Patients with preexisting diabetes still exceeding recommended fat, sodium intake

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Overweight patients with preexisting diabetes may not be meeting recommended food and nutrition guidelines, consuming excess fat, saturated fats and sodium.

Researchers for the Look AHEAD trial enrolled approximately 5,000 people with type 2 diabetes to evaluate the effects of lifestyle intervention compared with diabetes support and education as they impact long-term cardiovascular and other health outcomes. As participants entered the trial between September 2000 and December 2003, 2,575 of them completed food frequency questionnaires — a modified version of the Diabetes Prevention Program Food Frequency Questionnaire — which researchers used to assess participants’ regular food consumption during the previous six months. Participants were aged 45 to 75 and were overweight or obese with BMI ≥25.

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Medtronic Unveils Paradigm Veo in Fight against Diabetes

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At this year's annual meeting of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Medtronic announced the launch of a technology designed to provide additional protection against the risks associated with hypoglycemia.

This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device senses that glucose levels have fallen to or below a user-selected threshold. The company said this feature is intended to reduce the severity of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) in situations where patients ignore or are unable to treat hypoglycemia. A dangerous and often frequent occurrence in diabetes management, hypoglycemia can be one of the most frightening aspects of living with type 1 diabetes. If left untreated, hypoglycemia can cause loss of consciousness, seizure, coma, or even death.

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Inspiring New Online Destination From Bayer Diabetes Care

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Bayer Diabetes Care is continuing to simplify life for people with diabetes with the launch of simplewins.com, an online destination designed to inspire people with diabetes and help them meet the day-to-day challenges of living with and managing the disease. This contemporary resource will enable all people whose lives are affected by type 1 or type 2 diabetes, including adults and children, healthcare professionals and family members, to find practical tools, up-to-date information and touching stories from real people sharing their personal diabetes experience.

Simplewins.com features informative videos and printable content about diabetes management options from Bayer's diverse partner organizations, such as the motivational Stephen Covey of the FranklinCovey organization and Fit4D with helpful coaching from diabetes experts.

To further customize the experience, the online resource will feature videos from real people with diabetes, with real stories and simple wins to inspire site visitors and allow them to learn about different approaches to managing the disease. People will also be able to personalize a page of their own by uploading their videos, photos, and sharing their Simple Wins or small every day victories.

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Jim Turner discusses his diabetes tool kit.


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Diabetes Advance: Researchers Find Gene That Causes Resistance To Insulin

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A breakthrough by an international team of researchers in Canada, France, the UK and Denmark has uncovered a new gene that could lead to better treatment of type 2 diabetes, as well as a better understanding of how this widespread disease develops.

Unlike most of the genes that have been shown to cause diabetes, the new gene, called Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS1), doesn't affect how insulin is created in the pancreas, but rather, how the body responds to insulin already in the bloodstream, say the researchers, whose work will be published in Nature Genetics Sept. 6.

"Most of the genes that we've identified as diabetes risk genes to date reduce the function of the pancreas, specifically of beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin," explained Dr. Robert Sladek of McGill University and the Génome Québec Innovation Centre in Montreal, a corresponding author of the paper. "IRS1 has to do with the function of the other tissues in the body. Rather than reduce production of insulin, this gene reduces the effect of insulin in muscles, liver and fat, a process called insulin resistance."

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The Pre-Diabetes Danger

By George Stark

Diabetes is a disease that can silently ambush your health. If you are not aware of the early signs of diabetes you are setting yourself up for the fight of your life. Because recognizing the signs of diabetes is so ultra important you must become an expert at detecting the diabetes early warning signs and symptoms.

The first stage of diabetes is known as pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes occurs when a person's blood glucose level is higher than normal but not so high as to trigger a diabetes diagnosis. Even though you might develop pre-diabetes it does not necessarily mean that you will be stricken with full diabetes. You can reverse the clock and return to normal glucose levels.

However, pre-diabetes is sometimes hard to recognize. But if you have any of the following symptoms then you are probably a candidate for pre-diabetes. If you are thirsty alot, if you have to urinate frequently, if your eyesight becomes blurry at times and if you feel tired most of the time, then you could be experiencing pre-diabetes. If you notice any of these signs you must take immediate action to prevent your pre-diabetes from developing into a more advanced diabetes state.

Here's what you need to do fast. You must reduce your weight by 5-10 percent and you must engage in modest physical activity for 30 minutes daily. It's as simple as that. Weight loss and moderate exercise can turn back the clock and return your elevated blood glucose levels to the normal range.

So if you are a couch potato and you are overweight then you should be on the look-out for pre-diabetes. Don't let pre-diabetes develop into a more advanced stage of diabetes that could detrimentally effect your health for the rest of your life.

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George Stark is the owner and operator of DiabetesClearingHouse.com a website devoted to diabetes care and treatement. Visit http://www.diabetesclearinghouse.com if you need information, insights and inspiration on how to fight diabetes.