The Sweet Diabetic

Affirmations ...

I believe in the power of affirmations to change our mindsets about our bodies.  It's sometime I do regularly to drown out that little inner critic inside me.  I thought I would start a series of affirmations for us to do together to be kinder to ourselves.

Will you join me?

Chromium Steels the Body Against Diabetes

By Stephanie Briggs, Ph.D.

Unless you're a bodybuilder, you're probably unaware of chromium supplements. Bodybuilders often take chromium picolinate in the belief that it diverts energy to building muscle and strength. Weight training itself, of course, achieves the same effect. Moreover, the majority of controlled studies in humans do not show a beneficial effect of chromium on body composition or strength in weight lifters.

The essentiality of chromium for human health, however, is without dispute.

Statins, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome - Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Statins, Diabetes - and Metabolic SyndromeBy Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com GuideCreated February 20, 2010About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board

via heartdisease.about.com

From the article:

You may have read reports in the press that statin drugs have been linked to the development of type II diabetes. Do statin drugs really make diabetes more likely? And if they do, how big is this risk?

These questions seem particularly important in view of the fact that, recently, FDA-approved indications for using statin drugs have been greatly expanded. Statins are now recommended not only in people with elevated cholesterol levels whether or not they have known heart disease, but also in certain people who don't even have an elevation in cholesterol levels. This broadened usage of statin drugs is based on well-conducted, randomized clinical trials showing that, in appropriately selected patients, statins can produce a significant reduction in heart attacks, strokes, and the need for coronary artery revascularization procedures (i.e., stents or bypass surgery).

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The article goes on to say that in some patients who are not already diabetic, that the statins did seem to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

It's important to note that the purpose of the study was not for the correlation of statins and diabetes.

It's worth reading the whole article here.

I hope you find the information helpful.

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Diabetes Frustration

This is number six on my doctor’s diabetic sheet.

DO NOT get frustrated; even if you do everything you are supposed to the disease may advance and worsen over time by its nature.

That’s a really hard one for me.

Diabetes Drug Avandia Targeted by FDA Reviewers on Safety - ABC News

The end could be drawing near for GlaxoSmithKline's multi-billion dollar diabetes drug Avandia, if two U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewers are successful in their bid to have the drug pulled from the market because of its link to heart problems.

Dolphins May Offer Clues to Treating Diabetes - US News and World Report

SAN DIEGO—Fish might be brain food, but it doesn’t supply the high levels of fuel needed to keep a dolphin brain functioning. New research adds to evidence suggesting that bottlenose dolphins go into a harmless diabetic state during overnight fasting, thereby maintaining high levels of glucose in the blood. The research, presented at a news briefing February 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, suggests that dolphins may be a good model for studying diabetes and could offer insights into treating the disease in people.

Amputation of the Foot or Toe (Toe Amputation, Foot Amputation) | ThirdAge Articles

Prior to Procedure Your doctor will likely do at least some of the following:

Diabetes Retinopathy (Health & Well Being: Eye Health)

One of the severe complications of diabetes is called diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is an effect on the retina of the eye due to the diabetes, and the diabetes causes new blood vessels to grow in the back of the eye where they're not supposed to be, and these blood vessels can detach the retina by actually pulling it off the inside of the eye, leading to blindness.

Here is a video that will explain more fully.

Cranberry Juice Boosts Heart Health - UPI.com

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London compared the cardio-protective potential of cranberry juice and that of red wine, cocoa and green tea and found that oligomeric procyanidins were present in regular and light cranberry juice cocktail.

SherryCreates: Giving Handmade To Those In Need

via thecreativewoman.blogspot.com

Benefit for Mrs. Tina (Hogan) Spurgin

Location:Eagles Lodge in Maryville, MO

Time:5:00PM Saturday, March 13th, 2010

I will be donating some handmade items to the silent auction. 

The benefit includes a chili supper, silent auction and dance.

Please say a healing prayer for Tina.