Diabetes News

As if fried Twinkies and fried candy bars aren't enough. Now, Deep-Fried Coca Cola is apparently is all the rage at state fairs in Texas, North Carolina and Arizona. The sugary, fatty dish -- which made its debut at the State Fair of Texas in 2006 -- even won the "Most Creative" title that year. Today, as I was cleaning my office, I ran across the recipe, which a fan of mine sent to me. As I examine the ingredients list, I'm aghast: White flour, eggs, Coca Cola and Cola Cola syrup, plus whipped cream and cherries. Yuck! I'm feeling...

If you are have been facing a losing battle of the bulge, you have to listen to today's Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, during which renowned creativity expert and award-winning writer Julia Cameron offered the most exciting, effective tips. Julia -- who, for about a decade, has been one of my mentors (she didn't know it) -- has come up with seven groundbreaking, yet simple techniques to lose weight. The first has to do with what she calls "Morning Pages," where, as she puts it, "you simply move your hand across the page and write whatever thought comes into...

Struggling with weight? You've got to tune into my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show at 3 p.m. Tuesday -- or afterwards -- when I interview the renowned creativity expert and award-winning writer Julia Cameron. Cameron, who is one incredibly prolific writer -- she's penned a whopping 25 books, including The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, and The Right to Write -- will give tips on how to lose weight the writing way. "Huh?" you might be wondering. Indeed, Cameron -- who has excelled in a variety of writing forms (she's a novelist, playwright, songwriter and poet) -- will...

Diabetes complications include nerve damage, damage to large blood vessels, and damage to small blood vessels. High blood sugar can affect the health of your heart, brain, kidneys, teeth, skin, and feet. Read how to prevent and treat diabetes complications...

Kudos to Oprah and three friends at Harpo for taking the audacious plunge to go on a 21-day cleanse in which they ban sugar, caffeine, alcohol, gluten and animal products. Wow! Talk about ambitious! Naturally, she invites you to join her, too! Oprah's bold experiment came about because of best-selling author and spiritual counselor Kathy Freston. The author of Quantum Wellness -- who appeared on "Oprah" earlier this week -- suggests doing away with those five substances to jump-start an inner makeover. You have to admire and applaud Oprah, because the dynamic queen of TV talk is blogging about her...

Note from Connie: Yet another study comes to conclusions that demonstrate how important it it to quit eating junk and to start exercising. Jennifer brings you the details. Research just published in The Lancet indicates that lifestyle changes -- exercise and improved diet -- may delay the onset of diabetes for several years. From 1986 until 1992, 577 Chinese adults with impaired glucose tolerance were assigned to either change their diet, get more exercise, make both dietary and exercise changes, or to a control group in which they didn't follow any diet or exercise program. Researchers then assessed all the...

Kudos to Oprah and three friends at Harpo for taking the audacious plunge to go on a 21-day cleanse for which they're banning sugar, caffeine, alcohol, gluten and animal products. Wow! Talk about ambitious! That's a lot to quit all at once! ... But wait, she invites you to join her, too! Oprah's bold experiment -- which has reported about by the likes of Fox and Caris Davis of People -- came about because of best-selling author and spiritual counselor Kathy Freston. The author of Quantum Wellness, suggests doing away with those five substances to jump-start an inner makeover. You...

You've gotta admire the boldly honest comments and the self-deprecating humor of this Canada East reporter Laverne Stewart, who boldly went where some of us never would these days! She pigged out on sweets -- all for the sake of a story! And good for her for owning up to the short-lived joy of a sugar high. Kind of interesting how she writes here way out of her sugar low. (Good therapy!) Anyhow, maybe back in the old sugar-obsessed days -- as in pre-1998, the year I kicked sugar -- I might have tackled such a self-destructive assignment, but not...

Note from Connie: It's bad enough to always be on the alert for sugar in adult foods, but now baby foods have sugar added. Talk about disappointing news! Kudos to Julia Moskin of The New York Times for dishing the sour scoop about this. Jennifer Moore gives you more details. Buyer beware: Just because something is labeled organic doesn't automatically make it the best thing for a person's health. Case in point: Similac, a leading baby formula company, sweetens its line of organic formula with sugar derived from evaporated cane juice, according to an eye-opening article by Julia Moskin of...

Q. Is there a best way to inject insulin with a pen?  I sometimes bleed a bit when I remove the pen needle, especially when I inject in my leg. Read Dr. Hirsch's reply...