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...Fabrikarakis added that the needles have been loose and in plain sight, and that he did not believe they were being left on the trays with malicious intent. Other Winthrop dining hall staffers agreed with Fabrikarakis: Jeff Wiggins, another Winthrop dining hall worker, said the needles might be from insulin shots used to treat diabetes. Winthrop House master Stephen P. Rosen ’74 sent an e-mail to the House community on Wednesday, alerting residents to the situation and warning that “this is a very serious matter and cannot continue.” Needles have...
...thought to contribute to chronic disease and aging, are generated. The body's stress response has a bigger effect on blood pressure, raising it higher than normal. People may notice they feel crummy a few hours after eating junk food. And the sudden surge and drop in insulin - the hormone that spurs your body to store energy - also leaves them feeling hungry again soon after eating, despite having had plenty of calories...
Regardless of its benefits, healthy food can leave you feeling unsatisfied if you're used to eating junk. Junk food distorts a person's hormonal profile, says O'Keefe. Note, for example, the previously mentioned drop in insulin that leaves a person hungry not long after eating a heavy meal. Studies suggest that fatty, sugary foods promote excretion of the stress hormone cortisol, which seems to further stimulate appetite for calorie-dense foods. And the big post-meal spikes in blood sugar are more likely in people who don't exercise or those who carry weight around their abdomen...
...healing problems (though usually less dramatic than Manuel's) are often part of this disease, when the diabetes is uncontrolled - as it was in his case. The blood sugar test we did two weeks before the operation had been normal. It was quite high now. But Manuel started on insulin, stopped diuresing, got ruddy again and, to my great delight, closed up the cuts on his knee - all in the following week. He wasn't very happy about having to inject himself for the rest of his life and, I think, suspicious that taking out the torn knee cartilage...
...department of nutrition at HSPH, chose to track body weight, level of physical activity, multivitamin supplements, and certain dietary adjustments on the basis of past studies that correlated these factors with diabetes in women. The authors believed that these correlations were important because they speculated that sensitivity to insulin is also related to ovulatory function in women. Currently, Harvard University Dining Services works closely with HSPS and Willett to design meal plans. Not only are our dining halls free of trans fats, they also provide other fertility-friendly options daily, according to HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. These foods include...