Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
I may be the last would-be weight watcher in the country to discover the South Beach Diet. The cover of the book by Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD, brags that it's a New York Times bestseller, and it even sports a pop-out button stating "lose belly fat first." Definitely not my... Read more
Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
I noticed a lot of chatter of late on diabetes forum sites about Symlin use. Some are still on the fence about trying this synthetic form of the human hormone Amylin, normally made by the beta cells, which helps level out post-meal glucose peaks. Others are just... Read more
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I get loads of cookbooks sent to me to review. Luckily, I love to cook. But honestly, who the heck has time to make a fancy meal from scratch more than once or twice a week? I'm pretty good at the slap-dash - you know, throwing things together from Trader Joe's and... Read more
Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
I'm no diet expert, but I still get lots of emails about Glucerna and other "diabetic" food products: How or what good are they really for people with diabetes? In a new twist, I got this email from a non-diabetic reader not long ago:
Dear Diabetes Mine:I am a... Read more