All makers of insulin pumps should follow a standardized review and categorization procedure for analyzing problems with their products, the ADA and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes wrote in a joint statement published in the journal Diabetes Care. Although adverse event reports submitted by manufacturers to the …

  Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome have become a global epidemic. Some estimates indicate that over 1 billion people may be on their way to type 2 diabetes. We need to create a solution. You already know that there are strategies that your patients and clients can follow that could …

  Americans spend over $60 billion a year on diet and weight loss products but the weight often comes right back. That may be because it’s such a hassle to count calories. Now General Electric scientist Matt Webster has developed a calorie counter device which uses microwaves and scales to …

The most frequently asked questions in our diabetes classes have to do with drinking sodas. This usually occurs when we are talking about carbohydrate counting. The comments made usually revolves around artificial sweeteners and cancer or that using artificial sweeteners makes you crave more sugar. The first one seems to be …

Last week in our main newsletter we shared our latest one-page handout for helping diabetes patient with food recommendations. Many of you commented on the numbers we chose and how we proposed to get there. This week our Clinical Text looks at how controlling the macronutrient, carbohydrates, can improve glucose …

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, …