Letter From The Editor

There are many occasions in diabetes history when the experts are either wrong or take too long to recognize what is logically correct. A good example of this is back in the 70’s when the ADA stated, paraphrasing here, “The thought that someone could check their glucose, count their carbs …

Last week we were having a discussion on how most healthcare companies want every diabetes patient on an ACE or ARB and a statin, regardless of their levels. I felt a 75 year old patient didn’t need to risk muscle pain and other side effects associated with statins, but one …

A lot of people will tell you that I am a gadget guy, and sometimes I just have to have something before everyone has even heard about it. As an example I am the proud owner of a Twicycle, a road bike that you can pedal with both your hands …

We have all seen the studies that show that both the GLP-1 analogs and SGLT-2 inhibitors are benificial for reducing the incidence of heart disease in patients with diabetes, and many of the drugs in each class can actually make that claim in literature and out in the field. Now …

There has been a lot of press about intermittent fasting, and sooner or later many of your patients with diabetes will want to try it for themselves. One of the attractive features for our patients is the ease of use. No special formulas, no special diets; patients simply have to …

One of the frustrations for diabetes patients is the weirdness of high glucose after exercise. This is especially true with type one patients. They try morning, afternoon, evening exercising, eating before or after, and it seems regardless of what they do their glucose goes haywire. This week we have a …

When I gave up cable TV about 6 months ago, I lost the ability to see all the infomercials that I hated to watch. Last week I was in Atlanta and was flipping through the channels when I saw an infomercial for a new product to prevent and reverse diabetes. …

If you have ever attended a seminar, CE program or an advanced diabetes training you have to be familiar with one of the most famous diabetes slides. This slide by Drs. Kendall and Bergenstal from the International Diabetes Center is the quintessential slide on the history and development of type …

A couple of weeks ago I shared some information on common sense eating for diabetes and glucose control with our current interns. When they were finished reviewing the paper, all of them expressed disbelief that there was no mention of portion control or calorie restriction, and that carbohydrates was all …

A friend of mine has a couple of cats and according to her, they like me a lot because they always are licking me. The problem is their tongues are like sandpaper, and I get free dermabrasion every time I visit. When it comes to humans we usually don’t pay …