The pressure of enjoying a New Year’s Eve celebration may be too much to handle especially when you have diabetes. You already know that temptation is all around you. Remember that you can have fun and not sabotage your blood glucose control when you have a good plan in place. If you do mess up, it […]
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention a third of Americans are considered obese even thru the best efforts of chronic dieting. Weight loss surgery is becoming more popular for those without another answer though they have often tried other measures.
Americans tend to gain up to ten pounds during the Winter Holiday season. A new study from Dartmouth College focused on the vicious cycle of weight loss and gain by using neuroimaging. The MRI of the participants showed that a brain imbalance may be responsible for over eating. Impulse behavior and self control can be disrupted […]
During this week, in a diabetes educational session I taught a 63 year old woman who has had Type 2 since age 30. She began her journey with gestational diabetes during her last pregnancy and 3 years later developed type 2.
This week I met with a 63 year old African American gentleman during our diabetes education session. It was his second visit to the practice and he was completely aggravated. His initial visit had been 5 weeks earlier when he was started on insulin shots. He admitted that although he had been diagnosed 12 years ago […]
Holiday time can be challenging for anyone, but may be even more difficult when you have diabetes. People tend to eat comfort foods which are usually fatty, greasy and contain higher calories. Levels of cholesterol tend to increase during the winter months due to rich food choices. Blood sugar levels can soar when poor decisions are […]
I have frequently heard from my patients that preventing weight gain when on insulin is nearly impossible. The research in the literature often states the same thing. The reason for weight gain is when you are taking insulin you are no longer losing large amounts of sugar and calories through your urine as when you are […]
Sharing the questions and concerns of real patients can offer you information you might never seek. Although I often teach the same general concepts, it is the actual patients and their questions which make the subject so interesting. Everyone interprets the information in a different way. There is so much for people with diabetes to learn. […]
About this time each year I suggest to my patients that they receive a flu vaccine. The flu (also known as influenza) affects the respiratory system and may cause serious complications including bronchitis and pneumonia. Along with antibiotics, anesthesia, chemotherapy and sterile technique, vaccines are one of the miracles of modern medicine.
Tooth and gum problems (gingivitis: red, swollen and bleeding gums which do not affect the bone; periodontitis: inflammation around the tooth which causes bone loss and can elevate blood sugars) are more common in people with diabetes – especially when blood sugars are uncontrolled. High blood sugars prevent the white blood cells from fighting infection and […]