Defeat Diabetes: E-Lerts December 2003

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Happy Holidays!
This is the time of year when we are all busy with family and friends and don't take much time for ourselves. In this issue of E-Lerts™ we want you to relax and enjoy the holidays. We have some tips in our Latest News section including how alcohol consumption after eating reduces insulin levels. Cinnamon also improves glucose. For those of you traveling we've posted an Insulin Travel Adjustment Guide.

Did you know that moving to the suburbs was linked to obesity and diabetes risk and that a study has found and increase of diabetes among college-age people?

We have some great tasting and easy to prepare healthy New Year's Brunch recipes from Jyl Steinback, America's Healthiest Mom. This month's Readers' Forum consist of just 2 of the latest questions that have come into Defeat Diabetes Foundation.

Mr. Diabetes^®, Andy Mandell, made it as far as Montana and then, reluctantly, had to give in to the elements. To read more about our Executive Director's adventures...

Mr. Diabetes^® Achievement Award^™ which consists of public recognition and a cash prize, will be given to a diabetic or diagnosed pre-diabetic individual or group for work that contributes to the knowledge, awareness and/or prevention of diabetes. To find out more

We have some new and exciting changes coming with the next issue of E-Lerts™ and our website including a new columnist and our own cartoonist!!! Stay tuned!

All of us at Defeat Diabetes Foundation would like to extend to all of you and your loved ones the safest, happiest and healthiest wishes for the New Year.

Good Health,
Lisa M. Rasolt
Program Director
lrasolt@DefeatDiabetes.org

Awareness + Action = Prevention™
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Latest News l
Alcohol Consumption After Eating Reduces Insulin Levels Moderate alcohol consumption after a meal produces a significant drop in plasma insulin levels, which could have an important effect on glucose metabolism.
Moving to the Suburbs Linked to Obesity & Diabetes Risk Americans living in areas of great urban sprawl are more likely to be obese and get diabetes than those who dwell in denser areas.
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Did you know?
Did you know: 85% of Prescriptions Never Get Refilled!
Patient compliance is a growing issue -- 20% of new prescriptions go unfilled, while up to 85% of prescriptions never get refilled. According to a new report from Cutting Edge Information, the leading factor for non-compliance is a break-down in communication between patients and physicians.
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Insulin Travel Adjustment Guide TABLE 2: Insulin Adjustment Traveling EAST Across Multiple Time Zones and TABLE 3: Insulin Adjustment Traveling WEST Across Multiple Time Zones.
Cinnamon Improves Glucose, Lipid Control in Type 2 Diabetics Patients with Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes may benefit from the regular inclusion of cinnamon in their daily diet to prevent and control elevated glucose and blood lipid levels.
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Study Finds Diabetes Increase Among College-Age People While diabetes was once rare for people less than 50 years old, a recent study has found the disease affects more young people. Researchers have found a 70 percent increase in obesity of people ages 18 to 29 over the last decade, a major factor in the diabetes increase among young people. Tuncer says college students are at risk because alcohol use, weight gain and physical inactivity all contribute to obesity and diabetes.
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Did you know?
Refined cereals, which were not consumed only 200 years ago, now make up over 85 percent of all U.S. grain consumption.
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Head-To-Head Trial of The Four Popular Diet Plans The first head-to-head trial of four popular diet plans - Atkins, Dean Ornish, Weight Watchers and the Zone - has found that people who stick with any of them for a year lose about 5 percent of their body weight, far fewer pounds than most dieters hope for, and at least a third drop out of all of them before the year is up. The real secret to any diet is reducing calorie intake.
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Diabetic Recipes recipes
The Holidays are here and you've eaten (or over eaten) some great meals. Now let's try some tasty and easy to prepare healthy recipes for a nice leisurely New Year's Brunch from America's Healthiest Mom, Jyl Steinback.
Pineapple-Tangerine Refresher
Crustless Spinach Quiche
Orange French Toast
Very Veggie Omelet
Honey-Cheese Crepes
Sweet Cinnamon-Raisin Spread
Honey-Yogurt Fruit Salad
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Make a "Tribute", "Memorial", or "General" donation.
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Treatments on the Horizon
Lizard Saliva for Diabetes The Gila monster is a rare lizard with deadly venom in its saliva. That turns out to be a good thing for type 2 diabetics like Bill Caldwell. Researchers have used the saliva to develop a new drug called exenatide. It’s injected twice a day to help type 2 diabetics keep their blood sugar under control. “We think that the effect of the drug has something to do with the fact that this animal eats two, maybe three or four times a year.”
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Mr. Diabetes^® Says
The desire to do something good doesn't get it done.
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Diabetes Cure 'In Sight After Major Breakthrough' Injection Leads to Islet Regeneration in Autoimmune Diabetes. A possible cure for insulin-dependent diabetes is in sight following a major medical breakthrough. Scientists in the United States have not only halted the disease in mice mimicking human type 1 diabetes, but reversed it. The MGH scientists injected diabetic mice with spleen cells. The cells migrated to their pancreases, prompting the damaged organs to regenerate into healthy, insulin-making organs, ending their diabetes.
Buckwheat Helps To Control Diabetes Research on buckwheat, a grain used in making pancakes and noodles, has proved it may be beneficial for diabetics. In a controlled study, Canadian researchers have shown that extracts of the seed lowered blood glucose levels by 12 to 19 percent when fed to diabetic rats.
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Readers' Forum
Q - I have a 43 year old male friend that I am very concerned about his Diabetes.....he is at the point where he has to take insulin shots 6-12 times a day! I have been reading articles and just recently came across your site and subscribed to your newsletter. My question is this......when the pancreas quits..... If there was a donor , Why can not their be a transplant?........would this not take care of the problem? I am really curious as to why this would not work?.....has it even been tried? -Judy -
for our answer

Q - Where do you get your information that you mention on your website? - Aisling and Elizabeth - for our answer
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