tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302064732024-03-07T01:01:43.931-05:00Diabetes UpdateComments on the latest news about diabetes and the day-to-day challenges of controlling blood sugar.
Also check out <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com">Blood Sugar 101</a> for an in-depth look at some cutting edge diabetes research your doctor may not have had time to read. It could make a huge difference in whether or not you get complications.Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-1915492491800029152018-08-08T08:53:00.003-04:002018-08-08T08:53:40.025-04:00The links to the new Blood Sugar 101 Website have changedI've completed the move of my Bloodsugar 101 web site from its old phlaunt.com host to its new updated home at https://bloodsugar101.com. Bookmarks pointing to the old phlaunt.com-hosted site will automatically go to the new site for the next few months, but you will need to bookmark them again as the phlaunt.com site will eventually disappear and those old links will no longer work.
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-77434441037693510432017-11-27T20:32:00.000-05:002017-12-30T12:27:28.542-05:00I'm Testing the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System
Last week I received a FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System #FreeStyleLibre from Abbott to try out. I have been very interested in this product for quite a while as if it does what is claimed for it, it could be a huge help to people who are trying to learn how food affects their blood sugar. So today, having gotten through most of the Thanksgiving goodies, (which I did not Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-26582211862231865122017-05-08T08:58:00.000-04:002017-05-08T08:58:08.233-04:00Jenny Ruhl Just Published a Brand New Diabetes BookFor those of you who don't read my Facebook page, I wanted to let you know that my brand new diabetes book has finally launched. This is the first completely new health book I've written since 2012. It's 240 pages long in print and packed full of stuff I didn't have room for in Blood Sugar 101.
It's called Your Diabetes Questions Answered: Practical Solutions That Work and Keep On Working.Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-24751127211209154202016-04-04T15:51:00.000-04:002016-04-04T15:51:44.747-04:00I'm posting news items on our FaceBook page nowInstead of writing new blog posts, which few had been reading, thanks to the demise of blog reader software, I have been posting newsworthy items on the Blood Sugar 101 Facebook Page, which you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/bloodsugar101 .
I'm disappointed in the lack of discussion about these items that takes place on Facebook, but that's the way the new world of supposedlyJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-43700375230384855972015-12-02T13:02:00.001-05:002015-12-27T23:14:08.572-05:00A New, Expanded Edition of Blood Sugar 101 Is Coming Very SoonI am very happy to announce that I just sent the newly revised and expanded second edition of Blood Sugar 101: What They Don't Tell You About Diabetes to the printer.
I hope it will be available for purchase by December 15 in both printed and ebook formats. If all goes well, this means that it will be available at all major online bookstores in time for January 2, the beginning of the Annual Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-2183424794270154892015-09-29T10:24:00.003-04:002015-09-29T10:26:06.417-04:00The Newly Approved Basal Insulin Tresiba's Label is DisappointingWe have been hearing for quite a while about the benefits of Novo Nordisk's new, longer acting basal insulin, Tresiba, whose approval was delayed for a year while the FDA waited for cardiovascular safety data .
Well, the FDA finally approved it last week. And lo and behold, none of the main claims that have been made for Tresiba until now appear in the official, FDA-sanctioned Prescribing Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-73777636953332330192015-09-18T12:33:00.002-04:002015-09-18T12:33:24.216-04:00Cutting through the Jardiance Study Hype: Be Cautious with this Drug!Today's diabetes news is focusing on a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine where the press release states:
Results after a median follow-up of about three years illustrated that patients receiving Jardiance had a 14-percent lower rate of the primary composite outcome than did those in the placebo group. Specifically, the drug was associated with a significant 38-percent lowerJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-19206498687510593442015-06-23T12:28:00.003-04:002015-06-23T12:28:36.397-04:00Toujeo, a More Concentrated Version of Lantus Is Now AvailableAs most of you may know, Lantus, the most commonly prescribed basal insulin, saw its patent protection expire in February of this year. Several new competitors in the basal insulin niche are waiting in the wings, hoping to siphon off some of the $9 billion a year the French firm Sanofi has been earning from Lantus.
Two brand new basal insulins currently on deck are Novo Nordisk's Tresiba and a Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-89494342144253252832015-06-09T09:43:00.002-04:002015-06-21T14:13:50.654-04:00The Latest Study "Proving" that Januvia Does Not Cause Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatitis Does Not Prove ThisAs many of you know, a very disturbing study was published in 2013 that documented the pancreatic changes associated with Januvia. It is found here:
Marked Expansion of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas with Incretin Therapy in Humans with increased Exocrine Pancreas Dysplasia and the potential for Glucagon-producing Neuroendocrine Tumors. Alexandra E Butler et al. Published online before print Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-21875080039779499302015-05-26T09:05:00.000-04:002015-05-26T09:05:26.281-04:00More Evidence that Gastric Bypass is NOT a Cure for DiabetesThere is so much money in selling gastric bypass that it is no surprise that surgeons have talked a lot of family doctors into believing that this risky operation will cure their patients of Type 2 diabetes. Now yet another study documents exactly how this is not true and what the real risks of the procedure are for people with diabetes.
The study is reported here: Gastric bypass helps Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-1358980155081228482015-03-27T10:01:00.003-04:002015-03-27T16:34:42.388-04:00Study Discovers How Avandia and Actos Stimulate Brain to Increase Hunger and Weight GainA new study casts new light on a new reason why the TZD drugs, Avandia and Actos, pack weight on people. This was a side effect that many patients complained about quite vocally online, but doctors insisted it was not caused by the drug. It was.
Medical News Today: Study finds why drug for type 2 diabetes makes people fat
I wonder what else stimulates those brain receptors. So many of us Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-68052641742456103422015-01-28T11:32:00.001-05:002015-01-30T13:03:12.535-05:00Updates: Inhaled Insulin on Market, Diabetic Mouse Studies Discredited, GI Index too I haven't posted in a while, but there are three news-worthy items that need attention.
1. Afrezza, the super-fast-acting insulin I wrote about after it got FDA approval last year is finally on the market. I discuss it on this new web page: Afrezza - Inhaled Insulin. If you try Afrezza, please email me a report at mailto:jruhl9999-d12@yahoo.com with a title, "Afrezza report." You can Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-4847031237670191352014-12-03T13:12:00.001-05:002014-12-03T13:12:06.065-05:00ACCORD Final Analysis: Lowering Blood Sugar Improves Heart Disease Outcomes This paper, Effects of intensive glycaemic control on ischaemic heart disease: analysis of data from the randomised, controlled ACCORD trial, was published by the Lancet last week,
After analyzing the data from the ACCORD study including data from a few years of follow-up, the researchers concluded that lowering A1c resulted in fewer heart attacks, revascularizations (i.e. coronary bypass Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-56679763484396524352014-11-19T16:46:00.001-05:002014-11-19T16:46:08.816-05:00New One Hour Kindle Short Read: Low Carb Problems SolvedQuite a few people have commented that my full-length book, Diet 101: The Truth About Low Carb Diets gives them more information about the science and studies backing up low carb diets than they want to read.
So for those dieters, I have put together an action-oriented, just-the-facts, Kindle short read that concentrates on the main problems low carb dieters encounter and explains how to solve Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-73720433761050443332014-09-01T14:34:00.000-04:002014-11-02T11:12:56.591-05:00New Ebook! Kindle Short Read: How to Lower Your Blood Sugar I'm always looking for new ways to reach people with the "Test, test, test" message. So I have just published a new, 21 page Kindle Short Read on Amazon, Lower Your Blood Sugar: The 30 Minute Guide for People with Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Insulin Resistance (Blood Sugar 101 Short Reads)
This brief booklet presents the absolutely basic, essential information people with diabetes need toJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-90536532127067854332014-06-28T19:11:00.001-04:002015-02-27T11:50:50.083-05:00Afrezza: The New Fast-Acting Inhaled Insulin Just Approved by the FDAYesterday after many years of delay, the FDA finally approved Afrezza, a new inhaled insulin.
I have been following news about this insulin for a while as quite a few of the claims made for it were very exciting, most notably that it is an ultra-fast insulin that reaches the bloodstream within 15 minutes. If this was true, that would make it capable of replacing first phase insulin, something Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-68656525701822617732014-06-11T09:34:00.002-04:002014-06-11T09:34:15.884-04:00Why Insulin Plus Metformin May be Associated with Higher MortalityI have not been posting much as there is more than enough on my web site to help visitors understand how to control their diabetes and retain their health. But today's news featured a diabetes-related headline so toxic, I had to break my silence.
The headline, which differs depending on which publication reported the study, states something like:
Insulin-Metformin Combo Tied to Poorer Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-54386913662763028832013-11-21T10:22:00.000-05:002013-11-21T10:22:09.335-05:00The Latest Scare Study: Or Why Eating Meat Does Not Cause Diabetes I've received several worried emails over the past week written in response to a study which is being highlighted by the vegan/low fat/low-carb-diet-haters, who are using it to supposedly prove that eating a low carb diet rich in meat will acidify your blood and give you diabetes.
This article is summarized here:
http://www.medindia.net/news/Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-43986716043297335822013-11-14T12:42:00.002-05:002017-12-21T22:38:47.096-05:00Study: Lower Your Cholesterol and Raise Your Risk of Death Following Mainstream Diet AdviceYou've been hearing for decades about how a healthy diet is one that lowers your intake of saturated fats and replaces them with "healthy" unsaturated oils. This, you have been told, will lower your cholesterol and your risk of having a heart attack.
What you probably didn't hear is that a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) February of this past year found that though the firstJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-5400731693319825692013-10-01T11:50:00.002-04:002013-10-01T17:23:19.054-04:00Study Quantifies Whether Weight Loss Surgery Cures DiabetesA study recently published in the Annals of Surgery gives much more insight into oft-repeated claims that weight loss surgery cures diabetes.
The study can be found here:
Can Diabetes Be Surgically Cured? Long-Term Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Brethauer, Stacy A. et al. Annals of Sugery, 10/13/2013. doi: 10.1097/SLA.Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-1094590957645384012013-09-18T18:50:00.001-04:002014-05-12T10:48:48.276-04:00Generic test strips that work in Ultra meters. Get them before their maker is forced out of business!UPDATE: May 12, 2014
The FDA issued a warning about Genstrips, telling people not to use them as they are not accurate and the company making them failed quality inspections. Reviewers on Amazon also report that while the strips they purchased earlier worked well, as did mine, the newer ones did not.
http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/safety/alertsandnotices/ucm395180.htm
ORIGINAL Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-13965215417012630292013-09-02T13:09:00.001-04:002013-09-02T13:32:06.877-04:00Onlgyza Appears to Raise Risk of Heart FailureA two year long study of two DPP-4 inhibitors (one not available in the U.S.) found that these drugs did not, as hoped, lower the risk of heart attack in people with diabetes who took them, and they found a surprising increase in cases of heart failure among people taking Onglyza.
UPDATE 2-Doctors get good and bad safety news on diabetes drugs
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-56878614269305540842013-08-14T14:08:00.000-04:002013-08-14T14:14:42.194-04:00Berberine Works But May Very Well Be HarmfulI have been getting a lot of email of late about the supplement Berberine, which appears to be the latest miracle cure being sold to those people with diabetes who believe that completely unregulated herbs imported from countries with long histories of food and drug adulteration are somehow safer and "more natural" than the tightly regulated pharamceuticals.
Berberine does appear to work to Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-88656501888306389302013-07-23T13:38:00.000-04:002013-07-23T13:38:32.953-04:00I'm Taking a Break from BloggingI'm taking a break from blogging about diabetes news. If something major occurs, I'll blog about it, but I'm not going to be posting minor tidbits anymore.
Almost all the news items I've been highlighting here over the past few months just reiterate some point made in a previous post or add more data to support an argument already fleshed out on the main site.
The 500+ posts already to be Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-50015136069686244222013-07-03T08:55:00.000-04:002013-07-03T08:55:05.795-04:00Final June Diabetes News Snippet Post
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The FDA is taking another look at Avandia's relationship to heart disease. http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2013/06/04/battleground-fda-how-tomorrows-avandia-panel-could-help-shape-the-future-of-diabetes/But whatever they conclude about whether or not Avandia causes heart attacks, we know that it, like Actos, also weakens the bones over time and makes them prone to Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.com3