As medicine advances, thanks to expanding research and sophisticating technologies, it’s always got the task of shedding its past and redefining itself. Part of this is to rid itself of conventions that are determined to be useless, or worse, erroneous. In a smart new editorial inThe Lancet, researcher Edwin Gale of the University of Bristol argues that there’s a major problem with the way we think about disease today, in particular the ones that are not so clear cut, like type 2 diabetes, which itself affects...
No Such Thing As Type 2 Diabetes? Why Old Notions Of 'Disease' Need Revamping
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Big Pharma Knew The Dangers Of Statins Decades Ago !
Check around any diabetes or health related forum or blog and the downside of statin drugs is a regular feature. People report many side effects from memory loss to muscle pain. The heart of course is a muscle, and is also at risk from statin damage. This I find extremely worrying and ironic, as the medics ply patients with statins to allegedly lower cholesterol, to err reduce the chance of a heart attack. It is now known statins deplete coenzyme Q10 levels, and this problem should be addressed for statin users. Very few people...
CV Safety of Vildagliptin in HF Unclear
LISBON -- The diabetes medication vildagliptin may be beneficial in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure, but its cardiovascular safety is uncertain, a placebo-controlled trial showed.Both the placebo and vildagliptin groups had increases in left ventricular ejection fraction of 3% to 4% through 1 year, and the between-group difference of 0.54% was not significant (95% CI -1.97%-3.06%) and met criteria for noninferiority, according to John McMurray, MD, of the University of Glasgow in Scotland.However, a nonsignificantly...
Grandsons first fishing trip
Fishing and Fairy Princesses what do they have in common? The easy answer ..... amazing grandchildren.Weather again wasn't too brilliant but the boys i.e. Eddie, his son and grandson dressed up warmly and went fishing, leaving me and the girls playing with Fairy Princess Jigsaws and shopping trolley board games. We just love seeing the kids and grand-kids and come away tired but always uplifted. It was grandsons first fishing trip. Would...
Aggressive Blood Pressure Control Increases Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Diabetic Patients
AbstractOBJECTIVE Blood pressure control can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) among diabetic patients; however, it is not known whether the lowest risk of CHD is among diabetic patients with the lowest blood pressure level.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study (2000–2009) on diabetic patients including 17,536 African American and 12,618 white. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the association of blood pressure with CHD risk.RESULTS During...
Chris Brasher shoes and boots as recommended by Dillinger !
Today this comment came in from our mate Dillinger."Right - I'm going to put the boot in. As well as all the low-carb stuff here Eddie recommended a while ago Brasher walking boots and I bought some when I needed a new pair. They are really good and I would never have heard about them otherwise. So thank you for the blog and thank you for the boot advice!"As you can see we practice what we preach, Jan's walking shoes and boots. The...
Going up North !
Next week we are going up North. We have a client in Lancashire and we work for them around once a year. We always meet up with my best friend Graham. A room booked into a nice hotel and a table booked at our favourite restaurant. Cue much merriment and an obscene amount of booze consumed. The next day Jan drives and I turn up with a sore head and a camera in hand (thank God for auto focus) When the work is finished we proceed to...
OK I know it's summer but !
In all my long and ancient years, I have never known a worse summer. The boffins tell us we are undergoing global warming, are these the sort of guys who tell me saturated fats are dangerous and carbs are good grub for a diabetic ? I have little respect for many boffins. I can get better information down my local pub, and these bar room lawyers and medics have one hell of a sense of humour. How we have fell about laughing at the so...
Chip off the old block ?
One of our sons was in London yesterday with his wife and two great kids seeing the sites. He posted this up on his face book page and gave me a chuckle. Where he gets his attitude regarding Politicians is beyond me. One of his pics.Eddie"Can't believe I found the one building in London with the most lying cheating and thieving bast***s all in one place, even Pentonville prison has less crooks in it !!" Ji...
Sugar: The family that gave it up !
When their daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the whole Burt family gave up sugar. Just how hard was it? "For about a month it was like having a hangover and being so very groggy, lethargic, I couldn't concentrate," said Jason Burt, "and then gradually it was like a cloud lifting." Jason Burt's daughter Lucy, who is 16, found out she had diabetes Type 1, also known as diabetes mellitus, in September 2011. It means the pancreas does not produce insulin to regulate blood glucose levels. If the amount of glucose...
Thank You
I think when growing up we obviously look to our parents for a good start in life, good advice, good teaching, good manners etc. We then do our best to pass this on to our children, and so we hope the good circle keeps on going. There are many good helpful things I remember, but for the purpose of this short piece (thank heavens I hear Eddie cry!) one piece of good advice that I do steadfastly follow stands out. Never forget to say...
More on nuts !
Coffee and walnut cakeIngredients100 grams of ground almonds100 grams of walnuts1 teaspoon baking powder2 large eggs1 tablespoon of melted butter2 tablespoons of double cream1 tablespoon of instant coffee100 grams of clotted creamMethodMix all dry ingredients in a bowl.Melt the butter I used a Pyrex jug, add the eggs, cream. Place 1 tablespoon of instant coffee in a cup and pour some boiling water over the coffee,...
My Wife is driving me nuts !
As reported here recently, my Wife Jan has joined our team, I am beginning to regret her signing up to our barmy army. Why is that you may be asking ? Well, for a start I have to fight to get near our internet computer these days. Secondly, she is bombarding me with information I have been writing and talking about for years. Did I know carbs are not essential ! Do you know how bad trans fats are for our health ! Seriously she is...
Type 2 Diabetes Progresses Faster in Kids, Study Finds
High blood pressure, other complications seen in adolescenceTHURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in children than adults, with signs of serious complications seen just a few years after diagnosis, new research finds."Based on the latest results, it seems like type 2 is progressing more rapidly in children," said Dr. Jane Chiang, senior vice president of medical affairs and community information for the American Diabetes Association. "Complications are appearing faster, and it appears to be...
Isabel Bayrakdarian and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra "Song to the Moon"
Simply mind blowing ! Beauty beyond words...
Iyeoka - Simply Falling
What more do you need a sunny day a good night with old mates in the local followed with good music to chill out with! Graham...
Recommended by our friend Carole.
If this music does not move you, check your pulse, you have probably di...
Djivan Gasparyan - Dle Yaman
Other than people, music has been the love of my life. I have played, or tried to play many instruments, usually poorly. One of the instruments I failed to get a tune out of was the ancient Armenian instrument the Duduk. There are different ways to spell this instrument, but one thing is for sure Djivan Gasparyan is a virtuoso and arguably the best player in the world. Eddie...
Saturday night is music night Loreena McKennitt
Believe it or not when I’m driving in the mornings I always check into Woman's Hour on BBC radio four. Many years ago via Woman’s Hour I first heard this Woman, Loreena McKennitt. We have all her music on CD’s I think you will be highly impressed. Ed...
New Analysis: LCHF Best For Long-Term Weight and Health Markers !
I have lost count of the times, I have read about a lowcarb diet only to discover, the trial subjects were consuming anything but a lowcarb diet. Some of these so called lowcarb diets exceeded 150 carbs per day. For me a lowcarb diet is 50 carbs per day or less. The study below fit’s the bill, and states “a diet with no more than 50 g carbohydrates” I know a diet of 50 carbs per day gives me a huge range of foods to choose from. If you are considering going lowcarb to control your weight or diabetes have a Google around,...
The only problem I have with low carbing !
For me the only problem I have with low carbing is, it’s so TASTY, and the choice of foods are great.As you know I am not diabetic I choose to eat low carb high fat, for Eddie and other members of the team who are diabetic this lifestyle keeps their blood sugars at a safe level.But going back to tasty low carbing and yesterday evening.A Friday night at the end of a busy week, the weather had been more like Winter than Spring, I didn’t...
Doctor Richard K Bernstein has been testing blood glucose meters.
THE MOST ACCURATE BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITOR? The answer is in!UPDATE: Ask Dr. Bernstein Webcast and Teleconference Call Wednesday May 29th, 2013 at 7PM CST. You Have Been Waiting for The Final Results, to discover the most accurate monitor. The results are in.After more than 10 months of testing and evaluating multiple monitors, Dr. Bernstein will announce the most Accurate Glucose Monitor. After evaluating the information and doing hands on testing and comparing with a professional monitor, and lab results, the final results...
Anti-cholesterol drugs could increase diabetes risk: study
TORONTO — Some cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins appear to put users at an elevated risk of developing diabetes, a new study reports.The work, by Toronto scientists, suggests that higher potency statins increase the diabetes risk, although this is not the case for lower-dose brands. At the end of the day, the cholesterol-lowering benefits of the drugs may outweigh the diabetes risks in many cases, said senior author Dr. Muhammad Mamdani. But he suggested it makes sense to try to use a lower-dose statin when possible."If...
Bayer, Pfizer Accused of Making False Claims About Their Top-Selling Multivitamins !
A recent study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, BASF Corporation, Pfizer and DSM Nutritional Products found that daily supplementation with a multivitamin significantly reduced the risk of cancer among men. This particular study used Pfizer’s Centrum brand of multivitamins, which brings in around $1 billion a year in sales (a hefty share of the $40 billion US supplement market).Undoubtedly, Pfizer will seek to use these study results to claim that taking Centrum multivitamins may help you prevent...
Glaxo Chief: Our Drugs Do Not Work on Most Patients !
A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them. It is an open secret within the drugs industry that most of its products are ineffective in most patients but this is the first time that such a senior drugs boss has gone public. His comments...
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