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...three drugs work by boosting the body's response to insulin. Unlike folks with Type 1 diabetes, those with Type 2 usually produce their own insulin. "Type 2 is more of a supply-and-demand problem," says Dr. David Nathan, a diabetes expert at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The body can't keep up with its elevated need for insulin, and it becomes more and more resistant to the insulin it does make. Rezulin was the first drug that directly lowered insulin resistance...
...cold turkey on your own; your diabetes could slip out of control. And if you rely on supplemental insulin, your doctor may need to adjust your dose. Don't be surprised if you're not put on one of the new alternatives. There are several older medications that doctors rely on to treat Type 2 diabetes. "I personally have been very cautious about prescribing the new drugs," Nathan says. Besides, Actos and Avandia also require precautionary liver tests...
...possible for you to beat insulin resistance through lifestyle changes. Losing weight, if you're overweight, is a start. But even if you have trouble dropping pounds, getting more exercise and adding whole grains to your diet can lower your resistance and decrease your need for medication. No one ever said treating diabetes is easy, but there's a lot you can do to keep it from controlling your life...
...affair with Lissa. He told Hillsdale's board of trustees, and the conservative magazine National Review, that just hours before she shot herself, Lissa, editor of the school's monthly journal of conservative thought, had gone to the hospital room where his diabetic father was being treated for an insulin reaction. Before the assembled family--George Roche IV, Roche and his new wife--Lissa allegedly announced that she had been sleeping with the elder Roche for most of her 21-year marriage to his son. Hillsdale officials say Roche denied the affair to the board, "invoking God as my witness...
Then I sat down with a cardiologist who not only espoused the Atkins diet but also had been on it himself and lost 40 lbs. over five months. He argued that the insulin-lowering effect of the diet was essential for allowing the body to burn fat more effectively. He also contended that reducing insulin levels could help prevent many diet- and weight-related diseases, including high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes. Atkins is a cardiologist too, but he is selling books. This physician, with no vested interest, made it clearer to me that carbohydrates are often the culprit. Certainly...