignity of having to prick yourself several times a day to check for proper sugar levels or to simply do spot checks is more than enough for some to handle.
Such non-invasive test procedures are better for they allow faster testing as opposed to several hours for a complete blood chemistry test. People who may have the disease but are unaware of it will get tested faster and easier without the ouch making determination and prescription of proper management and medicatiom more effective.

Healthy Eating

Allan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:22:16 +0000

One should always pay attention the food they eat especially with diabetes which is directly tied into ones diet. Many foods that do have MSG have been tied to as major causes of diabetes but no such concrete information regarding the reported ill-effects have ever been documented. Initially derived from seaweed, it allows food to take on another flavor, making even the most unpalatable looking food savory for all to enjoy.

True to this, we may not even realize the intake of the wrongly accused food additive that has been used since the early 1900’s when it was synthesized by a Japanese Chemist.
To this day, it is still considered to be as safe as table sugar and salt as long as it is used in moderation as with any other foodstuffs/additives.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Prevents Diabetes

Allan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:38:44 +0000

Many people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, an often debilitating disease that results from swelling of the joints making movement painful and slow. A drug used to treat the said disease hydroxychloroquinine, has been found to have a desirable side effect on the prevention of diabetes, another disease that affects millions the world over. Initially designed to treat malaria, the drug was then found to have use with arthritis and many other auto immune diseases. In patients who use the said drug, more than 50% drop in development of diabetes has been noted making this another avenue to follow as a cure for diabetes.
HCQ has long been produced as a cure for arthritis but being effective against diabetes would signal a great benefit for those who need treatment for it is cheap and readily available in branded and generic form. Researchers are still trying to determine the true mechanism of the drug on the disease as they try to find a better way of managing and even minimizing the development of the disease meaning a better future for those diagnosed as good candidates for the disease.

An Open Letter to Steve Jobs

Allan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:51:43 +0000

An open letter from DDD (Digital Device Dependent)

Dear Steve Jobs,

I’m writing to you on behalf of millions of people who walk around wired to little tech devices and won’t leave the house without them. No, I’m not talking about the iPod – and that’s the point. While your brilliant product line enhances the lifestyle of (100) millions, I’m talking about the little devices that keep us alive, the people with chronic conditions.

Let’s talk about diabetes, the disease that affects 20 million Americans, and I’m one of them.

Whether blood glucose monitor or insulin pump, thanks to the achievements of medical device companies, we can now live a normal life by constantly monitoring and adjusting our blood sugar levels.

But have you seen these things? They make a Philips GoGear Jukebox HDD1630 MP3 Player look pretty! And it’s not only that: most of these devices are clunky, make weird alarm sounds, are more or less hard to use, and burn quickly through batteries. In other words: their design doesn’t hold a candle to the iPod.

Most people on this planet can’t agree on much, but most do agree that Apple knows how to design outstanding high-tech devices. It’s your core expertise. It’s your brand. It’s you and Jonathan Ive.

We are, of course, deeply grateful to the medical device industry for keeping us alive. Where would we be without them? But while they’re still struggling with shrinking complex technologies down to a scale where we can attach them, hard-wired, to our bodies, design kinda becomes an afterthought.

Islet Transplantation

andrea — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:03:06 +0000

Insulin injections are the most common treatment for diabetes. In recent experiment, a procedure called islet transplantation wherein from a pancreas donor, islets are taken out. Once implanted, the beta cells in these islets begin to make and release insulin. The objective of islet transplantation is to infuse enough islets to be in charge of the blood glucose level with no insulin injections. However, transplanted islets lose their capability to function after a while. At the same time, transplant recipient requires to take immunosuppressive drugs to discontinue or put an end to the immune system from rejecting the transplanted islets.

Diabetes–not for life

Allan — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:39:37 +0000

It has always been a known by many that diabetes is for life. Also, one needs to take medication the whole life through. Those diagnosed with adult-onset, or type 2 diabetes are told this fallacy. It is interesting to note that 25% of people over 40 now are victims of this life-threatening condition.

You will be surprised to note that more and more reports are received on a complete reversal–no need for medication. These reports come from former diabetics, by those who follow a low ‘glycemic load’ diet, combining a mineral supplement and the spice cinnamon.

Fedon Lindberg from Norway, world renown diabetes doctor has reported a complete reversal of the most common form, type 2 diabetes, and even in those injecting insulin, by this radical non-drug approach. ‘A balanced low glycemic load (GL) diet, coupled with a healthy lifestyle, can also achieve non-diabetic sugar levels without the need for medication – therefore ‘reversing’ the disease,’ he says. He has challenged the Norwegian Diabetes Association to change its advice.

Despite 15 controlled studies on chromium, 13 of which show benefit for stabilising blood sugar, most diabetics are still being told ‘you get all the nutrients you need in a well-balanced diet’.

This is simply untrue for chromium. A really good, wholefood diet might give you 50mcg a day. You need 500mcg a day if you are diabetic. (It is very safe to take this much as the toxic level is above 10,000mcg.)

Still Searching

andrea — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:01:33 +0000

Until now, researchers still continue to look for answers of the causes of diabetes to help manage, prevent, or cure the illness. Physicians are studying if genes has a big factor in having diabetes either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. And since it is not a “pass on” or catchable disease, others are still suggesting to avoid or treat autoimmune diseases, as well as allergies and asthma. Some are using high dosage prescription drug that has long term side effects wherein patients where found to have increased blood cholesterol level, kidney disfunction, and some patients has become susceptible to viral infections.

Diabetes and Soda

editor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:54:04 +0000

According to a new study, there is a slight risk for women who drink more than a bottle of soft drinks a day to develop diabetes than women who drink less than a bottle a month. Critics of the study however say that the eating habits of these women be studied also, particularly those who take junk food as part of their diet. The extra calories taken from soda could account for at least some of the slight increase in risk of having type 2 diabetes, the most common between the 2 types of diabetes, as some of the researchers i Harvard University say. According to them, there is more to it than soft drinks–there should be a link in the the individual bodies react to soft drinks, or soda as they are called in other countries.

Taking Strong Steps to Defeat Diabetes

Allan — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:46:18 +0000

The organizers of the 3rd Annual Challenge Diabetes (5k RUN & RACE WALK) & Fun Family & Friends Fitness �Walk By My Side�

(1.5 mile) are enjoining everyone to join the Fun Run on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Como Lake, St Paul.

Please plan to be with us again where you may even compete to set new All Time Challenge Diabetes Division Records

2008 Challenge Diabetes Promotional Poster

2008 Challenge Diabetes 5k registration form

Previous Event Results

8 AM – 5k Run, Race Walk, or Fitness Walk around beautiful Como Lake or the simultaneous 1.5 Mile Fun Family & Friends Fitness �Walk By My Side�. This is a remarkable occasion to inspire, and be inspired, by our family and friends who are walking or running through their diabetes challenges to optimal diabetes management and a better quality of life every day.

Entry Fee: $20 pre-registered/$25 race day.
You�re invited to donate more than your race registration fee in support of CC Challenge Rx Exercise programs. Net event proceeds benefit Charities Challenge Rx Exercise Events, Programs and Services. CC is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Come celebrate people with diabetes who say, �I�m Moving My Feet to Defeat Diabetes”

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Beating diabetes

editor — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:13:05 +0000

Diabetes has something to do with the body’s inability to deal with insulin properly. Sugar causes the body to go on a hyper drive mode. This is why diabetics who just had their ingestible dose of insulin go on a hyper mode that is almost exaggerated compared to those who go into a sugar-rush. It must also be noted that insulin dependents do not function at all without sugar, this actually drives them to hyperventilate and a lot of diabetics have died due to none existent sugar levels. The key here of course is balance and moderation when it comes to sugar intakes. To be safe, rely on insulin shot for sugar components and avoid it totally when it comes to food, drinks and the likes. There are a lot of sugar free choices in the market so it should not really be a problem.