Friday Tidbits 06-01-12

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Is this crying in the wilderness? From the comments to his blog, you would have to think that is true. Greed is the creed of many doctors a...

The Gastric Bypass Hype... Is It Really a Cure?

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The headline declares:  " Curing diabetes via surgery, without weight loss " . It's a bold statement. It's enough to make ...

Problems for Diabetes Patients

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As I research diabetes and the related occupations that treat those of us with diabetes I keep making small discoveries that are upsetting t...

The Importance of Peer Mentoring

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I like blogs like this one. First, they let me know that there is a strong need for this to fill the vacuum left by the medical and related...

Even Nanotechnology Has Safety and Ethics Issues

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This is a topic that is due and much needed at this time. While I am in favor of nanotechnology for the greater good that it can do, some i...

How Bad is Fructose? David Despain Interviews Dr. John Sievenpiper

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In my article " Is Sugar Fattening? ", I discussed a recent review paper on fructose, by Dr. John Sievenpiper and colleagues ( 1 )...

Concierge Medicine Is Not Understood

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Concierge medicine is not well understood. As Dr. Centor states, “Policy wonks have ignored this movement for too long. Retainer medicine ...

Some Explanations and Venting

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I like comments on my blog from others. I also appreciate the emails I have received from those that email me from my profile page even mor...

Should We Standardize Diabetic Medical Tattoos?

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When will doctors stay out of patients personal lives? Apparently, they feel that it is their duty to run everything when it comes to patie...

The Moldy Cupcake Awards

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Copyright © 2010 Julie Kin g  / Gleeful Things. All Rights Reserved. Today, I'd like to add a fun, new, regular segment to our blog cal...

Friday Tidbits 05-25-12

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Normally I would do this in a regular blog, but it is becoming so disheartening the way the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist...

The School Lunch Debate: When Mystery Meat Is Truly A Mystery...

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With the rising tide of juvenile type 2 diabetes, the debate on school lunches is one which is slowly starting to take the stage. It is, how...

What Is Diabetic Neuropathy? - Part 3

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This is a quote from this article. “Although the metabolic causes of diabetic neuropathy are perfectly well understood and documented, treat...

What Is Diabetic Neuropathy? - Part 2

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Today, there is no cure for diabetic neuropathy. Optimistically I feel that medicine is closer than before. There is a host of treatments ...

What Is Diabetic Neuropathy? - Part 1

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Apparently there is more added to diabetic neuropathy recently, and there has been some new classifications added or revised. This article ...

Lower Blood Pressure Naturally

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Recently, Chris Kresser published a series on dietary salt (sodium chloride) and health ( 1 ).  One of the issues he covered is the effect ...

Neuropathy Causes

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Just because you have diabetes, does not mean that you will develop neuropathy. And, if you have peripheral neuropathy does not mean you ha...

Guest Blog Post: A Diabetes Service Dog for Sarah

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Here at the Angry Type 2 Diabetic, we see 'ourselves' as a voice to ALL persons with diabetes... So, even though we generally use th...

Metformin and PCOS: Taking the Plunge... with Googly Eyes

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"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.&quo...

Friday Tidbits 05-18-12

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Well, finally the American Medical Association decided they did not want this hung on their neck. I am talking about the over-the-counter m...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part III

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In previous posts, I reviewed some of the evidence suggesting that human evolution has accelerated rapidly since the development of agricult...

Diabetic Humble Pie

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It was Wednesday at 2 AM, and I couldn't sleep. I stared at the walls intently as if they held hidden messages for me; my own hieroglyph...

Beyond Ötzi: European Evolutionary History and its Relevance to Diet. Part II

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In previous posts, I described how Otzi was (at least in large part) a genetic descendant of Middle Eastern agriculturalists, rather than be...

Media Appearances

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Last October, I participated in a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Food Law Society in Boston.  The panel included Drs. Walter Wil...

Blue Cinco de Mayo...

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In Loving Memory... Gone too soon, nine years ago, today. Gone, but not forgotten...  Just one loving memory away. Hector Rafael Collazo San...

When Will I Die From Type 2 Diabetes?

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"I do what I have to do, so that I can do what I want to do." Life is not a simple exercise for me. While it just seems to come na...

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