More Evidence on Statins Causing Diabetes

Now that the link has been proven linking statins to causing diabetes, why is our government agencies doing nothing to bring a halt to stati...

Have Diabetes – Be Careful During Summer

After the past winter, most people want to be outside and enjoying life after being cooped up during the cold. For people with diabetes, ex...

Natural, Gluten-Free, Organic, Or Are You Confused?

The big trend today is certain terms which are in the title. There are a few more that you need to add and they are: “GMO” stands for gene...

Win a FREE Level Life Premier Bundle!

So, recently I was given the chance to try out a ton of Level Life Products and tell you folks what I thought about them. I've been offe...

Medications – Take As Directed

Are you taking your medications as directed? If you are not, you may be putting your health at risk. Many people are doing just that and wo...

When People with Type 2 Know More Than the Doctor

No, I am not saying in general, but just about type 2 diabetes. This is becoming more the rule than the exception for many doctors. Patien...

The Difference - A1C and Blood Glucose Monitoring

I do not like doctors and other medical professions that tell people with type 2 diabetes that they don't need to test and that a quarte...

Fat and Carbohydrate: Clarifications and Details

The last two posts on fat and carbohydrate were written to answer a few important, but relatively narrow, questions that I feel are particul...

FDA approved medicines, Off-label uses

When you have the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for cardiovascular diseases and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists...

FDA Gives 4 Medication Tips to Older Adults

What is your age? I don't expect an answer, but I do wish to point out some problems as you age. I was surprised that the Food and Dru...

Carb Ranges for Meal Planning

The range of carbohydrates for the different categories, very low carb, low carb, moderate carb, high carb, and extreme high carb varies gre...

What Are the Old Curmudgeons Up to Today?

A curmudgeon generally refers to an elderly person that is bad-tempered, difficult, and cantankerous. I can be one of these people at times...

Dr. Kendrick Declares Scientific Debate Essential

If you have been reading my blogs of late, you have seen me criticize some of the researchers. Some have deserved it, but others are openly...

Insulin Type 2 Patients Over 80 Have More Hypoglycemia

You will have to excuse me if I seem to be on a rant. Headlines lately have been so misleading and down right sensationalized that I have t...

Type 2 Diabetes Turmoil in Treatments

Yes, there is a lot of turmoil in the type 2 medications treatment arena because of poor science like this article. The headline of the art...

Insulin Analogs, Worth the Cost?

This is another researcher looking for publicity and her 15 minutes of fame. Kasia J. Lipska, MD, an endocrinologist from the Yale School o...

Do You Get Caught in the Food Label Trap?

Don't lie, I used to think I was not, but now that I know what Big Food is doing, I seldom get caught anymore. When I do, my meter lets...

Activity Trackers Needed for Older Adults

Activity-monitoring apps, Web sites, and wearable devices are available, but for older adults are not well designed for usability. This is ...

Be Careful of Incorrect Online Health Information

This blog is about incorrect health information and the internet, but I will discuss both health and diabetes information. The author of th...

Diabetes and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Relationship

As observational studies go, headlines are overstated and causation is not proved. Yet many headlines use the terms linked and tied instead...

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... kettle corn! Read more »

Reducing Medical Errors in Diabetes Care Needed

The public believes that our medical system can and should be improved. Even I believe this, but the larger problem of diabetes care requir...

Food Industry Profits Come First

What will the food industry think up next to fool the public? The abstract for the study by a George Washington University associate profes...

Has Obesity Research Failed?

I frequently encounter the argument that obesity research has failed because it hasn't stopped the global increase in obesity rates.  Ac...

ADA Advocating for Poorer Food in Schools

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is putting words in my mouth and they are very sour. In an email I received today, June 10, 2014, f...

Interventions, Understanding Depression

I don't know what happened for the month of May, but with several of the members helping others and others visiting friends and members ...

Are DNR Orders Followed?

In another discussion with one of my doctors, he ordered me to have a living will and a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order on file. I asked why...

Using the Test Strip Control Solution

I am a little surprised to see this topic, but since it is one that is seldom written about or even talked about, I am more than happy to wr...

Is It Any Surprise Patients Are Non-compliant?

I am again writing about doctors complaining about us as non-compliant patients. This time I am really concerned by what is happening in th...

Watch B12 Levels If You Take Metformin or Antacids

The Joslin Diabetes Center apparently has some doubts about metformin causing vitamin B12 deficiency. Studies have shown that long-term metf...

New Glasses for Elderly Often Equals Increase in Fall Risk

When I wrote about antidepressants possibly causing falls for the elderly, binocular vision disorders is higher than expected in the elderly...

Calorie Intake and Body Fatness on Unrestricted High-fat vs. High-carbohydrate Diets

In recent posts, we've explored the association between calorie intake and the US obesity epidemic , and the reasons why this associatio...

The Recent Activities of AND

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) almost succeeded in becoming the only profession to handle the duties of a dietitian for hospit...

Problems – Diabetes and Tattoos

Since I don't have tattoos, I admit I don't understand people that insist on having them. When I blogged about tattoos here and a d...

To Prevent Lung Infections, Use the Right Oils

This blog is not about diabetes, but may help many with diabetes and their friends. When I first read this, I had to reread it. The next s...

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