February 11, 2020 : DCMS #488

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Advantages of Less-Frequent, Higher Calorie Meals

Diabetes and Birth Outcomes

Development of a New Nutrient Tablet to Aid Appetite Control for Patients with Type 2 & Obesity

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#1 Cognitive Performance Issues Due To Type 1 Diabetes

#2 Teplizumab as Prophylaxis Therapy

#3 Excess Carbohydrates Can Result in Diabetes

Remember when you could tell your patient to eat 6 small meals a day and they would be happy to oblige? The problem was those 6 “small” meals soon became 6 big meals, and patients were gaining weight and developing diabetes. Now many of our patients have gone to the other extreme and are only eating one time a day or for a few hours as they see the podcasts and commercials for intermittent fasting. But which one is right? According to our intern, George McConnell, LECOM class of 2020, the results are very thorough and complex.

Check out his Laterpay article here.

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

Can eating fewer meals per day lead to less hunger and better control of diabetes?  

Pregnancy can be affected by diabetes, but are the outcomes as serious as we believe? 

A prospective randomized controlled crossover trial to test the effects of a delayed-release nutrient pill on several appetite-suppressing hormones.