Archive for the 'pre-diabetes' Category

Taking Exercise Breaks Equals More Fat Burning

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Good news! More evidence that the HRH Program produces better fat burning results.  Researchers at the University of Tokyo studied whether taking a 20-minute break between 30 minute exercise bouts produced greater fat burning.  The study results showed, beyond a doubt, that taking breaks increases fat metabolism. 
In the HRH Program, I explain why this happens, as well as […]

ScienceDaily: Depression May Trigger Diabetes In Older Adults

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

This new study is critically important for understanding how depression, diabetes, and stress are related. For the first time, depresson itself, instead of depression and lifestyle factors, is shown to lead to diabetes.
The author notes that depressives produce more cortisol, the stress hormone. The cortisol urges the body to keep blood sugar high, because the […]

Lifestyle Changes Cut Diabetes Risk in Half

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Lifestyle Changes Cut Diabetes Risk in Half
At the link above, there is an interesting discussion on the latest research confirming, once again, that “lifestyle interventions seem to be at least as effective as drug treatment” in preventing the progression from pre-diabetes to Type II Diabetes. In other words, as we talk about so often here, […]

Hostility and stress predict insulin resistance - Yahoo! News

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

I saw this article pop up in The Heartmath Report this morning. It’s just a little more evidence that all systems are connected to each other. Stress and insulin resistance seem especially related. Perhaps it’s because we eat more sugary foods when under stress, perhaps the cortisol has a negative effect on the cells and […]

Merck Diabetes Drug Wins Federal OK - washingtonpost.com

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Merck Diabetes Drug Wins Federal OK - washingtonpost.com
Nearly $150 per month for this drug? Wouldn’t it make sense for an insurance company to pay that much for a gym membership for a couple of months to see if that works for prediabetes and Type II Diabetes first? Since insulin resistance is stopped in its track […]

Prevent Diabetes with Drugs or Lifestyle?

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Diabetes pill works — but at what cost? This Robert Bazell piece points out the absurdity of taking drugs to prevent diabetes. Yes, the drugs work. They work very well. But with a price tag of $120/month, couldn’t you invest in some extra vegetables and some jogging shoes?
Seriously, many low income people will likely be […]

Undiagnosed Diabetes Unreasonably High

Friday, May 26th, 2006

The news from this morning from the NIH is that One Third of Adults with Diabetes Still Don’t Know They Have It. That’s a pretty frightening statistic, as type II diabetes is one of the world’s greatest killers. As I’ve said elsewhere, when you move from pre-diabetes to full diabetes, you are aging about twice […]