The recent post about either having benefit has led to some confusing
conclusions.  If either one has a positive effect the take home point is
that both together do even more.  Both reshape the basic biology that
gets out of whack with diabetes but in different ways.

G'day G'day Folks,
 In an effort to simplify it is tempting to lump fruit and vegetables
together.  Sometimes though one or the other proves more effective.
As a rough rule of thumb, T2 diabetics can be thought of as elderly

I'm a 64 year old skinny T2, diet and exercise only, two years
post-diagnosis.
Some time ago I posted the observation that over at least the last
fifteen years I've suffered from episodes of very itchy legs, the area

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/QuackWatchWatch.htm#Rat-bags owner,
Peter Bowditch, wrote:

ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST
Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning
submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are
asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

Yesterday, while at the endo, we had a discussion about two of his
patients who are diabetic.  They both are in the low fives.  These two
woman eat anything and everything they want.  I asked him how this
happens and he did say that the lows are averaging ot the highs.  He

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2006/11/08/eline/links/20061108elin003.html
  Good carbs, good fats best for reducing heart risk
  Last Updated: 2006-11-08 17:00:27 -0400 (Reuters Health)
  By Anne Harding

I've been on byetta 6 weeks, last two on 10mg. I've lost a few pounds
but am still quite hungry. not seeing much appetite supression, though
glucose levels are better. i know there as been talk of taking more
than two injections a day but will not do that until I talk with my

He doesn't seem to think the problem is gallbladder, although he said
diabetics often have no pain with that.  My liver scan also included
gallbladder and there were no problems seen at that time.  My most recent
labs also show no liver enzymes.

I'm seeing that a person is asked to consume a high carb diet for 3 days
prior to a GTT. Why is that? Do they want to make sure your liver bank is
full of glucose? How would the results be affected by a low carb diet before
the GTT?

What are the "must be avoided" high carb foods?

Ok, so I tried the wine before bed thing to get my fbg's
down (from 136).  It worked, but I couldn;t handle
what it did to my digestion.
I cut out the ground-up broccoli in soup, and eventually

Emphases are mine:
Susan
Risk Factor Management Editorials

...it looks like an interesting concept, but I'm surprised it doesn't
been attempted before.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-2439201,00.html
The computer that could transform diabetics' lives

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/529171_print
Useful and updated information about GLP-1 and the control systems
involved in Type 2
Also I thought this was relevant although it's actually about ADD, it