tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post3220869054230788331..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: ADA: Eat Cupcakes for The Cure or Why You Should Hang up on ADA TelemarketersJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-32364801160678761662011-07-12T14:14:55.160-04:002011-07-12T14:14:55.160-04:00Patrick, I'm with you there.
But it goes bey...Patrick, I'm with you there.<br /><br />But it goes beyond skillsets, to money. The ADA is what it is because it is fuelled by gobs of Big Pharma and Big Food money. If you had an organization working for the interests of People with Diabetes, it wouldn't get those many millions of advertising dollars. So it wouldn't have the ability to publish and saturate the media with PR that theJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-23056712466743679672011-07-12T14:02:48.624-04:002011-07-12T14:02:48.624-04:00It seems to me that an alternative to the ADA is n...It seems to me that an alternative to the ADA is needed... now if only creating such an alternative were remotely within my skillset.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06143538317847442495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-41944824101070807552011-07-10T19:45:22.111-04:002011-07-10T19:45:22.111-04:00Thank you for bringing up the chemical toxicity is...Thank you for bringing up the chemical toxicity issue.<br /><br />The causality is hard to tease out--mostly because the effects these chemicals have on the human body are so little-studied.<br /><br />Things like diet, smoking, maternal weight/metabolic status have such an obvious effect that we forget about hidden issues like endocrine disruptors in our environment.<br /><br />I have not doubt Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-36530688413659630142011-06-16T19:56:35.212-04:002011-06-16T19:56:35.212-04:00Nodders no one drug will fix Type 2 diabetes becau...Nodders no one drug will fix Type 2 diabetes because it isn't one condition. It's a symptom, not an actual disease. There are probably hundreds of different things that breakdown to cause high blood sugars. <br /><br />Eliminating all the poisons in our food, air, and water would be a good place to start. If the ADA had any concern for people with diabetes they'd be actively lobbying Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-70232458999728316162011-06-16T19:17:34.203-04:002011-06-16T19:17:34.203-04:00I dislike the ADA, its practices and policies, for...I dislike the ADA, its practices and policies, for my own personal and professional reasons (too many to mention), however if T2D, as I suspect, has a strong genetic component, isn't it the case that a possible "cure" is only ever -realistically- gonna be some costly pill that reduces symptoms (at best) but doesn't address the cause?<br /><br />I mean, it's not like T1D noddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18427415639148998254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-44701522231298553982011-06-10T09:36:57.441-04:002011-06-10T09:36:57.441-04:00Steve,
It would be better if their palms were fa...Steve, <br /><br />It would be better if their palms <i>were</i> facing the sky instead of reaching into the pockets of well-meaning people who give their money under the illusion they are contributing to cure a disease the ADA's toxic strategies promote.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-43768214745073144742011-06-10T08:28:16.636-04:002011-06-10T08:28:16.636-04:00Great post Jenny.
ADA's 'carb up and sho...Great post Jenny. <br /><br />ADA's 'carb up and shoot up' diabetes treatment plan harms MILLIONS... yet they promote 'stop diabetes now', with their palms facing the sky. UGH!<br /><br />All the best.Steve Cooksey, Diabetes Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841105630989160799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-13496723197951044582011-06-09T20:01:50.987-04:002011-06-09T20:01:50.987-04:00My experience with Diabetes Education left me spee...My experience with Diabetes Education left me speechless. The nurse manager just kept pushing medications which my doctor was trying to avoid as I was "pre-diabetic - her words. The two dietitians I saw really got it about carbs and how I wanted to deal with my diabetes. They gave me a lot of help, but keep watching the door, afraid that the nurse manager would come in and hear them talking Witch of Stitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00215650029608694535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-52859572518780425362011-06-05T09:49:03.451-04:002011-06-05T09:49:03.451-04:00Ian, If he's got a normal glucose metabolism--...Ian, If he's got a normal glucose metabolism--and about 1/3 of the population does, he can eat all the carb he wants and he will still see normal blood sugars.<br /><br />I once tested my son after Thanksgiving dinner. After multiple servings of potatoes, pumpkin bread, stuffing, cookies, and pies he clocked in at 93 mg/dl one hour after eating. <br /><br />It is because normal people don'Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-74762073034621428172011-06-05T08:52:47.473-04:002011-06-05T08:52:47.473-04:00Wouldn't it be nice if someone could go up to ...Wouldn't it be nice if someone could go up to this jerk (or maybe just misinformed genuine guy) after he's stuffed all these (no sugar!) cakes into his system and offer to check his BGL?<br /><br />Preferably with some media coverage.<br /><br />(I've had success with low-carb muffins made using lupin flour and Splenda, but I still wouldn't eat more than one or two at a time!)Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940219569473225266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-44699822482345104652011-06-05T06:24:48.603-04:002011-06-05T06:24:48.603-04:00O Primitivo, Thanks. It stinks that such an impor...O Primitivo, Thanks. It stinks that such an important finding was buried in the pages of a low impact journal. But the last thing anyone in the medical establishment wants to do is trumpet to the world that the advice they've been giving people for the last 60 years has been harming the people they are paid to help.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-54113616049053272182011-06-04T19:17:23.432-04:002011-06-04T19:17:23.432-04:00Women's Health Initiative (WHI), another low-f...Women's Health Initiative (WHI), another low-fat failure on diabetes control: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21562091.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09917531397118353422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-17027731504962794782011-06-04T09:31:45.996-04:002011-06-04T09:31:45.996-04:00Soozcat, The Diabetes Research Foundation has a r...Soozcat, The Diabetes Research Foundation has a reputation for funding research, but its focus is on Type 1. <br /><br />Everyone else seems to be doing research that will lead to more drugs that cost $2,300 a year per patient and have to be taken for life. <br /><br />People with Pre- and Type 2 Diabetes are such a profit center that if their condition were to be cured the collapse in the Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-20336751063513543392011-06-04T05:40:35.744-04:002011-06-04T05:40:35.744-04:00Is there any organization out there actually dedic...Is there any organization out there actually dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes, or is that still a pipe dream?Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-5146488601099516122011-06-03T19:51:07.610-04:002011-06-03T19:51:07.610-04:00Charity Navigator also points out that unless you ...Charity Navigator also points out that unless you specifically tell ADA not to sell your contact information, they will. That is their stated policy--and why joining them will open you to a world of marketing spam.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-8750771843429920692011-06-03T19:41:07.584-04:002011-06-03T19:41:07.584-04:00The ADA also receives only one star in the rating ...The ADA also receives only one star in the rating of charities and how they use their money. see http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3251Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953412293414145304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-82708882517834464972011-06-03T09:15:52.429-04:002011-06-03T09:15:52.429-04:00If the Heart and Lung Assoc was run like the ADA, ...If the Heart and Lung Assoc was run like the ADA, cigarette smoking would be encouraged.michael plunketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028277816327625622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-46237020363203285452011-06-02T19:02:17.765-04:002011-06-02T19:02:17.765-04:00I forgot to add, the ADA markets its membership at...I forgot to add, the ADA markets its membership at two tiers. One is "Health Care Professional". The other they label "<i>Consumer</i>". <br /><br />How many other disease organizations see the people with their disease as "Consumers?" Not many. But since they main reason the ADA signs us up is so that they can sell us their sponsors' products, it makes sense.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-77264969332463211042011-06-02T18:59:33.844-04:002011-06-02T18:59:33.844-04:00The ADA does nothing for free. Joining gets you a ...The ADA does nothing for free. Joining gets you a subscription to their dumbed down magazine full of drug company ads and recipes for cakes, pies, and starchy main dishes.It also gets you lots of spam from companies who sell diabetes products.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-79498554161475220212011-06-02T18:38:19.826-04:002011-06-02T18:38:19.826-04:00Interesting about the journals. I have MS, and the...Interesting about the journals. I have MS, and the MS society sends a quarterly out (for free) giving the abstracts of all relevant studies, and the clinical trials coming up. That would seem to be sensible if they really want to help people with the condition.Alicia Rasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143623145712619511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-86034056647939609322011-06-02T12:09:14.280-04:002011-06-02T12:09:14.280-04:00Well, I think that Darwin should take care of that...Well, I think that Darwin should take care of that cupcake eating fool. How could someone be so stupid as to think that it would be a good thing? I might be mean, but come on, people!Jason Sandemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220641852200789389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-70764285513593421852011-06-02T11:46:29.118-04:002011-06-02T11:46:29.118-04:00So true. Next up: Smoke-in to fight heart disease....So true. Next up: Smoke-in to fight heart disease.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-17877863610709990702011-06-02T11:39:06.154-04:002011-06-02T11:39:06.154-04:00That's the equivalent of a alcoholic with a ca...That's the equivalent of a alcoholic with a case of alcoholic fatty liver disease deciding to go on a drinking binge in order to raise money for the AA.Angelynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009060340304661915noreply@blogger.com