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Finding a way out

Last week, I went out to the car to find a surprise in the garage. Although two full sized garage doors and a side door were open, a trapped bird fluttered and flapped by the window, which was locked shut.

I could feel the poor fella’s panic. My heart raced a bit as I recognized that feeling from desperate times in my own life when I felt trapped. Our English Springer spaniel began barking at…

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Special Spotlight On Diabetes Prescription Drugs: Byetta (exenatide)

Medically reviewed by Victor Nguyen, PharmD, MS on July 10, 2019 — Written by Helen Marshall, BPharm, MRPharmS.

Republished with permission from Healthline.

What is Byetta? Byetta is a brand-name prescription medication. It’s used with a diet and exercise program to help lower blood sugar levels (glucose) in adults with Type 2 diabetes. Byetta is not currently approved for use in children.

Byett…

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New Diabetes Monitoring System Offers Unique Benefits for Remote Use

ForaCare, Inc., a pioneer in remote patient monitoring, recently launched a new glucose monitoring system, the FORA GTel Multi-Functional Monitoring System.

The product is expected to give patients, and the providers who care for them, a uniquely effective and efficient means of managing high-risk diabetes with several innovative products.

How Does It Work?

The FORA GTel provides both blood…

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Keto success story: “I finally found my way”

Amy was only seven years old when someone first implied that she was fat and needed to lose weight. That marked the start of a frustrating and demoralizing 40-year merry-go-round of fruitless advice and being fed the message that she was broken.

At her wit’s end in early 2017, after failing with every diet she had ever tried, she decided to go through with weight-loss surgery. Just weeks…

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“I highly recommend the keto challenge to anyone who is curious about a keto diet”

Over 895,000 people have signed up for our free two-week keto low-carb challenge. You’ll get free guidance, meal plans, recipes, shopping lists and troubleshooting tips – everything you need to succeed on a keto diet.

Here are new inspirational stories from people who have taken the challenge:

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I’m Orini from Auckland, New Zealand. I have really enjoyed the challenge. The food was…

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Why is Type 1 Diabetes Stressful? Part 2.

Watch Jill Weissberg-Benchell, Ph.D., CDE in the second part of her conversation about why type 1 diabetes (T1D) is so stressful.

The post Why is Type 1 Diabetes Stressful? Part 2. appeared first on Diabetic Gourmet Magazine.

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Why is Type 1 Diabetes Stressful?

Watch Jill Weissberg-Benchell, Ph.D., CDE in conversation about why type 1 diabetes (T1D) is so stressful.

The post Why is Type 1 Diabetes Stressful? appeared first on Diabetic Gourmet Magazine.

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Kentucky’s Big Money Hemp

Inside GenCanna: The vertically integrated company with massive investment looking to set the industry standard.

This article was originally published in Issue 6 of HEMP in March 2019. Subscribe HERE or find in a local grocery store.

The hemp industry of 2019 is filled with opportunists, cure hawkers, and grail seekers.This makes it difficult to determine who is actually on track to manifest…

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Gut bacteria converting carbs into alcohol may contribute to fatty liver disease

Chinese researchers have demonstrated that variants of the gut bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae may contribute to fatty liver. The bacteria convert carbs from food into alcohol, which in turn causes production of fat in the liver. This discovery might contribute to explaining why a keto diet leads to less deposition of fat in the liver.

The discovery, which the Chinese researchers publishedin…

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Why the scale is not a good marker of successful weight loss

There is a lot I wish we could change in medicine. One of the things that bothers me the most is our fixation with the scale and lack of education about what it tells us. Both women and men use their total body weight as a marker of how healthy they are, but just how accurate is it? The truth is it isn’t accurate at all.

The scale tells us our total body weight. It tells us how much fat mass,…

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Living low carb with Sue Acres

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Sue used to be 50 pounds (23 kg) overweight with a number of health conditions. She was also addicted to sugar, severely fatigued and in pain to the extent that she had to use a walking stick to get around. But all of that changed dramatically when she discovered the keto diet. Her great success with reversing all these conditions on low carb has spilled into other parts of her…

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New Calculator Will Help Clinicians Diagnose Diabetes More Accurately

A new calculator developed by the University of Exeter in the U.K. will help clinicians classify whether a patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, ensuring they get the best treatment and reducing complications.

The calculator uses a model that takes into account available data about the patient, as well as blood test results. It can be used to identify if a person is likely to have Type 1…

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FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Diabetes-Related Kidney Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new indication for Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Invokana (R) today.

The new indication is to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease and cardiovascular events in patients with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Invokana is now the only Type 2 diabetesmedicine indicated to both treat diabetic kidney disease and reduce the risk of…

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New Recipe from The Type 1 Diabetes Cookbook: Zoodles Carbonara

dLife is proud to bring you an exclusive recipe from a new cookbook, The Type 1 Diabetes Cookbook by Laurie Block, MS, RDN, CDE.

The book is a basic and simplified evidenced-based education to the world of Type 1 diabetes– and a must-have for anyone recently diagnosed, including family members caring and preparing meals for anyone with the condition.

Block, who has over 30 years of experience…

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‘Fat Chance’ – can you ride a bike across Australia without carbs?

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Is it possible to ride a bike across the Australian continent (2,100 miles / 3,400 km) without eating carbohydrates? This documentary follows Warren Hepworth who sets out to ride a pushbike from Perth to Melbourne on a low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet. You’ll see Warren’s preparation for the ride as well as highlights and lowlights from the journey, and the diet change.

The…

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Special discount for Low Carb Denver 2020

Ready, set, and go mark your calendars! Low Carb Denver, one of the biggest low-carb conferences in the world, is set for Thursday, March 12 through Sunday, March 15, 2020. Key members of the Diet Doctor team are going to be there, and you can join us through a very special discount.

As part of our amazing Diet Doctor community, you’re invited to get a time-limited discount to this essential…

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Does evidence support limiting red meat?

We have heard it for decades. Red meat causes cancer, heart disease and an early death.

But does it? Does highest-quality evidence back those claims?

As we detailed in our recently updated and evidence-based guide to red meat, probably not.

It’s true that many nutritional epidemiology studies show weak associations between eating red meat and poor health outcomes. Although these…

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