This week’s Homerun Slides finishes up with a conversation on the newer formulations of long acting insulin and how they compare to insulin glargine U100…. To download the complete set in PowerPoint (.ppt) format just use this link: New Insulin Formulations – Umpierrez, Part 3 Other Homerun Slides sets in this …

David Levy, MD, FRCP General Recommendations on Macronutrients Carbohydrate Recommended daily allowance is about 130 g. Low glycemic index foods (e.g. barley, oats, beans, lentils, rye bread) can reduce HbA1c by about 0.4% (4 mmol/mol) compared with high glycemic index foods. More importantly, high whole-grain, cereal fiber, bran and germ intake …

  Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk talks about the urgent need to build physical activity back into our lives. He comments that, “The reality is that we have engineered physical activity out of our lives,” but emphasizes that he’s not advociating that we need to go to the gym every day, just …

  Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk talks about how, although we have a lot of research data on healthy behavior, most of the information we have on sedentary behavior is only 8-10 years old, so it is hard to recommend a specific target for reducing sitting. New data is rapidly being gathered, …

A new economic analysis found exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals likely costs the European Union $209 billion a year in actual health care expenses and lost earning potential, according to a new series of studies. Global experts in this field concluded that infertility and male reproductive dysfunctions, birth defects, obesity, diabetes, …

Routine breakfast skippers should gradually increase protein intake in the morning to improve glucose control…

For patients who are obese and sedentary, any exercise can help trim abdominal fat, but it may take a bit more effort to get other health benefits… Robert Ross, PhD, an exercise physiologist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and colleagues recruited 300 people in their 40s and 50s who …

Researchers compared glucose and hormonal responses to a liquid meal test in 20 obese participants with T2 who underwent RYGB or nonsurgical intensive lifestyle modification… Rapid glycemic improvements following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) are frequently attributed to the enhanced GLP-1 response, but causality remains unclear. To determine the role of …

AACE leads charge for legislative changes focused on treating diabetes, prediabetes and associated illnesses… An estimated 29.1 million Americans (almost 10% of the total population) have diabetes, another 86 million citizens aged 20 or older suffer from prediabetes, and spending on diagnosed diabetes has increased 41% over five years. Further, …

Three to five cups daily may reduce risk of heart disease… Dr. Eliseo Guallar, a professor from the department of epidemiology and medicine at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore summarized, “We found that drinking three to five cups a day was associated with less calcium build-up …