Defeat Diabetes® E-Lerts™ Newsletter

August 2005
(Volume IV, Issue 8)

Could summer have gone by so quickly? Are the kids already back in school or just about ready to start? We at Defeat Diabetes Foundation hope that during these months you have been able to pick up some new and better lifestyle changes and will be able to continue them once the hectic schedule returns.

We have lots of great information to share with you this month. In Latest News - Self-Management - Food you'll find foods and supplements that will help lower blood sugar, blood pressure and help lose belly fat.

In our Latest News - Self-Management - Knowledge section, you will learn information that may help you or members of your family to avoid pitfalls of diabetic complications. Plus you'll find the best kind of socks to protect your feet.

In Latest News - Government, there are three articles that show how two European and one United States city are actively trying to intervene and help with care, research, or prevent diabetes. Maybe we can learn from these programs and pressure our own state and federal legislators to get more involved.

In honor of those first few days of the school year, let us make it easier for you with some great tasting, healthy recipes that your kids will love. In addition to great recipes by Jyl Steinback, America's Healthiest Mom, and Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center's recipes, we welcome Sensational Stevia Desserts recipes, by Lisa Jobs.

From Mr. Diabetes® about The Mr. Diabetes® Wake Up and Walk® Tour: Since my last report I've been in three states, met with many government officials, I've spoken to quite a few different groups and have been inspired by so many whom I meet. Some of the highlights of the past month were at Camp Ho Mita Koda, the oldest camp for diabetics in the United States, visits with the Seneca Nation, meeting and speaking at different Curves, Diabetes Support Groups and Medical facilities and much, much more. This is a long update so here goes...

Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, has made us laugh again in this month's Islets of Humor™. Theresa just returned from the American Association of Diabetes Educator national conference held in our nation’s capital, and "I thought about how diabetes can also be overwhelming, and how sometimes people say they don’t feel like they stand a chance in this epidemic—but you do!" Read about how diabetes is being fought in this month's DIABeducation™.

Looking for delicious diabetic-friendly dessert recipes?  Then you’ll want Sensational Stevia Desserts, by Lisa Jobs, a new cookbook featuring desserts using stevia, the all-natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners. The foreword is by Andrew P. Mandell, Executive Director, Defeat Diabetes Foundation.

There is so much going on in the research world, so this month's Treatments on the Horizon is especially exciting. It includes: artificial pancreas, new diabetes genes, new drugs, new testing devices without drawing blood and an injection that makes you feel full.

There are some exciting changes that are coming soon at Defeat Diabetes Foundation. Stay tuned.

Good Health,
Lisa M. Rasolt
Program Director
lrasolt@DefeatDiabetes.org
www.DefeatDiabetes.org
Awareness + Action = Prevention®
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Did You Know?
Patients treated for a deficiency of iron, B12, or folate can have an inaccurate A1c reading because this can cause a preponderance of red blood cells. Blood 59:1348-1350, 1982
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Latest News - Self-Management - Food
Salt Restriction Improves Blood Pressure and Proteinuria in Blacks Modest reductions in dietary salt improve blood pressure and proteinuria in black patients with hypertension.
Protein Mix May Lower Diabetics' Blood Sugar The study found that when men with type 2 diabetes drank a beverage with carbohydrates and a mixture of particular proteins, their blood sugar response was lower than it was after a carb-only drink.
Milk Helps to Lose Belly Fat The dairy industry is touting studies that suggest including three daily servings of low-fat milk, yogurt or cheese in your diet may not only help you lose weight but also help you target and burn belly fat, which has been shown to increase the risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Whey Supplement Helpful for Diabetics For people with type 2 diabetes, adding whey to high-carbohydrate meals stimulates insulin release and reduces spikes in blood glucose levels after meals.
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Latest News - Self-Management - Knowledge
Preventive Foot Care Socks Reduce In-Shoe Plantar Foot Pressure Altering the kind of socks patients wear is a simple, cost-effective way of protecting at-risk feet in the diabetic population.
Diabetic Retinopathy Without Diabetes? Over three years of subsequent follow-up of 302 Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) participants, 13% of prediabetics who developed type 2 disease were found to have diabetic retinopathy, and nearly 8% of “prediabetics” also were found to have diabetic retinopathy, though they never developed diabetes per diagnostic criteria.
Diabetes Prolongs Fracture Recovery Researchers have found that patients with diabetes who require surgery for ankle fractures have significantly higher rates of complications and higher hospital costs compared with non-diabetic patients.
Diabetes Drug Controls Blood Glucose & Cardiac Risk A new review of studies confirms that the drug metformin should be in the first line of defense against type 2 diabetes.
Waist Circumference Can Predict Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Children In children age six to 13 years, the strongest predictors of insulin resistance are WC and systolic BP and the investigators suggest that measuring children's WC should be incorporated into routine clinical practice.
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Did You Know?
New government research shows the number of teenagers with type two, or adult-onset diabetes is skyrocketing: Doctors said almost all teenagers with type two diabetes are overweight. Studies have shown that complications typically show up 15 years after diabetes sets in. That means teens with the disease may deal with the effects years earlier, at age 25 or 30, instead of age 60 or 70.
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Latest News - Government
Controversial New Program to Track New York Diabetes Patients Advocates say it will lead to better care; critics say it is a violation of privacy.
Changes in Food Subsidies Causes a 38% Fall In Heart Disease In 1991 the Polish government cut subsidies for saturated fats from dairy and animal sources. The Study found that by 2002, deaths from coronary heart disease had dropped by over a third in the 45-64 age group - a 38 per cent drop for men and 42% for women.
National Network for Diabetes Research Launched Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford will lead on a £20 million initiative from the Department of Health to set up a UK Diabetes Research Network to co-ordinate diabetes research in the UK.
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Did You Know?
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that supports the body's immune system; helps maintain collagen; aids in iron absorption; and strengthens body tissues, bones, and blood vessels. Best sources include citrus fruits and juices, sweet red peppers, peaches, papayas, broccoli, and pineapple. Jyl Steinback, Countertop Magician
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Healthy and Delicious Recipes - Good for Diabetics, Too
Why is it that summer is the shortest season of the year? Can it be that school is starting already? Lazy days have given way to rushing around. In honor of those first few days of the school year, let us make it easier for you with some great tasting, healthy recipes that your kids will love.

In addition to great recipes by Jyl Steinback, America's Healthiest Mom, and Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center's recipes, we welcome Sensational Stevia Desserts recipes, by Lisa Jobs.
Barbecue Pork Tenders
Hot Chicken Salad
Eggplant Parmigiana
Turkey Sloppy Joes
Coconut-Pineapple Cruise
Wonderful White Chocolate Chip-Cherry Cookies
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Did You Know?
White chocolate isn't really "chocolate" at all because it contains only the fat from the cocoa bean and other non-chocolate ingredients. So it's important to choose white chocolate chips or baking bars that contain only the cocoa butter as the "fat" ingredient. Avoid products that are all sugar, hard vegetable fat and have artificial chocolate flavoring. Lisa Jobs, Sensational Stevia Desserts
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Mr. Diabetes® - Wake Up and Walk Tour®
Since my last report I've been in three states, met with many government officials, I've spoken to quite a few different groups and have been inspired by so many whom I meet. Some of the highlights of the past month were at Camp Ho Mita Koda, the oldest camp for diabetics in the United States, visits with the Seneca Nation, meeting and speaking at different Curves, Diabetes Support Groups and Medical facilities and much, much more. This is a long update so here goes...
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Did You Know?
Countries in the Middle East and Gulf States have a high prevalence of IGT, as does India and China. Congress participants heard that more than 50% of people with diabetes will come from Asia over the next decade. In developed countries, the major increase in the number of people with diabetes will be among the young and middle-aged. 1st International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome.
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Islets of Humor™ humor
By Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE
August 2005

see more of Theresa's cartoons
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Mr. Diabetes® Says
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson
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DIABeducation™ diabeducation
By Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE
August 2005

Overcoming the Heat
If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing the heat and humidity of a blazing summer’s day in Washington D.C., consider yourself lucky—it’s overwhelming. It feels like you don’t stand a chance to walk just one more block to the shelter of an air-conditioned room.

As I return from the American Association of Diabetes Educator national conference held in our nation’s capital, I thought about how diabetes can also be overwhelming, and how sometimes people say they don’t feel like they stand a chance in this epidemic—but you do!

Over the past week, I rubbed elbows with an army of nearly 5,000 diabetes educators from across the globe and heard pearls of wisdom about how we are fighting this disease. May these insights bring you respite from the intensity of diabetes: Read more
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Introducing Sensational Stevia Desserts stevia
Looking for delicious diabetic-friendly dessert recipes?  Then you’ll want Sensational Stevia Desserts, a new cookbook featuring desserts using stevia, the all-natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners.  The recipes are great for diabetics because stevia doesn’t affect glucose levels and are much lower in carbs and calories than traditional recipes…without sacrificing flavor.  For more information, click here, www.steviadessert.com.

(Includes foreword by Andrew P. Mandell, Executive Director, Defeat Diabetes Foundation, an 8-page, full-color photo insert and full nutrition information)
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Treatments on the Horizon
Research Brings the Artificial Pancreas One Step Closer New Artificial Pancreas invented that can measure glucose and inject insulin.
New Technology Provide A Painless Way to Check Blood Glucose Levels New device developed that could mean the elimination of blood drawing to test for glucose levels.
Weight Loss Injection Makes Patients Feel Full Researchers at Imperial College London believe the treatment, an injection of a natural digestive hormone called oxyntomodulin that is released in the small intestine, could help to stem the world's growing obesity epidemic.
New Diabetes Gene Discovered "This gene, ARNT, is the first gene identified to be abnormal in the pancreatic islet cells, the cells that make insulin, in people with the common type of type 2 diabetes."
Fat Protein Could Lead to New Diabetes Drugs "We have found a molecule not previously known to have any role in insulin action and demonstrated that this protein can contribute to the development of diabetes by blocking the action of insulin."
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Did You Know?
Each 1% change in A1c represents a change of approximately 35 mg/dl mean plasma glucose. (mean blood glucose results are 10-15% lower. Most blood glucose meters are calibrated to read as plasma glucose). Diabetes Care 27 (Suppl.1):S91-S93, 2004
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