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The link between Diabetes and Fitness | Diabetes — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:49:12 +0000

[...] 2) PRE-DIABETES:- Pre-diabetes is effectively an early indicator of type 2 diabetes. If you are diagnosed with pre-diabetes you are still have the opportunity to take preventative action before full type 2 diabetes develops. But what is this preventative action? Yes, you guessed it – a healthy diet and regular exercise. So not only is improving your fitness an excellent way to reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes but it is also a fantastic way to stop any symptoms that do manifest from developing further. [...]

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Type 2 Diabetes Explained | Diabetes — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:28:12 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:29:27 +0000

Glad you are enjoying the blog Skye B. I only registered with Sez Who a couple of days ago so it is great that you managed to find me.

Your story sounds really awful. I’ve never been screened for diabetes myself but after doing the research for these articles I thought that proper screening would be standard medical practice. As you mention there are many other factors which could be affecting your blood sugar levels. You would expect a trained doctor to know this and to investigate further before prescribing insulin.

Hopefully, cases like yours are a minority and most doctors do fully investigate the cause of high glucose levels in the blood before prescribing insulin and before diagnoising patients with diabetes. Otherwise this situation is very worrying indeed.

By: Skye B.

Skye B. — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:40:10 +0000

Hi Tom,
I found your blog through SezWho, and this article about diabetes is explained quite well. You did a great job!

I wanted to mention that the doctors need to be more careful while screening you for diabetes. While in the hospital, over two years ago, they said I was a diabetic, and started giving me insulin. They really didn’t do any of the pre-screening, as you have stated here. My blood sugar was just up, but they never did check why it was. I went home with my insulin, and took it one morning while my visiting nurse was there, and my blood sugar dropped to almost coma level. Good thing she was there!

Anyways what happened, is the doctor didn’t take into consideration that they had been feeding me fluids because I couldn’t eat. I hadn’t eaten in weeks, so they had decided to feed me with intravenous fluids. Well, there just happen to be lots and lots of sugar in this stuff, and apparently it made me a diabetic while I was taking it. Therefore, pre-testing is always good to do!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:24:44 +0000

Thanks for your comments Evita. I did try really hard with these articles to make sure they were thorough and covered all the key points.

As for MonaVie totally agree with you there. Honesty, is the best policy when it comes to reviews. By promoting a product that you don’t believe in you are betraying the faith your readers have in you.

By: Evita

Evita — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:04:27 +0000

Hi Tom
I’ve read through your diabetes articles and you put together a great variety of really good quality info. This is so helpful today as due to poor eating habits so many people in North America both young and old are coming down more and more with diabetes type 2, so the more awareness on this topic – the better! And what is so sad is that for the majority it is completely preventable.

BTW – thanks for the feedback on my site. I was actually approached by I think a rep to talk about MonaVie and I don’t think they recieved the review they were hoping for – but I cannot in good faith go against my professional judgement.