Letter from the Editor, #649

As part of our education program for diabetes patients we encourage them to do multiple small things which can promote weight loss and healthier living. A couple of examples we've given here include adding protein to breakfast, and beans or lentils to each meal which helps patients feel fuller and controls post prandial spikes of glucose. Each week we see more reasons why these small things work and this week is no different. A new article from the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that eating a cup of beans or lentils every day may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar and possibly reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke.

Our resident Physical Activity Guru, Dr. Sheri Colberg shares her insights this month by explaining how by Controlling Inflammation with Easy Changes we can reduce the risk of diabetes as well as the complications associated with the disease. Her feature gives us some good ideas to use when we decide to make a contract with our patients. Check out this week's Tool for Your Practice to learn more.

Dave Joffe, Editor-in-chief