Diabetes Update: Lag Time in AlternativeLand

Number 18; August 2, 2001

This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with new articles, columns, and Web pages that I have written. I list and link most of these on my Diabetes Directory at www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm

From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest.

My most recent contributions are:

Reality Check
"About the Internet," my column for the American Diabetes Association's Web site, reviews an Australian site for young adults who, unlike some people (apparently) are not altogether delighted to have diabetes. See the column at
http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/info_news/web/default.jsp.
on August 1, 2001
Lag Time in AlternativeLand
This news article is based on a disturbing report presented by two German scientists at the ADA Scientific Sessions in June. They concluded that the lag time between testing on the arm compared with the fingertip might be dangerous if blood glucose levels were falling into hypoglycemia. Two of the companies that make these alternative site meters responded either on-line or by e-mail to me. The URL is http://www.mendosa.com/alternative_lags.htm
on July 24, 2001
HbA1C—The 7% Solution
About Diabetes published my introduction to the key blood test for anyone with diabetes at http://diabetes.about.com/library/weekly/uc072401a.htm
on July 25, 2001
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Diabetes
Mature Connections.com published these tips. The URL is http://www.friendly4seniors.com/articles.asp?catID=8.
on July 25, 2001
Diabetes Treatment Is Getting More Convenient, Less Painful and Less Expensive
This article at Friendly4Seniors.com deals with recent advances is drugs, meters, and health insurance for people with diabetes. Unfortunately, it is hard to find. It's in the section "Articles related to Medical / Health." The URL to get there is http://www.friendly4seniors.com/articles.asp?catID=8 .

Updates include:

NutriNews.com Articles
In October 2000 a great new Web site, NutriNews.com, burst on the scene. Full of original content, they published thoughtful and lengthy articles as if there were no tomorrow. Actually, there wasn't, for the company ran out of money almost immediately. Their most recent articles went up in November, and the site has been dormant since then. CEO Richard Enlow tells me to expect it to go down very soon. Therefore, I have taken the articles that I wrote for the site, recoded them, and uploaded them to my Web site. The articles are:
1. "Sugar overload—what's it doing to us and our children?" was the first article of mine that NutriNews.com published. The URL is http://www.mendosa.com/overload.htm.
2. "Are we overjuicing our kids?" is a sidebar to my sugar consumption article linked above. The URL is http://www.mendosa.com/overjuicing.htm.
3. The NutriNews Web site published a suite of five of my articles on November 10, 2000. The lead article is "The diabetes epidemic: Are you at risk, and what can you do about it?" is at http://www.mendosa.com/epidemic.htm.
4. "'Poisoning by sugar' and the 'safe for diabetics' foods myth" is at http://www.mendosa.com/poisoning.htm.
5. "Do 'heart healthy' diets cause diabetes? Some doctors claim recommended diets are doing harm" is at http://www.mendosa.com/heart.htm.
6. "What is diabetes?" is at http://www.mendosa.com/whatis.htm.
7. "The glycemic index: why everyone's talking about it. Easy-to-use carb-ranking tool promises to boost energy, help lose weight, stabilize blood sugar and reduce heart disease risk" is at my most recent article about the glycemic index. The URL is http://www.mendosa.com/talking.htm.

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This newsletter is free and will never include advertising. Nor will I ever sell, rent, or trade your e-mail address to anyone without your permission.

I send out Diabetes Update about once every two weeks. Previous issues are online:

Diabetes Update Number 1 of December 10, 2000
Diabetes Update Number 2 of December 18, 2000
Diabetes Update Number 3 of January 3, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 4 of January 17, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 5 of January 31, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 6 of February 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 7 of March 1, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 8 of March 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 9 of March 30, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 10 of April 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 11 of April 16, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 12 of May 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 13 of May 15, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 14 of May 31, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 15 of June 21, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 16 of July 2, 2001
Diabetes Update Number 17 of July 15, 2001

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