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Hi,
Have any of you heard about possible side effects of ephedra, ginseng, and
ginger on bg values?

Any info would be appreciated.

TIA,

Hi. I am a new member. Can any one help me out. Around year and
half ago I have been tested for blood sugar levels and the values
were 81 mg/dl(fasting) and 87 mg/dl (pp). Around five months back I
was again tested and the values were 71 mg/dl(fasting) and 75 mg/dl
(pp). Both tests are from different laboratories. Now around four
months back I had to undergo some minor surgery and for that I had to
be empty stomach from the previous night to the morning of surgery.
But I took half cup of tea (with less sugar) at 6:30 a.m. (the day of
surgery) and reached hospital. There my blood was taken at around
9:15 a.m. In the discharge summery doctor has written that random
blood sugar is 91 mg/dl. I am now afraid why this high value has come
even though I had taken only half cup of tea. Though during previous
tests after taking good meals my blood sugar levels (pp) were 87 and
75 mg/dl. Can someone throw some light on it and relieve me of my
anxiety. Is something serious. My father is also a type II diabetic.
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Diabetes: Nutrition, Immuno-reactivity and Antioxidant Therapy

A Lecture/Discussion by Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona

6:00-7:30pm, Tuesday, November 13, 2001
Continuum Center for Health and Healing -
245 Fifth Ave., 1st Floor Studio, New York, NY 10016
646-935-2220

We announce an evening of dialogue and instruction about new nutritional and
supplemental therapies for diabetes. Specifically we will review data on the
question of grains and their role in diabetic nutrition,
re-visit the glycemic index, and examine if individual differences could
play an important role in observed variations. We will also look at the
question of immuno-reactivity for specific foods and how this influences
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Hi. I’m posting the following technique for boosting circulation to
any part of your body because I’ve personally found it to be quick and
easy and because diminishing circulation to the extremities can be a
serious problem for people with diabetes and other ailments. This
visualization exercise, created by Dr. Win Wenger, requires only your
mind and a few minutes of your time. If you are having trouble with
your circulation or would simply like to avoid such problems in the
future, you will probably find this technique well worth the minimal
effort needed to employ it.

In addition to using this method for my own benefit, I’ve told other
people how to use it, and it has consistently proven effective. I know
one woman who suffers from diabetes and who once mentioned to me that
her poor circulation made her feet very uncomfortable in certain
circumstances. I explained this methodology to her, and when I ran
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Hi!

I’m Kathy, a 40 year old (at least for a few weeks that is), diabetic
type II. I live in the Washington DC area.

I was diagnosed 4/2000 with an A1C of…(drum roll, please) 14.5.
Because my husband and I were trying to have a baby at the time of
diagnosis…I went straight onto insulin (humalog, R and L). I got
my A1C down to 4.9 which my doctor thought was maybe a wee bit too
tight (but my numbers were real good with no lows). Anyway, I’ve
gotten a bit sloppy over the past year…overeating, gaining weight
and not really adjusting my insulin and my A1C has crept up to 7.1.

Since nothing is happening on the trying to conceive front (we have
male factor problems) - I asked my doctor last week if I could try to
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Type I (Juvenile Onset, Insulin Dependent) Diabetes

B-Complex Vitamins
One of the first nutrition zingers I ever read was Dr
Carlton Fredericks comment (in Food Facts and
Fallacies) to the effect that diabetics could be
weaned off of insulin with extremely high doses of
B-complex vitamins. I am a conservative person and I
have my sincere doubts if a Type I diabetic could ever
be free of the need to take insulin. On the other
hand, I have personally seen diabetics require
significantly less insulin when they take a 100 mg
balanced B-complex tablet every two to three hours.
The potential benefits are so great that I think
diabetics should demand a suitably cautious
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Route of Insulin Administration Does Not Affect
Outcome in Diabetics
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WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) Oct 02 - There are no
significant differences in glycemic control, reported
hypoglycemic events, or quality of life between type 1
diabetic patients treated with continuous subcutaneous
insulin infusion (CSII) and those treated with
multiple daily insulin injection (MDI), according to a
report in the October issue of Diabetes Care.

Dr. Bernard Zinman, of Mount Sinai Hospital in
Toronto, and colleagues conducted a randomized,
controlled trial of 27 type 1 diabetic patients who
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61st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes
Association
Day 1 - June 22, 2001

Diabetic Neuropathy: A Small-Fiber Disease
Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD

Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is the most common and
troublesome complication of diabetes mellitus, leading
to great morbidity and mortality and resulting in a
huge economic burden for diabetes care.[1-3] It is the
most common form of neuropathy in the developed
countries of the world, accounts for more
hospitalizations than all the other diabetic
complications combined, and is responsible for 50% to
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Pharmacia Recalls Three Lots of Diabetes Drug
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WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Sept 27 - Pharmacia Corp.
has initiated a voluntary recall of three lots of its
oral diabetes drug Micronase (glyburide) due to the
presence of fungal organisms resulting from
contaminated raw material used in the formulation,
according to the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).

The medical literature shows that, in rare cases, the
fungi involved can cause infections if they are
inhaled or enter the body through damaged skin. The
problem can be especially severe for
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Reversal of defective nerve conduction with vitamin E
supplementation in type 2 diabetes: a preliminary
study.

Tutuncu NB, Bayraktar M, Varli K. Diabetes Care
1998;21:1915-1918.

OBJECTIVE: The present study has examined the effect
of vitamin E, the principal modulator of free radical
activity, on electrophysiological parameters in
patients with diabetic peripheral sensorimotor
polyneuropathy, matched for duration of disease and
metabolic control. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A
total of 21 subjects with type 2 diabetes were
enrolled in this double-blind randomized
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