Diabetic player bound for the NBA
May 1, 2006 by admin
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
One of the higher profile diabetics in the news these days is Gonzaga All-America forward Adam Morrison. In a recent press conference, Morrison announced that he will be entering the NBA draft instead of completing his senior year at Gonzaga. He is expected to be one of the draft’s top picks.
What made this story interesting was a joke Morrison made about his diabetes. He stated that he decided to enter the draft now in case he loses his fingers and toes to his diabetes down the road. The crazy talk began immediately, from sports analysts and talking heads everywhere. Is Morrison too big a health risk? Should teams be trying to acquire a guy with this kind of health-related future concerns?
We know better. Morrison keeps very tight control over his diabetes. He follows a strict diet to balance his carbs against other foods, including eating a steak and a baked potato two hours before every meal. He checks his blood sugar during timeouts and injects insulin as needed, sometimes as often as five times a game.
I don’t think any of us would have to think too hard to come up with a list of professional basketball players whom we’d consider a higher risk than Morrison due to their generally self-destructive, jackass behavior. I think the same discipline that serves him as a responsible diabetic undoubtedly translates to Morrison’s approach to the game.
Now that moustache, on the other hand…
(via my fellow b5 blogger Angelo at NBA Obsessed. Thanks, Angelo!)
good show….from a type 2 diabetic. no one should be penalized for something like this. just shows how ignorant most people are about diabetes. we are normal people after all…
Darn right, J! That’s why Rob is doing such a great job with Diabetes Notes. Gettin’ the word out there.
By the way, may I recommend you read up on the wonderful properties of virgin coconut oil. Dr Bruce Fife wrote a couple of books on this product, and Dr Mary Enig did a lot of lab and research work on its ability to stem certain diseases. My son has psoriasis, and just by applying it topically has caused the skin problem to recede. Now if only he would bother to take it orally to build up his immunity. Some diabetics swear they have improved because of taking virgin coconut oil.
For your info, the person most responsible to doing the primary research into the beneficial effects of monolaurin (key ingredient of virgin coconut oil which is practically similar to mother’s milk) is an old fellow whose work inspired Dr Enig and Dr Fife. His name is Dr Conrado Dayrit. Happy surfing!
Interesting!
Neither Dr. Enig or Dr. Fife have ever done any ORIGINAL work with VCNO.Check the records. Her statement that VCNO is converted to monolaurin is made withoout any evidence. See the web site below.
Dr. Dayrit has done limited work in this area and I was the consultant to the HIV project.He did no research before this study.
Original work was done in my lab and I continue to pursue the benefite of monolaurin (Lauricidin®–www.lauricidin.com)