Living with Diabetes

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 clearl...

Been researching about the idea of getting control on my diabetes using food and exercise again. Life was interesting when I tried this almost 13 years ago. I was eating loads of processed meats and no carbs and it seemed like it was working, but the end results were not that great. So now, I start to see a whole new crop of data out here in the web. I am getting motivated to try this approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktQzM2IA-qU

Just kidding with the headlines. As of now there is no known connection between the phases of the moon and the blood sugars, but can we be certain? This post is about the frustration I sometimes feel in understanding the sugars. You could eat the same thing two days in a row and the sugars could vary widely. It is very perplexing. I am constantly amazed by the researchers keep finding out on the blood sugar control. Minor amounts of physical movement, what you eat for breakfast, how much sleep you got, any small amount of stress you feel, anything could be impacting the blood sugars. There are days I feel like I understand and can master this. And then there are days like today when it confuses you totally. I think today I am going to relax and try not to think about it. After all stressing about not understanding why your sugars are high will only lead to higher sugars, won't it !!!!