(CNN) -- Studies suggest that tea -- especially green tea -- provides
healthy benefits.
Green tea leaves are the least processed and have lower levels of
caffeine than other types of tea. The leaves contain high-level

I know,, ask my doctor. BUT here comes the but... <G>
Are there some known facts that apply if a T2 is doing too low carb?
I take time released 1000 metformin.
I am finding that I'm not eating very many carbs.  And every since I

We just watched my FIL die a horrible death from this, after several
grueling years.  It's just more gruesome a way to go than I can ever
describe.

Two years ago, at age 62, having earlier had a heart attack and then
recently discovered I was diabetic, I decided to retire in order to
prolong my active life. For the first year I just enjoyed not having
to go the office, and took no specific exercise beyond my habitual

http://diabetes.org/diabetesnewsarticle.jsp?storyId=14742787&filename=20070328/r
euters20070328health00000014reutershealthEDIT.xml
or
http://tinyurl.com/33kqvh
(excerpt)

Many benefits are indicated specific/uniquue to Lantus (Glargine)/
Levemir (Detemir) insulins;
"http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/easdec/prevention/lantusnotes.htm"
"Insulin glargine, sold under the name Lantus, is a long-acting basal

I went to the Endo. last week and was in a good mood because not only had I
lost weight but my numbers have been down for the whole three months.  Now
granted I had been very sick from that danged Prevacid I was taking.  Was
eating only two meals if day, if you could call one of ...

Anyone notice the new findings published in JAMA about the Akins diet,
as compared with other popular diets?
Here is a link to a couple of articles about the the article....
Interesting reading....

I received an email from Loretta this morning, and she wanted me to
let you all know that she is temporarily away from asd, because of a
technical problem having to do with her service provider.... They are
working on it, and she still has email.

ok...so this morning my fasting bg was 98
then I ate breakfast (a piece of sprouted grain bread with 1 tbls.
lowfat cream cheese and a few slices of cucumber, salt & pepper)  and
diet coke <---I need my caffeine.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Mar 27; [Epub ahead of print]Iron Depletion
by Phlebotomy Improves Insulin Resistance in Patients With
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hyperferritinemia: Evidence from
a Case-Control Study.Valenti L, Fracanzani AL, Dongiovanni P,

I was wondering.......I am watching my carbs and read food labels.  Can
anyone tell me is it best to go by the total number of carbs an item has or
is it ok to have things which have say 10 g of carbs but only 2g of this is
sugar ? In other words which is the most important ...

Well, maybe they made an "honest mistake"
http://www.rojo.com/mojo/1014495/
Scroll to the two articles titled "Schoolgirl scientists..."
and "schoolgirls Bust Glaxo ..."

sucralose (an earnest effort at a neutral summary of both sides of the
Splenda toxicity debate), Wikipedia 2007.03.26: Murray 2007.03.29
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1412
[ Rich Murray: I am delighted with this article, which I have copied

http://diabetes.org/diabetesnewsarticle.jsp?storyId=14742788&filename=20070328/r
euters20070328health00000021reutershealthewEDIT.xml
or
http://tinyurl.com/2jw77y
(excerpt)