Diabetes News

Almost on the eve of Halloween, the biggest candy-pushing day of the year, the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) delivered horrifying new obesity estimates for kids. Get ready to be downright frightened: Childhood obesity is expected to double by the end of the decade! And, this is, in part, due, the IOTF finds, to historic food policies which have led to distorted food supplies and prices, FoodNavigator.com/Europe reports. Just look at these alarming figures: By 2010, almost 287 million kids around the world will be obese, and by 2015, a whopping 700 million children will be weighing down the planet....

For me, this week I've been indulging in lots of laughter, first with the publication Monday of TIME magazine, which contained Galley Girl Andrea Sachs' creative article, A Sugar-Free Halloween. My latest guffaws came a bit ago when the talented graphic designer Peter Weber -- with whom I've worked on projects for years -- cracked me up with an e-mail surprise. He sent me a silly, new moniker for me, as well as fun Halloween-y, orange-containing graphic. Here it is. The Halloween Sugar Grinch No More! Remember, Halloween this coming Monday does NOT have to be a mandatory, give-out-sugar day!...

Light Test May Illuminate Diabetes Woes (CBS News) Doctors may soon be able to identify people at risk of diabetes complications simply by shining bright light on a patch of skin below the elbow. Report Questions Benefits of Diabetes Drug (Newsweek) A new report raises old concerns about a ...

Talk about timely with talk of stem cell research heading the news this week. The American Diabetes Association, which always keeps up to date on new research, just notified subscribers of In Diabetes Today that stem cells may make insulin cells. Indeed, research conducted by Edward Baetge and colleagues at Novocell Inc. in San Diego suggests the possibility of turning human embryonic stem cells into pancreatic cells that can be used for diabetes therapy, UPI reported. The study was reported online in Nature Biotechnology. Now this certainly sounds promising. But, don't forget, if you have diabetes are are one of...

Nickelodeon -- which has been besieged by criticism for its history of promoting and marketing such nutrient-lacking foods such as sugary cereal, candy, and ice cream-- is beginning to see the light, so to speak. The popular children's entertainment channel now plans to plop popular cartoon characters on packages of produce, the result of a licensing agrement reached with fruit firm Summeripe Worldwide. Specificially, starting in spring 2007, you'll be able to see Nick's beloved SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora The Explorer on loose and packaged fresh, yellow and white flesh peaches, plums and nectarines, FoodNavigator.com reported. Adding the Nick favorites...

What a strange week. Just as I'm getting excited about my book being featured in TIME magazine and the word is spreading more about the dangers of sugars and refined carbs, a compelling study from Milan comes out, linking culprit-carb overload (i.e., lots of bread) with almost doubling the risk of kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma). Then, faster than you can say refined carbohydrates -- (OK, I'm exaggerating of course) -- still more research emerges from scientists at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, who found that quickie carbs are linked with a cascade of factors leading to esophageal cancer. Lead...

Switch to Insulin Pen Improves Clinical Outcomes and Reduces Medical Costs for Diabetes (RedNova) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabetes mellitus, a chronic medical condition often requiring lifelong treatment, is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In 2002, the cost of diabetes was ...

New Zealand is one of many countries with the same problems that we're facing in the United States. In fact, the Health Ministry there found that the average household spends more on confectionery foods (candy) each week ($6.50) than it does on fresh fruit ($5.90). Like the U.S., New Zealand also faces a childhood obesity epidemic, with nearly one-third of children aged 5 to 14 either overweight or obese. In fact, New Zealand's Health Ministry nutrition adviser Christine Stewart told said about 40 percent of children didn't eat the recommended three or more servings of vegetables and up to 60 percent didn't consume two or more servings of fruit, according to stuff.co.nz.

Wondering what I mean by the phrase SUGAR SHOCK? As you may be able to guess, I've given this considerable thought over the course of five years, while working on my book SUGAR SHOCK! Below, you'll find the definition that I've developed. Bear in mind that this is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide, including some one-quarter to one-half of the U.S. population. SUGAR SHOCK!â„¢ - A mood-damaging, personality-bending, health-destroying, confusion-creating constellation of symptoms affecting millions of peoople worldwide, who often turn to processed sweets and much-like-sugar carbs, which send their blood sugar levels wildly soaring and plummeting....

Darn this is darnright exciting! Momentum has been gathering and word is spreading about what's happening here in New York City and about the upcoming public hearing and rally on Oct. 30, which I recently wrote about. For example, the media is becoming hip to the movement in the city that never sleeps about the move afoot to kick out those deadly trans fats from the 24,600 restaurants and street vendors. One of those websites on the cutting edge is Nubella, which ran a good review article pointing out, the move could lead to trans fat getting a one-way ticket...