Every once in a while, someone will ask me to explain exactly what diabetes is. Most people know that diabetics “can’t have sugar” (which isn’t really true anymore) but they don’t understand why.
As we’ve learned over the last several years, it isn’t just about the sugar. It’s about carbs and a healthy lifestyle.
To help understand how someone gets diabetes, here’s a visual explanation:

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This is exciting news: scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston have initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to reverse type 1 diabetes.
Scientists have used a vaccine that provides protection against tuberculosis to cure a disease the “closely resembles” Type 1 diabetes in mice.
According to the research:
“In the animal studies, a commonly used vaccine that provides protection against tuberculosis, called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), was used effectively to deplete the abnormal immune cells that attack and destroy the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.”
They are recruiting people for the human trials right now.

Aren’t quite sure what diabetes really is? Want to know what happens in the body? Here’s a nice video that will put it all in perspective:

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Check out this facinating discovery from Diabetes Health:
A 55-year-old woman whose pancreas was removed due to chronic pancreatitis is not without a pancreas, thanks to the ingenuity of surgeons at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. After they removed her pancreas, they extracted its islet cells and implanted them into her left forearm, creating what they call a functioning pancreas in her arm. (Transplanted islet cells are usually injected into the liver, but in this case the patient’s liver had damage that precluded its use.) Apparently the patient is recovering handily and should be armed with insulin …read more

Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may help in keeping the development of type 1 diabetes at bay. Archives of Disease in Childhood revealed this finding from research.
The results showed that children given additional vitamin D were around 30% less likely to develop type 1 diabetes compared with those not given the supplement. And the higher and the more regular the dose, the lower was the likelihood of developing the disease, the evidence suggested.
What do you think about this one? Several logical reasons were given to back this research up…
1. There is a striking difference in the incidence of …read more

I have shared in the past that one of my guilty pleasures in life is perusing the website Perez Hilton for all the important news in and around Hollywood, hahaha. I was joking on the important part… Well, one of my other very embarrassing, as my husband calls it, lil’ pleasures in life is my good ol’ People magazine! I love the dirt, the accusations and the occasional really good, informative story, which is what this would fall under.
Some of you might have already seen the article and read through it but for those that didn’t, I’m going to share. …read more

How long have we been hearing that the spare tire around your mid-section is to blame for developing metabolic syndrome? The same metabolic syndrome that leads to heart disease, prediabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia can be defined as this…
Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body’s cells become resistant to insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas that plays an essential role in regulating the carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins obtained from food.
Yes, I am talking about your belly fat. Now, before you go and get all offended, listen up. We all have it, …read more

Retired Fire Captain, Calvin Miller of Union City, New Jersey is reporting decreased insulin doses and lower blood glucose levels within one month after his adult stem cell treatment for diabetes (type 2) , diabetes induced erectile dysfunction and peripheral artery disease in Cologne, Germany.
Mr. Calvin Miller was recently treated at the XCell-Center using adult stem cells taken from a small amount of his bone marrow. The stem cells were introduced into his pancreas using a minimally invasive catheter procedure through the right femoral artery similar to a heart catheterization.
This is the 3rd, 4th and 5th time that Mr. Miller …read more

“Don’t you think diabetes is really just a nice way to say a person is fat and eats to much?” My head turns in the direction of the very rude, rather large caboosed women spreading her intelligence to anyone who will listen. “I agree, I mean come on, I can eat donuts, but I know when to say when. At one!” Oh boy, they didn’t know who was standing behind them as they shared their ignorance with the room.
This happened while I was at a cookout at a friend’s house. First of all, both women …read more

Type 2 diabetics now have another choice when it comes to their treatment. Along with the multiple choices of oral medication, a new injectable drug is now FDA approved and being prescribed. Being a type 2 diabetic myself, I can honestly say I would not be interested in another needle or two throughout the day. My fingers will thank me later! But for some diabetics, BYEETA has been the answer to their disease happiness.

Patients receiving BYETTA achieved a significant A1C reduction of 1.2% at Week 30 and 1.1% at 2.5 years1
Patients with a baseline A1C of …read more