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Seven serious barriers to achieving your 2010 goals and how to overcome them by Roman M. Patient Expert

... lace more importance on a favorite TV show, website, or unhealthy obsession with excessive exercise. Undercutting your necessary sleep by even one hour per night can decrease insulin sensitivity, decrease leptin levels, and increase ghrelin levels - all of which can severely affect your appetite and metabolism, thus increasing your propensity towar ... Read on »

Effect of Dietary Restriction on ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

... span extension are also CBP-binding partners, suggesting that CBP constitutes a common factor in the modulation of lifespan and disease burden by dietary restriction and the insulin/IGF1 signaling pathway," Zhang and colleagues conclude.Full Text Read on »

50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life: by Diabetic Chef .. Patient Expert

... site at www.diabetesstories.com 1) Eating sugar causes diabetes 2) There is one diabetes diet to follow 3) Type 1 diabetes is more serious than type 2 4) If I have to take insulin it’s the beginning of the end or I’ve failed 5) If my diabetes is under control, there’s no need to see my doctor And here are a few for those of u ... Read on »

Diabetes: a personal post. by Carla B. Patient Expert

... hat am I going to eat? What effect is that food going to have over the next few hours? What am I planning to do in the next few hours? What am I putting in my mouth? How much insulin should I give myself?Yup. That’s kinda what it’s like. Every moment of every day. Looking at forever.I have had type one diabetes (aka juvenile diabetes ... Read on »

How to Manage the Cold or Flu with Diabetes by DietsInReview .. Healthy Living Professional

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... checked. Ketones, a waste product created when the body begins to use stored fat for energy, can build up, especially in those with type 1 diabetes, if a person does not take insulin at regular intervals. Left unmonitored, high ketone levels can lead to ketoacidosis, which can lead to coma or death. The American Diabetes Association suggests that ... Read on »

Health and Evolutionary Reasoning – The PaNu Method by Kurt G Harris MD ... up with more.Here's another example. I think it is likely that early menarche (onset of menses) in our culture is an effect of earlier sexual maturity under the influence of insulin. The same hyperinsulinism that we suspect may contribute to myopia, atherosclerosis, early degenerative joint disease, inflammation and cancer makes us more fecund &nd ... Read on »

Why we struggle to prove the benefitial effect of strict diabetic control on cardiovascular... by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

... between the offender and the victim .This is what we have learnt in over 50 years of diabetic research . Now we have so much controversy and confusion.The savior of diabetes insulin itself may be the offender (ACCORD Trial ) Or is it insulin like growth factor , or circulating peptides ( named and unnamed )So the debate and research goes in an un ... Read on »

National Diabetes Month: a personal post. by Carla B. Patient Expert

... squo;t have the answers I need! They can’t tell me how to keep my blood sugar in range during powerlifting training, they can’t tell me how to gradually adjust my insulin doses as I gain more muscle and become more fit. And they certainly couldn’t help me regulate my blood sugar as I drop water weight temporarily for my weigh-ins ... Read on »