Arugula and Pomegranate Salad
This year I’ve decided to go with a pomegranate salad. Pomegranate is full of sweetness, and combined with the peppery, slightly bitter flavor of arugula you have an incredible combination of rich tastes – contrasting, yet complementary. And the lemon and mustard bring in just the right amount of seasoning and add a nice texture to the salad.
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Boehringer and Lilly Introduce Online Program for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company have announced the availability of My Well Planner, a new online program offering customized educational content to help adults with type 2 diabetes make simple lifestyle changes to improve their health. My Well Planner is designed to address the emotional barriers people with type 2 diabetes face every day.
Zealand Pharma Begins Phase 1 Study of Type 2 Diabetes Drug
Zealand Pharma, a Danish biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative peptide drugs, announced the start of the first Phase I clinical study of ZP2929. ZP2929 is a dual acting glucagon/GLP-1 peptide agonists, invented by Zealand Pharma and with global rights out-licensed to Boehringer Ingelheim as part of a global license and research ...
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Biodel Initiates a Phase 2 Study of Ultra-Rapid-Acting Insulin
Biodel has initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of its proprietary recombinant insulin (RHI)-based ultra-rapid-acting mealtime insulin candidate, BIOD-123. The study is designed to assess the clinical impact of the ultra-rapid absorption profile of BIOD-123 relative to currently marketed mealtime insulin analogs. In April 2012, Biodel announced positive top-line results from a Phase 1 clinical trial of BIOD-123, which demonstrated that the formulation had a more rapid absorption...
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OneTouch Launches Sweepstakes to Promote Healthy Eating
Celebrity chef Sam Talbot has partnered with the glucose monitors maker OneTouch to launch the What’s Cookin’ Down Home Healthy™ Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes, designed to spread the word that eating healthy with diabetes can also be easy and delicious, will run for five weeks, beginning September 11th and is open to individuals 18 or older by visiting the OneTouch Facebook page.
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From Carbs to Greens: The Dreams of a Type 2 Diabetic
Recently I dreamed someone who knew a thing or two about good eating led me to an Italian deli/lunch counter in some cosmopolitan city. The display case featured many dishes. Double-decker focaccia sandwiches caught my eye, but I wistfully passed them up because I knew they were too carby for someone with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes and the New York Soda Ban
I just stumbled across this video editorial in the New York Times about Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary sodas bigger than 16 ounces.…
Low-Glycemic = Weight Loss?
It’s something that people with type 2 diabetes have known for years – a diet for diabetes can actually be a healthy diet for everyone. And this morning…
Discovering Diabetes Heritage
When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, I was totally shocked. Not only because I was unprepared for a life altering disease, but because as far…
Roasted Grape Tomato and Quinoa Salad
We have made roasted tomato soup on many occasions and without a doubt, the roasting process intensifies the flavor of the tomatoes. They even become a bit sweet. For a dinner with my mother-in-law in mind, we set about trying to create a salad that incorporated tomatoes, but not raw ones, so it would suit everyone’s tastes.