Jessica, the kids, and I just returned from a two week vacation with family in Philadelphia. Before the trip I worried a lot about what I would eat,…
When I first formulated my plan for trying out Amylin Pharmaceutical‘s amylin agonist, Symlin, I figured the hardest supply to acquire…
With diabetes and the desperate need to find something filling to eat came my first encounter with quinoa, the Peruvian seed or pseudocereal rumored to have a mild effect on blood sugar...
Raise up your asparagus spear and fight! Diabetes UK is funding research into foods such as garlic, chicory, asparagus and artichokes, according to a report in Telegraph. These foods, known as fermentable carbohydrates, are thought to activate the release of gut hormones that reduce appetite. It is believed such fermentable carbohydrates also enhance sensitivity to insulin, potentially leading to better glucose control.
Leafy green vegetables are low in fat, high in dietary fiber, and rich in folic acid, vitamin C, potassium and magnesium. They also contain phytochemicals, such as lutein and beta-carotene. And a new study shows that eating green leafy vegetables may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes.
Every person I have met who has diabetes has a diagnosis story. And every person I have met who has diabetes has vivid memories of this incident. …
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the world's top producer of insulin, spent $375,000 lobbying the U.S. government in the second quarter of 2010 on several diabetes-related issues, among other topics, according to a Bloomberg report
I woke up this morning with slightly elevated BS levels. So I ate a little breakfast – a salad with some quinoa – and took four units of…
Eating green leafy vegetables may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study shows.
According to the study published in the British Medical Journal, increasing daily consumption of green leafy vegetablescould significantly reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes...
If I left align my body
throw its edges
against a wall I
built inside
a membrane locking out
the memory of
excursion an up
and a down
Sea I am jealous…