Diabetes Scams and How to Foil Them
If you wanted to make a lot of money fast and weren’t limited by any ethics like honesty, I can’t think of any better target than those of us who have diabetes. I don’t think that we are any more gullible than other people. But we have all the characteristics that scammers value the most:
1. We are a sitting duck. Because diabetes is a long-lasting condition that can be controlled but not cured, it is by definition a... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 22, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
New Diabetes Test Sites That Work
The usual problem with using one of our fingertips to check our blood sugar is that it hurts. Our fingertips need to have lots of nerve endings because we use our fingers as fine sensing devices.
That’s why people with diabetes got excited about using alternative test sites about 15 years ago when blood glucose meters that require just 1 microliter or less of our blood first became available. These sites have far fewer nerve endings, so... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 15, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Journaling for Our Diabetes Health
A couple of years ago I wrote here about how keeping a journal of positive things in our lives can make those of us who have diabetes happier. But writing down the worst things that we experience might help even more.
When we get a diagnosis that we have diabetes, it can be one of our most traumatic experiences. No wonder then that so many of us either go into denial that it’s anything of importance or otherwise panic at the... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - January 8, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
A Diet for Managing the Most Common Condition of Diabetes
Almost all of us who have diabetes have to deal with other medical problems too. But none of these conditions affects more of us than obesity and the problems that come with it.
More than 85 percent of adults with diabetes were overweight in the U.S. government’s Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. And 54.8 percent of the adults with diabetes were obese.
That’s why a study that a journal of the... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - September 1, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Are These 3 Ice Creams Diabetes-Friendly to You?
With the heat of summer the body often yearns for the cooling sensation of ice cream. This year for the first time since I learned two decades ago that I have diabetes I succumbed to the temptation.
But until now I have refrained from writing about ice cream so as not to lead anyone too far down the slippery slope of gluttony, also known as pigging out. Few of us can limit our indulgence to 1/2 cup or less in a sitting. I... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - August 28, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Interval Training Cuts Diabetes Blood Sugar
When it comes to our walking speed, moderation doesn't seem to be the best policy.
Those of us who have diabetes can manage our blood sugar levels better when we alternate between slow and fast walking, according to a new study. When we walk at a constant pace, we don’t get the reduced blood sugar benefit of our physical activity.
The conclusions of the study fly in the face of the usual recommendations that people with type 2... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - August 20, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Mindful Diabetes for Less Stress and Better A1C
More and more studies show that mindfulness and meditation are helping people to manage stress. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs working with veterans who have some of the most severe problems and seems to be in the lead in making use of these tools.
But not until now have mindfulness and meditation been studied specifically with veterans who have diabetes. A preliminary study just reported at the annual meeting of the American... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - August 14, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
3 Reasons Why Some People with Diabetes Need to Run or Jog a BIT
A new study of more than 55,000 runners is huge good news for most people with diabetes who are too busy to dedicate a lot of time to physical activity. The experts have been telling us for years that working out is good for our health and happiness, but until now nobody knew how little physical activity we really need.
Intensity is the key that researchers from Iowa State University, the University of South Carolina, the Pennington... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - August 6, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Is Dreamfields Pasta Good for People with Diabetes?
Years ago when I followed a low-glycemic diet I discovered what I thought was something new and wonderful. It was Dreamfields Pasta, advertised as having just “5 net carbs” per serving and being “65% lower glycemic index” than other pastas.
What the Dreamfields Label Used to Claim
In an article I wrote 10 years ago and published on my website as “A Totally New Low-Carb Process” I reported that my... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 30, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
The Trouble with Protein for People with Diabetes
For some of us who have diabetes the trouble with protein is real. If we have existing kidney disease, we can’t handle a lot of protein. If we follow a vegan diet, the problem is to get enough protein.
But for most of us the trouble with protein is to know how much we need and whether we are getting too much. Many of us think that when we go on a very low-carb diet we have to boost the amount of protein we eat.
It’s... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 24, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Two Great Yogurts for People with Diabetes
If anything we eat deserves the label “health food,” it has to be yogurt. Of all the probiotic foods, yogurt has to be the most popular. The good bacteria in yogurt help protect our bodies from toxins, infections, allergies, and some types of cancer.
In the early 1900s the Russian scientist Ilya Mechnikov discovered that more people lived to the age of 100 in Bulgaria than in any other. He attributed this to yogurt, which was... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 23, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
Negotiate for Your Diabetes Drugs
Like most of us, my health insurance covers some of the cost of medications. But because I don’t need any diabetes medication and am in good health, I use few prescription drugs and don’t come close to reaching my deductible. So I pay the whole cost out of my pocket for the few medications that I get from time to time.
Consequently, I have had to learn that American pharmacies operate like third-world businesses in one... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 17, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
4 Reasons Why People with Diabetes Need to Eat Organic Food
For most people the big benefit of eating organic food may be consuming less pesticide in their diets. But for people with diabetes it’s different.
High blood sugar means having a compromised immune system. Extra sugar in our blood exhausts the immune cells in our body and feeds germs. More than most people we need help.
This help can come from consuming antioxidants. Numerous studies have linked antioxidants to a reduced risk... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 14, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
The Best Exercise for People with Diabetes
Lately I’ve been thinking about the best way for those of us who have diabetes to get the exercise we need to stay in shape and to help us manage our diabetes better. But until now I only had my own opinion.
The best exercise, I had decided on the basis of my experience, was to get the exercise we like, because that’s the only exercise that you or I will keep on doing. That’s true, but frankly I didn’t have much more... (Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts)
Source: David Mendosa's SharePosts - July 9, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Mendosa Source Type: blogs
