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This is the page where we will place links to any new pages on the site and also to any new developments that we come across that affect diabetics.

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Here we are in March 2008 back again!

Life got in the way for a bit and we were forced to place Diabetes Explained on the back burner for a while.

Please read our new page - Glitazones good or bad?

 

 

 

Snippets

We often come across small (and some not so small!) snippets of useful information that do not yet warrant a page of their own. We have decided to place them here, as snippets until either they grow or we get round to doing a proper article on them. We also place news of updates to the site content here. So watch this space!

April 2007 - Janumet released.

On the 7th April 2007 yet another medication for type 2 diabetes was passed by the FDA.

It is called Janumet, made by Merck & Co., Inc.

See our article here - (In Type 2 Treatment)

April 2007 - Byetta news

I mentioned in a previous snippet that the EU had approved Byetta but did not know how long it would take before it got to the UK. Well things appear to have moved right along and the launch of Byetta in the UK was announced at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow in March 2007.

They expect it to become available from May 2007 - Yippee! I am really hoping that that means it can be prescribed by ones regular GP and we will not have to wait forever while it filters through the system.

Despite my eagerness to try this, friends in the US who take it have warned that there can be some 'interesting' side effects. To learn more about these and whether you will be prepared to even try this drug go to my updated article on Byetta.

Travelling with a medication like Byetta, which needs to be kept at temperatures even lower than those of insulin, can produce it's own challengers. We deal with those 'little issues' in our new page on Travelling with Byetta.

December 2006 - Low GI sugar

If you are one of those people who absolutely cannot live without sweet stuff yet detest using artificial sweeteners a company in Australia may have come up with a product tailor made for you.

The Queensland company, Horizon Science, has developed what they term a 'low GI (glycaemic index) sugar'. Apparently up until now the refining process of sugar has resulted in certain micronutrients (mainly natural sugar-cane polyphenols) being extracted and discarded. These discarded nutrients have formed part of cattle feed - a case of us getting the junk and the cows getting the good stuff ?

Horizon Science has come up with a technique that retains these nutrients, resulting in a low GI sugar.

As you know the GI is a measure of how the carbohydrates in a certain food affect one's blood glucose levels. The higher the GI the faster the Bg rise.

Glucose, the standard from which other GI values are rated, has a GI of 100. Ordinary white sugar has a GI of around 65 while the new low GI sugar claims to have a GI of 51.

According to my GI chart anything with a GI value under 55 is rated as having a low GI.

This low GI sugar apparently looks a little darker than normal sugar but tastes exactly the same and has the advantage that it can be used in cooking and baking just like ordinary sugar, unlike artificial sweeteners which often need some serious recipe changes.

The polyphenols have added benefits. They are antioxidants and it has also been suggested that they are responsible for reducing body fat and increasing lean muscle mass - all of great interest to us type 2 diabetics.

But please don't rush off to the supermarket to try and buy this product, it is only due for release in 2008.

October-2006 - Altern

For you folk in the U.S. who are still shuddering at the price of Splenda, I believe there is a cheaper option. Wal-Mart sells a generic version called Altern. A pack of 200 tablets works out at $1.50 less than the brand name Splenda.

October-2006 - Splenda

For those Splenda users in the U.K. - there is now a 'Family Pack' of 500 tablets available. So far I have only found it at Tesco's but expect it will soon be available elsewhere.

 

 

 

 

Please read our new page - Glitazones good or bad?

We have a new entry on the type 2 treatment page about a drug that has just been released called Januvia. There is also a brief bit about another new drug called Liraglutide that is still under development. Go to Type 2 Treatment, scroll down the page a bit and use the new Sub-Menu to jump to Januvia or Liraglutide.

In my article on Alternative Insulin Deliverers I spoke about the Edmonton Protocol, started in 2000, that involved islet cell transplant into patients with type 1 diabetes. Go to our page on islet cell transplants to get the latest information on this protocol.

If you have already visited the exercise pages, there is a new addition to the exercise for type 2 section. About a third of the way down the page some new information on exercise duration has been added. This could have a big effect on the success or otherwise of your exercise regimen so it is worth a read. The link above will take you there.

And here it is! A whole new section on travel and diabetes.

Check out the new page on using treadmills - My Love Affair With My Treadmill. and the new page on Blood Pressure Monitors.

Please take a look at the Trans Fatty Acid page as it has some 'new' information that is of some importance to everyone. It has been placed under 'Causes of Diabetes'

There is a new entry in the Complications section that you may be interested in that deals with Depression.

There is a whole new section dealing with the Emotional Issues of diabetes.

 

New Stuff on
DiabetesExplained.com

Glitazones good or bad? A look at Glitazones.
Travelling with Byetta. The issues of keeping Byetta cool etc..
Janumet Janumet added to type 2 drugs.
Use and side effects of Byetta In depth information on Byetta.
Type 2 Treatment. Januvia and Liraglutide added to drugs.
Islet cell transplants. New developments.
Exercise For Type 2 Diabetics. (added information here.)
Travelling With Diabetes.
My Love Affair With My Treadmill.
Blood Pressure Monitors.
Emotional Issues.
Depression.
Trans Fatty Acids.
Complete Blood Count Test.


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