It is interesting how the American Diabetes Association dodges the classifications for diabetes. So there is no doubt, I will quote what th...
The subject of diabetes self-management education (DSME) of 2011, and 2012 has taken on a companion in the guidelines for 2013. It is diabe...
Or, more accurately, a rat's brain on potato chips. Last week, PLoS One published a very interesting paper by Dr. Tobias Hoch and colle...
Part 6 of 6 Parts The standards are very well thought out in general and I can support them. There are several areas that need emphasis. T...
Part 5 of 6 Parts The eighth standard states, “The participant and instructor(s) will together develop a personalized follow-up plan for ong...
I'd just like to put in a quick word for a book that will be released tomorrow, titled Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us , ...
Part 4 of 6 Parts The sixth standard states, “A written curriculum reflecting current evidence and practice guidelines, with criteria for ev...
RPM means remote patient monitoring and will be here to stay under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Initially this started with heart patient...
This week, Food Reward Friday is going to be a little bit different. I've received a few e-mails from people who would like to see me w...
The fourth standard states, “A coordinator will be designated to oversee the DSME program. The coordinator will have oversight responsibilit...
Part 2 of 6 Parts In this blog, I will start with the standard number one and cover several of them. However, the definitions should be sta...
Part 1 of 6 Parts When I first started reading this, my thought was to bypass it and maybe consider this later, if at all. Something made me...
I recently revisited a really cool paper published in the Lancet in 2009 on body fatness, biomarkers, health, and mortality ( 1 ). It's ...
Like I had someone say to me, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists only cares about the image they can project and not what...
If only this could be true! This blog by Carla Cox on the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) website is the most positive bl...
Are you over the age of 65 and have a lot of weight to lose? If so, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally has a prog...
This week's "winner"... the Banana Split! Read more »
“Current standards for classifying foods as "whole grain" are inconsistent and, in some cases, misleading, according to a new stud...
Nature often plays a delicate balance, like these two bugs holding on against the wind, behind these delicate, white blooms. It's a rai...
What are reasonable goals for a person with type 2 diabetes? This is a topic that has bothered me for the last few months. In out informal...
How long will people keep their resolution of lose the excess weight they are carrying around? This is a problem for many people. The New ...
Electronic health records (EHRs) are not gaining the acceptance and fear about the security of personal data is at the head of the list. Th...
Until this article in Medscape, I had not imagined all the potential problems elevated A1c's could cause for people with diabetes. Yes,...
I must tip my hat to Dr. Bill Quick for his blog earlier today on Health Central. Please read his blog. I had thought something was wrong ...
Copyright © 2010 Julie Kin g / Gleeful Things. All Rights Reserved. *Re-edited* Now with 30% more gripe. So, today, a new diabetes alarmis...
This week's lucky "winner"... an unnamed hot dog-laden Pizza Hut monstrosity with tempura shrimp and mayonnaise! Read more »
This blog is not your typical blog, but I hope it will help many people. I decided to do this as I have aids here, there, and elsewhere and...
Manganese Overview Manganese is a trace mineral that is present in tiny amounts in the body. It is found mostly in bones, the liver, kidney...
Should the American Diabetes Association be setting driving license guidelines for people with diabetes? This is a topic for discussion as ...
In the (probably) last post of this series, I'll take the pieces that I've gradually outlined in previous posts, and put them togeth...
At least the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a set of guidelines to provide evidence-based recommendations on managing type ...
Welcome back to the series, after a bit of a hiatus! In previous posts, we covered the fact that humans eat because we're motivated to ...
Insulin isn’t punishment like your doctor would like you to believe. Yes, I've said it. There seems to be more than a few doctors that...
In previous posts in this series, I explained that the brain (primarily the mesolimbic system) integrates various factors to decide whether ...
In previous posts, I explained that food intake is determined by a variety of factors that are detected by the brain, and integrated by circ...
I have looked at this for several days now and have decided that even though this is not about diabetes, it is important for everyone to be ...
In this post, I'll follow up on the last post with a discussion two more important factors that can affect energy homeostasis and theref...
