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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Long-Term Follow Up Key to Keeping Patients on Track
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Excess Carbohydrates Can Result in Diabetes
Achieving Glycemic Control With Targeted Insulin-Adherence Interventions
Quality of Dietary Fats And Cardiovascular Mortality
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Editor's Note
Day after day we tell our at-risk patients to lower their carbohydrate consumption to help avoid diabetes. Our thought process is to reduce the workload on the pancreas and decrease insulin resistance. However, this may not be the most important reason to reduce carbohydrates. Our intern, Sandra Zaki, PharmD Candidate, Florida A&M University, has an important study on how the Dietary Inflammatory Index could be a bigger factor, and why carbohydrate management is so important.
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
A new patient of mine was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and obesity. We discussed a weight loss treatment to target both her diabetes and obesity, and she followed our mutually agreed upon treatment plan. Things were going well — she would visit every three months and we would reassess and make treatment decision changes as needed. Then, my patient did not visit for two years. When she returned, she had gained back her weight plus a few more pounds, and her blood glucose, blood pressure and lipids were out of her target range….
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
Research has shown that carbohydrates and other foods that raise the body’s dietary inflammatory index (DII) can lead to severe diabetes.
Reasonable glycemic control can be achieved by delivering aggressive insulin-adherence interventions to targeted patients with diabetes.
The first prospective analysis to investigate the association between dietary fats and cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes.
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