Living with Diabetes

A key thing I have learned in the past decade of living with the awesomeness of Diabetes is the need for balance. My life was surely not balanced, and not in perfect balance right now. I learnt to Balance: My food intake My physical movements My mental stress My anxious thoughts My sleep My reading I still need to learn to Balance: My friendships My relationships My INSULIN ...... My learning

Recently saw a great write up on a study done by " The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group" on he impact of Lifestyle changes ( read ways to reduce your weight ) and Metfornin. Lots of technical details here : http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/54/8/2404.long Here are some interesting part of the results :  Changes in weight and proinsulin over time were strong predictors of diabetes, with decreased weight and decreased proinsulin predicting a lower hazard of diabetes in all treatment arms. Clearly weight is a predictor. So what happens when we can control this. See the next snippet about what lead to lower risk:  Interestingly, we found that change in weight was an important factor, with greater weight loss translating to lower risk. In addition, improved insulin sensitivity was also associated with a decrease in the risk of developing diabetes, with the lifestyle intervention again being the most effective.  I have some friends who clearly ca

And yet agin the rise of the A1C comes along to remind me that not all is right in the diabetic world. I have seen my A1C dance in a lazy wave pattern as it jumps between two different high numbers. I am back on a watch your diet  you fool and a get some exercise you lazy man path.