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Is diet soda really helping you lose weight?

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

I’ve read articles about Diet soda and all of those fake sugars being only for diabetics, and that if someone who can process sugar drinks it, their body will get messed up and actually gain weight. Is this true? I love soda, I drink it religiously but I need to lose some weight.

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prepare a diet chart for 65 yr old lady with 90 kg weight having hypertension,hypothyroidism and high uricacid

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

She is treated for hypertension aten-D 1 daily, for hypothyroidism eltroxin 0.1mg 11/2 daily and for uric acid tab zyloric 50mg 1 daily. she wants to reduce her weight of 90kg. No history of diabetics. please prepare a diet chart for her.

is this a homework assignment or is this for someone you know. The best person to answer this is someone who has studied nutrition in depth.

For the thyroid problem she should be avoiding soy and fluoride. Reducing salt for the blood presure.

As far as a Diet chart, I don’t know if many people would take the time to do this fo you, as it would be something that may take a couple of hours. I think you will have to do your own research or maybe you will get lucky with someone doing a complete chart for you.

a weight reduction diet suitable for a diabetic?

Friday, August 20th, 2010

i am 15 stone but 5 ft in height,i am recently diagnosed as diabetic, most Diets include sweet things or copious amounts of fruit, which i cant eat, has anyone PLEASE got a diet for diabetics? i recently canceled my gastric band operation as i was too scared!

No diet that works nowadays has copious amounts of sugar or fruit. Low carb is best. Lots of vegetables, water, lean meat, fish, nuts, eggs, cheese. Lower your carbs and so lower your insulin (if type 1). Exercise is key.

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Thursday, August 19th, 2010

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Thursday, August 12th, 2010

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Children with Diabetes -Causes, Symptoms And Management

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Children with Diabetes. Diabetes occurs in individuals of any age. More than 13,000 kids in the United States have type 1 diabetes. It is among the most common long term diseases in school age children. Obesity, lack of exercise and unhealthy eating habits are primarily the causes of the condition among children. Type 2 diabetes is not a common occurrence among school kids. In just over 20 years, incident rates among kids and teenagers have almost tripled.

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Monday, August 9th, 2010

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Is diet coke actually bad for you?

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

I’ve been drinking diet coke everyday for years and I hear on tv all the time that diet coke is bad for you because it contains harmful chemicals and will make you fat and stuff but will it actually do any real damage on the long run? I mean in the nutritional info box the only thing it has different from water is a small amount of sodium, and the ingredients can be found in artificial sweeteners that diabetics use for decades?? So is it really bad for you to drink a lot of diet soda almost like it’s water?
Erm, so far the answers have mainly been describing regular cola, not diet? Therre is no HFCS in diet coke, regular soda also erodes a penny, there is no sugar in diet coke, and I agree with Taylor so far haha

With diet pop, you miss out on any nutrients provided by real sugars your body might find useful if consumed in reasonable quantities, but you also get a laundry list of suspicious ingredients that work against your body’s effort to maintain healthy balance.

Foremost among these is caffeine. Many of the diet drinks are cola-based or otherwise have caffeine added. It’s part of the mix created by manufacturers to make soft drinks — particularly diet soft drinks — seem more substantial. It gives you a sugar-like “boost” (or seems to). And the complications of caffeine consumption and addiction, with fatigue, chronic anxiety, insomnia, and worsening symptoms of hormonal imbalance topping the list - especially bad for developing teenage bodies.

Additionally, caffeine is a diuretic, so while you may be thinking that a diet pop quenches your thirst and helps keep you hydrated, the opposite is true. Diet pop often contains sodium, which exacerbates thirst, while the caffeine causes you to lose fluid.

Are there any foods that can help lower blood sugars in diabetics?

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

I am having a hard time getting my numbers under 200 and I take insulin. Should I be worried? Are diet soda’s ok for diabetics?

there are different herbs and spices you can use that could help you lower your blood sugar- like cinnamon and blueberry tea for instance. this website has some listed that could be useful for you: http://www.diabetes-diabetic-Diet.com/herbs_for_diabetes.htm
my blood sugars have been in control for a while, so to tell you the truth, idk if these have actually helped me, but they are at least recommended for good blood sugar control and my endocrinologist specifically recommended the cinnamon and blueberry tea, which is why i mentioned those in particular. i just try to add cinnamon whenever i can- like on my toast, in my hot cocoa, on waffles, etc. and i drink one cup of that tea when i come home from work everyday its like a routine i guess.

i know that my blood sugars REALLY improved a lot when i started taking a walk everyday after work. if you don’t already exercise, then maybe that will help you lower your sugars?

if your numbers are consistently over 200, your doctor needs to change your insulin levels ASAP. i would suggest giving your doc a call to make an appt or increase your insulin levels as soon as you can. don’t know if you’d be interested, but you may want to try an insulin pump. i use one and i’ll admit its a little bit of a hassle, but completely worth it for the control that i have now as compared to when i was on shots.

good luck :)

Are Protein Powders Bad For Diabetics?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

I was thinking of taking the 0 Carb Isopure because it has no sugars or carbs. I have had higher bg reading taking protein powders with sugars and even the artificial sweetners. Sugar free sweetners raise my bg. What is your opinion? And is a higher protein Diet bad for a diabetic?

Unless dietary fat is 80% of total calories, excess protein is converted to glucose. Adding excess protein to a high carb diet will raise blood glucose even higher.

Dr.Richard Bernstein (the diabetes specialist & a type 1 diabetic) from his book, "Diabetes Solutions" pertinent chapters available to read online -

What if I, a physician, told you, a diabetic, to eat a diet that consisted of 60 percent sugar, 20 percent protein, and 20 percent fat? More than likely, you’d think I was insane. I’d think I was insane, and I would never make this suggestion to a diabetic (nor would I even make it to a nondiabetic). But this is just the diet the ADA recommended to diabetics for decades.

Whether you eat a piece of the nuttiest whole-grain bread, drink a Coke, or have mashed potatoes, the effect on blood glucose levels is essentially the same— blood sugar rises, fast. … our saliva can break starches into the shorter chains on contact and then convert those into pure glucose.

With a number of important exceptions, carbohydrates, or foods derived primarily from plant sources that are starches, grains, and fruits, have the same ultimate effect on blood glucose levels that table sugar does.

http://www.diabetes-book.com/book/chapter9_3.shtml

All carbs (even vegetables) are converted to sugar (glucose) in the body. Posted below is a fascinating interview with Dr.Richard Bernstein (the diabetes specialist & a type 1 diabetic) on youtube where he demonstrated how whole grain bread turned to glucose within one second in his mouth! He says the exact thing would happen with corn or an apple as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZno7Nkuuw&feature=PlayList&p=72BB956FBFF0CD62&index=0&playnext=1

SEVEN REASONS TO EAT MORE SATURATED FATS -

1) Improved cardiovascular risk factors

Saturated fat in the diet reduces the levels of lipoprotein (a) abbreviated Lp(a)—that correlates strongly with risk for heart disease. The only dietary means of lowering Lp(a) is eating saturated fat. Eating fats raises the level of HDL, the so-called good cholesterol.

2) Stronger bones

Saturated fat is required for calcium to be incorporated into bone - According to expert in human health, Mary Enig, Ph.D., as much as 50 percent of the fats in the diet should be saturated fats.

3) Improved liver health
Studies show that saturated fat encourages the liver cells to dump fat content. Saturated fat has been shown to protect the liver from the toxic insults of alcohol & medications and even to reverse the damage.

4) Healthy lungs

For proper function, the airspaces of the lungs have to be coated with a thin layer of lung surfactant. The fat content of lung surfactant is 100 percent saturated fatty acids. Replacement of these critical fats by other types of fat makes faulty surfactant & potentially causes breathing difficulties, collapse of the airspaces & respiratory distress.

5) Healthy brain

Your brain is mainly made of fat & cholesterol. Though highly unsaturated essential fatty acids found in cold-water fish (EPA & DHA) are important for brain & nerve function, most of the fatty acids in the brain are actually saturated. The brain needs saturated fats to function optimally.

6) Proper nerve signaling

Certain saturated fats, found in butter, lard, coconut oil, & palm oil, function directly as signaling messengers that influence the metabolism. Without the correct signals to tell the organs & glands what to do, the job gets done improperly.

7) Strong immune system

Saturated fats found in butter & coconut oil (myristic acid & lauric acid) play key roles in immune health. Loss of sufficient saturated fatty acids in the white blood cells hampers their ability to recognize & destroy foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, & fungi. Myristic & lauric acid have potent germ-killing ability. We need dietary replenishment of them to keep the immune system vigilant against the development of cancerous cells & infectious invaders.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/06/06/saturated-fat/