Savvy Eating 2/20/19: Fiber, Water, Processed Meats (BAD!), Yak Milk, Coffee w/out Coffee Beans
What Your Microbiome Really Needs Is Fiber, Not Kombucha according to Katherine Harmon Courage, a science writer, for Health/Medium, 4 February 2019. In recent years, we’ve begun to learn that most everything we eat — from probiotic yogurt to a serving of asparagus to...
Savvy Update, 2/18/19: FDA Approves X2, Trial for New Insulin, CGM Accuracy, CGM for all by 2025, Smart Insulin Pen, Research Studies to Watch 2019
FDA authorizes first interoperable insulin pump intended to allow patients to customize treatment through their individual diabetes management devices, as announced on the FDA website, 14 February 2019 (happy Valentine’s!). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Savvy Updates, 2/11/19: Insulin Pill, Replicating Insulin Cells, Post-prandial spikes, Faustman and BCG Vaccine
Pea-sized pill delivers insulin shot from inside the stomach was announced by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-led research team on 2/7/2019 and reported by Lauran Neergaard on APNews.com as well as Gina Kolata in the Health Section of The New York Times. ...
The Diabetes Oscars, 2019: VOTE NOW
Who Should Win “The Diabetes Oscars” in 2019? Ah, Academy Awards season is here once again… And did you know that at DiabetesMine we’ve established our own tradition of a D-Community version of the Oscars? Yep, each year we select and unveil...
Savvy Eating: Ice Cream Cone vs. Salad
CHOICE: Ice Cream Cone OR Salad? Ice Cream Cone WON!!! So, my husband and I went for a quick dinner at Ruby’s Diner. Ruby’s includes a calorie count for all of its menu items. I wasn’t very hungry so I quickly looked at the...
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