Defeat Diabetes^® E-Lerts™ Newsletter

October  2004
(Volume III, Issue 10)

''In the next 10 years, 80 percent of all heart disease will be due to type 2 diabetes."
That must be an error - it should read that 80% of all diabetics would have heart disease, right? Not according to Dr. David Heber, Director of UCLA's Center of Human Nutrition. ''It's a chain from obesity to diabetes to heart disease," said Heber.

Type 2 diabetes and heart disease are physiologically linked. What's more, according to new government figures, a whopping 64 million Americans now have what's called Metabolic Syndrome, or insulin resistance, a condition that doubles their risk of heart disease and raises their diabetes risk by 30 percent. Our Latest News - Heart Disease section looks at the connection between diabetes and heart disease.

People with diabetes have even greater risks of complications under certain circumstances. Ischemic stroke risk increases with abnormal fasting plasma glucose. Type 2 diabetics on long-term insulin therapy have a greater risk of colorectal cancer. Mental function is impaired during blood glucose spikes. Read more in Latest News - Complications.

Vitamin D is needed for insulin to be released effectively and Indian curry leaves could control the amount of glucose entering the bloodstream. Read more in Latest News - Self Management.

Happy Halloween! Before your children go out Trick or Treating, you want them to eat something that is healthy,  will fill them up and will make them less susceptible to temptation. Here are some great Diabetic Recipes for you: six one-dish meals prepared either in a slow cooker, in the microwave, in a toaster or on the stove top from Jyl Steinback's Countertop Magician.

Autumn is a beautiful time of year of many colors and of leaves falling from the trees. I am always amazed how Theresa Garnero is so timely with her Islets of Humor™.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. If you would like some of our Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures (now available in Spanish) to distribute to friends and family, please contact us at ScreeningTest@DefeatDiabeates.org with your request.

Do you like to follow recipes? A recipe is merely a formula for success. It requires measuring, following certain steps, taking a little more care in creating something wonderful so you can pretty much guarantee the outcome. In this month's DIABeducation™ Theresa Garnero gives us the Recipe For Diabetes Health.

What does a computer chip that is implanted under the skin for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history and a nasal spray that could relate to a loss of 50 pounds a year have in common? They are both this month's Treatments on the Horizon.

In this month's Readers' Forum we discuss an enormous safety and environmental concern: a mail back disposal system for diabetic syringes. Have you heard about the dark discoloration that is a sign of diabetes - especially in our children? We explain this condition in our second reader's question.

Mr. Diabetes®, Andy Mandell, has just left Tomah, Wisconsin, where he had memorable experiences. He met with the Oakdale Lions Club and attended the Lions Club Regional Council Meeting. He also received his first key to any city from Tomah Mayor Chuck Ludeking. read more  5901.1 miles and counting... (Wonawoc, WI)

November 2, 2004 is a very important day in the United States. There are many issues on a national level that make this particular election so important:  safety and security, the economy, personal freedoms and rights, medical research and the environment. There are many differences between the candidates for our highest office.

We have the freedom and the privilege to exercise our right to vote. Many peoples in the world do not have this luxury and many have fought to obtain or keep it. Whatever your beliefs, we urge you to express them by voting on November 2, 2004.

Good Health,
Lisa M. Rasolt
Program Director
lrasolt@DefeatDiabetes.org
Awareness + Action = Prevention®
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Did You Know?
Obesity more than doubles one’s chances of developing high blood pressure.
National Institutes of Health
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Latest News - Heart Disease
Diabetes And Heart Disease Are Closely Connected ''It's a chain from obesity to diabetes to heart disease," said Dr. David Heber, now director of UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition. ''In the next 10 years, 80 percent of all heart disease will be due to type 2 diabetes."
Importance of A1c Test In Predicting Heart Disease For Diabetics and Non-Diabetics A 1-percent increase in HbA1c predicted an 18-percent increase in risk for total cardiovascular disease and a 28-percent risk for peripheral vascular disease.
Hypertension Linked to Cognitive Decline at All Ages Young adults are as susceptible to longitudinal blood pressure-related decline in cognitive performance as are older adults.
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Mr. Diabetes^® Says
You can accomplish much if you don't care who gets the credit. Ronald Reagan
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Latest News - Complications
Abnormal Fasting Plasma Glucose Linked With Ischemic Stroke Ischemic stroke risk increases by 2.82 times when the fasting blood glucose is greater than 140 mg/dL.
Insulin Therapy Linked to Colorectal Cancer The risk for people on more than five years of insulin therapy was four times higher than the no-insulin group. People with type 2 diabetes who require long-term insulin therapy may be at greater risk of colorectal cancer, a small study suggests.
Blood Glucose Spikes Impair Mental Function Among patients with type 2 diabetes, cognitive function is impaired and mood state deteriorates during acute hyperglycemia.
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Did You Know?
People with diabetes mellitus have three to four times the risk of developing liver cancer, and more than twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer than non-diabetic individuals, according to research presented at the Third Annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Meeting in Seattle.
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Latest News - Self Management
Curry Leaves May Help Control Diabetes, Scientists Say Scientists believe that the Indian curry leaf - an ingredient in many curry dishes and used in traditional Indian healing, may contain agents that slow down the rate of starch-to-glucose breakdown in people with diabetes. The tree's leaves could control the amount of glucose entering the bloodstream.
Millions Deficient in Vital Vitamin D Risk Factor For Diabetes Vitamin D is needed for insulin to be released effectively and vitamin D supplements given to breastfeeding mothers and young children reduced the incidence of Type 1 diabetes by 60%.
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Did You Know?
In the next 10 years, 80 percent of all heart disease will be due to type 2 diabetes."
Dr. Heber, director of UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition
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Diabetic Recipes recipes
Happy Halloween! Before your children go out Trick or Treating, you want them to eat something that is healthy,  will fill them up and will make them less susceptible to temptation. Also, if you are getting up to answer the door for other Trick or Treaters, you want something that's easy to prepare (and less likely to be ruined with all the interruptions). Here are some solutions for you: six one-dish meals prepared either in a slow cooker, in the microwave, in a toaster or on the stove top from Jyl Steinback's Countertop Magician.
Micro-Chili
One-Stop Chicken Meal
Lentil Soup
Halibut Primavera with Couscous
Shrimp with Angel Hair Pasta
Chicken with Brown Rice and Almonds
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Did You Know?
The new CheeseBurger Bills that all the states are trying to pass, bars people from seeking damages in court from food companies for weight gain and associated medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes. This year, a dozen states have enacted CheeseBurger laws.
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Islets of Humor™ humor
October 2004
By Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE

see more of Theresa's cartoons
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Did You Know?
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. If you would like some of our Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures (now available in Spanish) to distribute to friends and family, please contact us at ScreeningTest@DefeatDiabeates.org with your request.
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DIABeducation™ diabeducation
October 2004
By Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE

Recipe For Diabetes Health
Do you like to follow recipes? A recipe is merely a formula for success. It requires measuring, following certain steps, taking a little more care in creating something wonderful so you can pretty much guarantee the outcome.

We have the recipe for diabetes health! We know the numbers and actions needed to prevent and in some cases, reverse complications typically associated with uncontrolled diabetes. So, how are we doing? According to information shared during the annual American Association of Diabetes Educators in August 2004, less than 2% of people with diabetes have the four main ingredients for diabetes health. read more
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Treatments on the Horizon
FDA Approves Chip Implant That Can Prevent Treatment Errors A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won U.S. approval for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.
New Nasal Spray Hopes to Reduce Caloric Intake By 30 Percent That could relate to a loss of 50 pounds a year? The drug makes stomach feel full. PYY, whose full name is Peptide YY 3-36 Nasal Spray, is based on a hormone made by the intestines that travels through the bloodstream to the brain, telling it that the body is full about 30 to 45 minutes after a person starts eating.
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Did You Know?
Cinnamon seems to lower blood glucose... triglycerides... and LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes. Researchers speculate that cinnamon increases insulin sensitivity. This improves both glucose and lipid metabolism. They're using 1 to 6 g/day of Cinnamomum cassia...the most common type of cinnamon used in the U.S. This works out to be about one-half teaspoonful a day... sprinkled on cereal, coffee, or other foods. Cinnamon capsules are also being marketed on the Internet... but these may contain different types of cinnamon. If patients want to try this, recommend monitoring blood glucose...and adjusting diabetes meds if needed. J Agric Food Chem 2004;52:65-70.
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Readers' Forum forum
Q - I'm looking for a disposal system for my son's diabetic syringes (from home). Is a mail back disposal system available yet? - Lisa - for our response

Q - Hello, I hope that you can answer a question for me. My daughter has a dark discoloration around her neck, someone told me this could be an early sign of diabetes. Is there any truth to this? Thank you very much. - Alexander - for our response
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Did You Know?
HDL, Your Good Cholesterol: For each number that you increase your HDL, you lower your cardiac risk by 1 percent.
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