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Nov 26, 2008
Does Dieting Cause Weight Gain?
I went to a couple of interesting lectures at UC San Francisco this week, so I thought I’d share them with you.
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Jul 23, 2008
Are Your Meds Making You Fat?
One of the frustrations of diabetes is the way everyone tells you to lose weight. Then they give you medicine that makes you gain weight. Some of the worst offenders are insulin and the thiazolidinedione drugs, pioglitazone (brand name Actos) and rosiglitazone (Avandia). Why do these drugs cause weight gain, and what can you do about it?
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Jul 22, 2008
Weighing In...On Several Topics
During my visit to the endocrinologist last Thursday, I got my "official" weigh-in. While I’ve been checking my weight-loss efforts on my home scales, this time it was on the scales that recorded my starting weight.
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Jun 24, 2008
Jan's Very Bad, Awful, Diet- and BG-Blowing Day
Last Thursday, I began my day shaking with hypoglycemia and ended it chugging water in an attempt to quench the indescribable thirst that can come only with hyperglycemia.
It wasn't a good diabetes day. In fact, I felt so crappy from the highs and the lows, it just wasn't a good day at all.
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Mar 27, 2008
Weight, Prejudice, and Type 2 Diabetes
Do you think overweight people bring Type 2 diabetes on themselves? It would be natural to think that, because doctors and other authorities have been blaming weight for years. Health "experts” call Type 2 a "lifestyle disease," implying that people choose it. Heavy people are called "obese," which comes from the Latin for "over/eating," as if that were the whole cause of overweight.
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Confessions of a Thanksgiving Weekend Survivor
Eric Lagergren
Does Dieting Cause Weight Gain?
David Spero
Visit to the "Old World" Brings New Surprises
Jan Chait
Osteoporosis: Yet another Complication of Diabetes? (Part 2)
Amy Campbell
Cancer Drugs Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
Tara Dairman
New Tools 2008
Read up on the latest meters, pumps, and other tools for managing diabetes.
Making Exercise More Fun
This article suggests strategies to change your attitude toward exercise.
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Athlete’s Foot?
This common fungal disease can happen to anyone, not just athletes.
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