Diabetes

Anyone Use Lantus?
The peaks with NPH are a pain, my Rx plan now covers all insulins, so I'm thinking of switching from NPH to Lantus, but I will want to use the pen. Where do you get a pen? Web site says to get one from my MD. Great, after I explain what Lantus is, and why I want to use it, I can ask him to figure out how to get the... 6 Feb 2006 21:57

Which Food Pyramid?
was HbA1c 4.8 On 1 Feb 2006 20:20:10 -0800, "Kurt" <kurtwheeling1965(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Why are whole grains important? See what the USDA has to say. http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/grains_why.html Kurt, I much prefer the Harvard version. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html o... 11 Feb 2006 20:17

Treating Metabolic Syndrome
http://www.medicinenet.com/metabolic_syndrome/page3.htm "Blood pressure goals are generally set lower than 130/80. Some blood pressure medications offer more than simply lowering blood pressure. For example, a class of blood pressure drugs called ACE inhibitors has been found to also reduce the levels of insulin... 13 Mar 2006 03:26

101 fbg
Is this number bad enough over time for complications to begin? ... 6 Feb 2006 19:53

sugar alcohol
hiya again......I bought some cookies that says it has 9g of sugar alcohol. Could someone tell me if that is a good thing or bad? SusanLa MO ... 27 Jan 2006 14:35

Falafil
Does anyone here eat this? I had never tried it and had avoided it, assuming it was very high in carbs. But I bought some prepackaged stuff made by a local restaurant here and according to the package, it has 237 calories, 7g fat, 18g carb, 1g fiber and 13g protein per 8 oz. serving. Those numbers are very doable... 27 Jan 2006 17:12

Question on a work/social situation
Ok, good people, here's a weird question for you. At work, we have monthly "eating meetings". We all get together in our department to share in some lunch and chit chat. This month the lunch is pizza. Now, I love pizza, boy do I LOVE pizza, but I know I shouldn't eat it. I also don't want to stick out like so... 27 Jan 2006 19:17

new diabetic?
just checked my 20 year old's bs and it was 470. going to check fbg in the am. very scary. he has not been diagnosed as diabetic but has been very thirsty, losing weight. ... 26 Jan 2006 11:43

Fungus--my opinion
Diabetics are very prone to Fungus and yeast infections. Our mode of living contributes to the problem. I was plagued with big time problems for years. None of the older items ever worked to clear the problem. Once established it produces spores that are almost impossible to destroy. They grow back from... 23 Jan 2006 06:18

Yogurt nutrition info
A while back, in a discussion of how accurate the nutrition info on store-bought yogurt is, I disagreed with the general consensus here that the labels routinely overstate carb content, and I promised to ask the yogurt companies. Finally a third company responded today, so here is most of that discussion. I'd be in... 21 Jan 2006 15:23