tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post7023336009873163511..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Avandia is sufficient to explain the excess deaths in ACCORD--the study being used to argue that normal blood sugars are dangerous.Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-80412245207784909472011-07-11T18:15:31.913-04:002011-07-11T18:15:31.913-04:00I would translate that response to "We'd ...I would translate that response to "We'd look like idiots if we admitted we hadn't noticed what you'd pointed out about our poor use of statistics and the real findings of our study, especially in view of our ties to the drug manufacturer."<br /><br />Basically you had a poorly designed study here , with badly applied statistics, that was given a huge amount of press, Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-50539788181130040752011-07-11T17:12:05.221-04:002011-07-11T17:12:05.221-04:00Jenny--
I really value your contributions to my u...Jenny--<br /><br />I really value your contributions to my understanding of the disease. Do you have time to comment on the counterpost by the ACCORD authors? I think it means "you may be right, and we're looking into it"--but would love to know if I'm reading it right!<br /><br /> "The ACCORD trial was not designed to assess the effect of a particular drug or group of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-80890432672991240012011-06-23T20:14:29.314-04:002011-06-23T20:14:29.314-04:00Daniel,
The "very low calorie" diet is,...Daniel,<br /><br />The "very low calorie" diet is, of course, a low carb diet. You can achieve the same effect on blood sugar eating a moderate calorie diet that has a very low level of carbs. <br /><br />But the terror of fat keeps doctors from trying it. Sad. Because very low calorie diets make people crazy over time. Eating 1600 calories a day in the famous WWII starvation Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-90067366452927031442011-06-23T19:12:45.517-04:002011-06-23T19:12:45.517-04:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/24/low-...http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/24/low-calorie-diet-hope-cure-diabetes interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-56356316552530422242011-06-12T20:53:56.523-04:002011-06-12T20:53:56.523-04:00I suspected this would be the case all along, but ...I suspected this would be the case all along, but like many people, couldn't justify the cost of the medical journal publication to truly examine the data. The reality is the conclusions reached by this study were contrary to the boatload of data found in virtually every other study on this subject. At least the facts are finally starting to trickle out!Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-814602293816867552011-06-12T02:30:47.828-04:002011-06-12T02:30:47.828-04:00Avandia is dangerous stuff. Five years ago I took...Avandia is dangerous stuff. Five years ago I took it for two weeks, and it gave me tinnitus which continues to plague me. Before taking Avandia I had crystal-clear hearing, but now I hear hissing, steady-state tones, and sometimes chirping. I suppose that if it hadn't given me tinnitus, I would have kept taking it and gotten a heart attack; but it isn't any fun living my life with Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146809971985714203noreply@blogger.com