Most Diabetics Risk Serious Foot Problems By Wearing The
Wrong-sized Shoes
ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2007) —
More than six out of ten people with diabetes are walking around in the

Diabetes tests reveal big profit motive
November 7, 2007 David Lazarus Los Angeles Times Business Columnist
The nights are long this time of year in Kasilof, Alaska, a small
community of about 500 people south of Anchorage. And for Keith

I'm reading Taubes and there's a few good bits of info in here.
Glycation of proteins happens in the presence of any monosaccharide, and
it turns out that fructose is more chemically active than glucose in
glycating proteins.  So A1c, which measures glycation of a specific

I am home today and can't stay awake.  I realize now that I ate the
wrong foods.  I am type 2 and my level is about 200 right now and I
feel horrible, like I took a Nyquil.  I have been pretty good lately,
but was running some errands and got hungry so I stopped and had some

absolutely magnificent

Cushing's Syndrome in Women With Polycystic Ovaries and Hyperandrogenism
P. Gerry Fegan; Derek D. Sandeman; Nils Krone; Deborah Bosman; Peter J.
Wood; Paul M. Stewart; Neil A. Hanley

One hour after eating that spicey Thai sausage, three hours after eating
those two plain flour tortillas, my BG reads 156. I wonder if I can shoot
Vodka? Intramuscular, of course. ;-D

Took my FBG at 5:30 PM, after fasting for 20 hours. It was 79. Then ate one
5" corn tortilla, microwaved with a patty of butter and a tablespoon of
Parmesan cheese. An hour later, 113. Then ate a big plate of boiled
broccoli and pork sauteed with garlic. The pork had been marinated

Diabet Med. 2007 Oct 29
A low-carbohydrate diet is more effective in reducing body weight than
healthy eating in both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects.
Background Low-carbohydrate diets are effective for weight reduction in

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/results.php?storyarticle=5272
Eating fewer refined carbohydrates may slow the progression of age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) and ease the growing public health burden due to
vision loss, report Tufts researchers. People who consumed the most ...

Low fat is not the ultimate healthy food, so when people see your new
found lean muscular body and noticed that your body fat is now gone,
some will comment that your fat has turned into muscle, wrong!
http://articlesupdates.googlepages.com/hottest_lose_weight_method

when i am , i am ,
so that's why

So for no apparent reason, my fbg today was 157.  I took my Lantus, took
a bit more Humalog than usual with breakfast (an extra 3u added to a
normal 12u bolus), and then had a 1-hr postprandial of 160.  Not great,
but the Humalog wasn't done working and I was on my way to the Y, ...

I saw my endocrinologist yesterday and it couldn't have gone better.
She's a sweet, smart, savvy lady with whom I felt comfortable with
from the very beginning. I've told her about this group and she
believes I've learned the right stuff about diabetes. She believes in

Since our two newbies are struggling so much with diet, I thought
maybe examples of lower carb diets would be of help.  So I'll go
first.  ;-)
Breakfast: