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The NIH Reports on Six Dietary Supplements for Diabetes
Friday, May 16, 2014
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) reviewed the safety and effectiveness of 6 dietary supplements commonly used by people with diabetes. You can view their report here:
Research Report: Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Dietary Supplements
Its publication date is June 2005, so it may not lect the most recent findings for these supplements. Nonetheless, it provides a good overview of each supplement along with a summary of research findings.
The 6 supplements reviewed were:
Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Chromium
Coenzyme Q10
Garlic
Magnesium
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
The agencys recommendations, in short:
"The evidence that is available is not sufficiently strong to prove that any of the six supplements discussed in this report have benefits for type 2 diabetes or its complications."
"The six dietary supplements appear to be generally safe at low-to-moderate doses. However, each can interact with various prescription medications, affecting the action of the medications."
"Consult your health care provider before starting a supplement, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, or considering giving a supplement to a child."
New Studies Reinforce Stand On Limiting Sodium
Monday, May 12, 2014
New studies support limiting daily sodium consumption to less than 1,500 milligrams, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory.
The advisory, published in the American Heart Associations journal Circulation, is based on a thorough review of recent laboratory, animal, observational and clinical studies that reaffirm the associations 2011 advisory that limiting sodium (salt) to less than 1,500 mg per day is linked to a decreased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, including stroke.
"Our recommendation is simple in the sense that it applies to the entire U.S. population, not just at-risk groups," said Nancy Brown, chief executive officer of the American Heart Association. "Americans of all ages, regardless of individual risk factors, can improve their heart health and reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease by restricting their daily consumption of sodium to less than 1,500 milligrams."
Some recent reports have led to confusion and mixed messages about the healthiest levels of daily sodium for all subgroups of the population.
"People should not be swayed by calls for a change in sodium intake recommendations based on findings from recent studies reporting that a reduction in sodium consumption does not improve cardiovascular health," said Paul K. Whelton, M.D., M.Sc., lead author and Show Chwan Professor of Global Public Health in the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, La. "Our detailed review of these studies identified serious methodological weaknesses, which limit the value of these reports in setting or revising sodium intake policy.
"Our focus should be on finding effective ways to implement, not change, the existing American Heart Association policy on sodium intake."
Reducing sodium intake can help fight high blood pressure, which affects more than 76 million U.S. adults and is a major cause of cardiovascular disease.
Yet, most American adults and children consume sodium far in excess of their physiologic needs and guideline recommendations -- with an average daily intake more than 3400 mg per day. Only individuals, primarily those with specific, rare disorders, who have been advised by their physicians to do otherwise, should not reduce their sodium intake to 1500 mg/day, but this is difficult in the current environment. Most of the sodium the public consumes is "hidden" in processed and prepared foods. The American Heart Association advocates improved nutritional labeling of sodium content and stringent limits on sodium in all foods -- fresh, processed and prepared -- provided to everyone and in particular in schools, marketed to children and purchased by employers and government programs.
Study authors conclude that a comprehensive approach to cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention is multifactorial that includes regular physical activity, healthy body weight, managing blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, avoiding tobacco and a healthy diet. Sodium reduction is a very important component of a healthy diet.
"An integral component of our campaign to improve the nations cardiovascular health by 20 percent by 2020 is a nationwide decrease in sodium consumption," said Donna Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., president of the American Heart Association. "It will require a joint effort between health organizations, policy makers and the food industry to achieve this goal by creating an environment conducive to helping all Americans make healthy, low-sodium food choices."
Healthy lifestyle during menopause may decrease breast cancer risk later on
Monday, April 14, 2014
Obese, postmenopausal women are at greater risk for developing breast cancer and their cancers tend to be more aggressive than those in lean counterparts. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the December issue of the journal Cancer Research shows how this risk might be prevented.
“By using nutrient tracers for fat and sugar, we tracked where the body stored excess calories. In lean models, excess fat and glucose were taken up by the liver, mammary and skeletal tissues. In obese models, excess fat and glucose were taken up by tumors, fueling their growth,” says Erin Giles, PhD, postdoctoral researcher at the CU Cancer Center and the paper’s lead author.
In short, if you are lean, excess calories go to healthy tissue. If you are obese, excess calories feed the tumor.
“This implies that the menopausal window may be an opportunity for women to control their breast cancer risk through weight management,” Giles says.
In this study, Giles worked with a team of scientists including postdoctoral fellows Elizabeth Wellberg and Sonali Jindal, as well as faculty members Steve Anderson, Pepper Schedin, Ann Thor and Paul Maclean. Their study also showed that tumors from obese animals had increased levels of the progesterone receptor, and this receptor appears to give tumors a metabolic advantage for growth. To extend their findings to humans, they recruited gene analysis experts David Astling and Aik-Choon Tan who analyzed 585 human breast cancers and found that human tumors expressing the progesterone receptor had the same metabolic advantage.
“Basically, we saw an abnormal metabolic response to fat and sugar in the obese that, in many ways, mirrors the response to fat and sugar in Type II diabetes,” Giles says. Noticing this similarity, the group tested the use of the common Type II diabetes drug, Metformin, in their model of postmenopausal breast cancer.
“With treatment, tumor size was dramatically decreased in the obese, and tumors showed reduced expression of the progesterone receptor,” Giles says.
Using a pre-clinical model, the investigators found that weight gain during menopause is particularly bad for those who are obese when entering menopause. Together, the results of this study suggest that the combination of obesity and weight gain during menopause can impact breast cancer in two ways. First, tumors that arise in obese women appear to have a metabolic advantage, and second, the inability to store excess calories in healthy tissues may further fuel tumor growth.
“While drugs may be useful in controlling breast cancer risk in obese, postmenopausal women, our results imply that a combination of diet and exercise may be equally if not more beneficial,” Giles says.
The group’s ongoing studies are testing whether interventions such as diet and exercise, during the period of menopausal weight gain, can improve tumor outcomes.
Saturday Throwback On Splurging
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Every week, we post a piece from the CHG archives (located in our nations capitol, right next to the Ark of the Covenant). This comes from February 2009.
My Pa is my idol. He’s a funny guy, with the patience of Gandhi and the work ethic of an Iditarod sled dog. Even on bad days, he makes Atticus Finch look like an angry slacker. And last week, he turned 60. This is significant for many reasons:

PA: Did you see Jeters catch last night? It was just like Willie Mays. He ran 50 feet into the outfield and caught it with his back turned. And THEN he nails the guy at second. It was great. Great catch.
ME: If you ever left Mom for a man, Im pretty sure it would be Jeter.
PA: (thoughtful pause) … You think hed have me?
That left one other option: Le Bernardin.
You need to know: Pa is a seafood fanatic. He inhales shrimp, and once, I witnessed him down two-dozen Maryland blue crabs in a single sitting. (To compare, I had four. Ma had eight.) Le Bernardin seemed like a good choice.
LB is Eric Ripert’s phenomenal seafood restaurant on the north end of Midtown Manhattan. It’s has four stars from the New York Times since 1986, and is one of only a trio of Big Apple eateries to boast three Michelin stars. Calling it a good place for fish is like saying the Pope only kind of digs Jesus. It’s a TEMPLE to fish, and Pa and I were eager to pay our respects. So, we chose a random Wednesday (coincidentally, the same night Ripert appeared on Top Chef), donned our best snow boots, and got subway-ing.
(SIDE NOTE #1: I worked in Midtown for nine years, on the SAME EXACT STREET as the restaurant, and never knew it was there. This is partially because the whole gorgeous, warm, wooden room is tucked modestly away in the first floor of a ginormous skyscraper. There’s a sign outside, but it’s easy to miss among Times Square’s shiny bustle. Also, I’m not very observant.)
Once we arrived and our coats were checked, the host ushered us to a neat, crisp table with more silverware than Ive ever seen for two people. We settled in, and the meal began with an amuse-bouche, a tiny pre-appetizer that psyches your palette up for the rest of dinner. In this case, it was lobster cappuccino. Lobster. Cappuccino. Oh, it sounds bizarre and gross, but understand this: if God had come down from heaven and offered to rub my mouth with diamonds, I still would have opted for the shellfish coffee.
Next up was a choice between 14,000 different types of bread, served to us by one of our 17,000 suited waiters. On the side: butter, presumably churned from a cow they kept behind the bar. I’d never had fresher dairy, and Pa practically spread it on his tongue. So far, so good.
(SIDE NOTE #2: It was around this time we spilled a drop of … something [I forget what] … on the tablecloth. Like quicksilver, a waiter was over to brush it away, smooth the offending wrinkles, and hide the faint remaining stain with a snow-white linen napkin. Pa and I looked wide-eyed at each other: “Well, this beats the crap out of Olive Garden.”)
Soon enough, our sommelier (a lady!) visited the table, bearing our half-bottle of German white wine. She taste-tested the vino before pouring it, and finding it unpoisoned, gave us generous sloshes for the meals to come.
Which? Holla!
What followed were three courses of fish prepared in a variety of heart-stopping, face-melting ways. Organic raw salmon with green apple? Check. White tuna lightly poached in olive oil with dime-sized potato chips adorning each piece? Check. Crispy bass that dismantled our taste buds, rearranged them, and then built them back up into newer, better taste buds? Oh god, check.
And to top everything off, dessert. I had an architecturally stunning dark chocolate ganache with sweet potato sorbet. Pa had a hazelnut and banana combination that … I just openly drooled on my chest. Who discovered the hazelnut, and how can I give him my life’s savings? If anyone can answer this, please call me. Collect.
(SIDE NOTE #3: In the bathroom? Free tampons. Pa was not as impressed at this as me.)
In the end, we walked out full, dazzled, and with the understanding that this was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing. Calories didn’t matter. Time didn’t matter. Money didn’t matter.
Oh, and about that bill.
Woof. It was big. A good portion of my monthly rent.
But it was also for Pa, and that made every cent worth it. Yeah, I save and scrimp and regularly frugalize my pants off, but I’d do Le Bernardin again tomorrow if I could. We value good food. We love trying new restaurants. We both knew we probably wouldn’t have that kind of opportunity again. And hell, you only turn 60 once.
And that’s when splurging is okay.
(Photos courtesy of Confessions of a She-Fan.)
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My Pa is my idol. He’s a funny guy, with the patience of Gandhi and the work ethic of an Iditarod sled dog. Even on bad days, he makes Atticus Finch look like an angry slacker. And last week, he turned 60. This is significant for many reasons:
- Senior discounts galore. (Hello, IHOP!)
- He’s halfway through his quest to become the world’s oldest man.
- Sandals! Over black socks! No one gives a damn anymore!
- He’s the same age as Sean Connery in Hunt for Red October, Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and, er, Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker. Barring that last one, that’s pretty cool.
- I wasn’t around to celebrate. Instead (with his blessing, but still), I was oogling mountains in the Pacific Northwest.
PA: Did you see Jeters catch last night? It was just like Willie Mays. He ran 50 feet into the outfield and caught it with his back turned. And THEN he nails the guy at second. It was great. Great catch.
ME: If you ever left Mom for a man, Im pretty sure it would be Jeter.
PA: (thoughtful pause) … You think hed have me?
That left one other option: Le Bernardin.
You need to know: Pa is a seafood fanatic. He inhales shrimp, and once, I witnessed him down two-dozen Maryland blue crabs in a single sitting. (To compare, I had four. Ma had eight.) Le Bernardin seemed like a good choice.
LB is Eric Ripert’s phenomenal seafood restaurant on the north end of Midtown Manhattan. It’s has four stars from the New York Times since 1986, and is one of only a trio of Big Apple eateries to boast three Michelin stars. Calling it a good place for fish is like saying the Pope only kind of digs Jesus. It’s a TEMPLE to fish, and Pa and I were eager to pay our respects. So, we chose a random Wednesday (coincidentally, the same night Ripert appeared on Top Chef), donned our best snow boots, and got subway-ing.
(SIDE NOTE #1: I worked in Midtown for nine years, on the SAME EXACT STREET as the restaurant, and never knew it was there. This is partially because the whole gorgeous, warm, wooden room is tucked modestly away in the first floor of a ginormous skyscraper. There’s a sign outside, but it’s easy to miss among Times Square’s shiny bustle. Also, I’m not very observant.)
Once we arrived and our coats were checked, the host ushered us to a neat, crisp table with more silverware than Ive ever seen for two people. We settled in, and the meal began with an amuse-bouche, a tiny pre-appetizer that psyches your palette up for the rest of dinner. In this case, it was lobster cappuccino. Lobster. Cappuccino. Oh, it sounds bizarre and gross, but understand this: if God had come down from heaven and offered to rub my mouth with diamonds, I still would have opted for the shellfish coffee.
Next up was a choice between 14,000 different types of bread, served to us by one of our 17,000 suited waiters. On the side: butter, presumably churned from a cow they kept behind the bar. I’d never had fresher dairy, and Pa practically spread it on his tongue. So far, so good.
(SIDE NOTE #2: It was around this time we spilled a drop of … something [I forget what] … on the tablecloth. Like quicksilver, a waiter was over to brush it away, smooth the offending wrinkles, and hide the faint remaining stain with a snow-white linen napkin. Pa and I looked wide-eyed at each other: “Well, this beats the crap out of Olive Garden.”)
Soon enough, our sommelier (a lady!) visited the table, bearing our half-bottle of German white wine. She taste-tested the vino before pouring it, and finding it unpoisoned, gave us generous sloshes for the meals to come.
Which? Holla!
What followed were three courses of fish prepared in a variety of heart-stopping, face-melting ways. Organic raw salmon with green apple? Check. White tuna lightly poached in olive oil with dime-sized potato chips adorning each piece? Check. Crispy bass that dismantled our taste buds, rearranged them, and then built them back up into newer, better taste buds? Oh god, check.
And to top everything off, dessert. I had an architecturally stunning dark chocolate ganache with sweet potato sorbet. Pa had a hazelnut and banana combination that … I just openly drooled on my chest. Who discovered the hazelnut, and how can I give him my life’s savings? If anyone can answer this, please call me. Collect.
(SIDE NOTE #3: In the bathroom? Free tampons. Pa was not as impressed at this as me.)
In the end, we walked out full, dazzled, and with the understanding that this was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing. Calories didn’t matter. Time didn’t matter. Money didn’t matter.
Oh, and about that bill.
Woof. It was big. A good portion of my monthly rent.
But it was also for Pa, and that made every cent worth it. Yeah, I save and scrimp and regularly frugalize my pants off, but I’d do Le Bernardin again tomorrow if I could. We value good food. We love trying new restaurants. We both knew we probably wouldn’t have that kind of opportunity again. And hell, you only turn 60 once.
And that’s when splurging is okay.
(Photos courtesy of Confessions of a She-Fan.)
Update on Inhaled Insulin
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
ExuberaTM, the powdered inhalable insulin being developed by Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis was reviewed last Thursday by the FDA’s Endocrinologic & Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee backed the drug (and its delivery system: inhalation) as a substitute for some injections.
The FDA has yet to approve it, but often heeds recommendations of its advisory committees. FDA approval may be a year away.
ExuberaTM is the first inhalable insulin to make it this far in the route to FDA approval. Novo Nordisk (with Aradigm) and Eli Lilly (with Alkermes) also have inhalable drugs in development.
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Pfizers press release:
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Exubera® for Use in Adults with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes
Novo Nordisk and Aradigms press release:
Aradigm Announces Novo Nordisk Presentation of Data of AERx Insulin Diabetes Management System at the American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting
Eli Lilly and Alkermess press release:
Lilly and Alkermes Initiate Phase 3 Safety Study for Inhaled Insulin
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The FDA has yet to approve it, but often heeds recommendations of its advisory committees. FDA approval may be a year away.
ExuberaTM is the first inhalable insulin to make it this far in the route to FDA approval. Novo Nordisk (with Aradigm) and Eli Lilly (with Alkermes) also have inhalable drugs in development.
Pfizers press release:
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Exubera® for Use in Adults with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes
Novo Nordisk and Aradigms press release:
Aradigm Announces Novo Nordisk Presentation of Data of AERx Insulin Diabetes Management System at the American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting
Eli Lilly and Alkermess press release:
Lilly and Alkermes Initiate Phase 3 Safety Study for Inhaled Insulin
Knols On Diabetes
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Google last week debuted a new project called Knol, a term Google defines as "unit of knowledge". It is a collection of web pages, or articles, on specific topics. There are just a few hundred Knols so far, but they include a couple on diabetes that are worth a visit:Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Anyone may write a Knol. These particular two were written by Anne Peters MD, FACP, CDE, a diabetologist and director of the USC Clinical Diabetes Programs in Los Angeles, CA.
Anyone may rate, comment on, or suggest edits to Knols, too. So, stop by. Maybe theres something youd like to contribute.
Save Money on Seasonings MYOM Make Your Own Mix
Friday, March 7, 2014

Case in point: I’ve been running out of chili powder for almost a month now. It occurred to me several times to buy some, but always in places like the Q Train or the bathroom at Barnes and Noble. Finally, last Wednesday, I couldn’t wait any longer. My Turkey Chili with Beans needed a massive ¼ cup of the stuff. Pressed for time, I scrounged up a few dollars and hightailed it to Key Food, where naturally, they were all out. Rendered temporarily insane by sheer desperation, I bought a single packet of McCormick Original Chili Seasoning Mix.
It cost $2.39. ($2.39! Seriously! Not kidding! I just about choked.)
Slightly perturbed, I raced back home and immediately Googled homemade chili powders. Turns out, this Recipe Zaar mix could have been made under five minutes with spices I had lying around. Plus? PLUS? My calculations put it at a grand total of $0.18.
Needless to say, duh.
Yet, there was a silver lining, as a post was born. Listed below are roughly 35 recipes for 21 common seasoning mixes. Also included are five excellent Master Sites, in which you’ll discover dozens more concoctions beyond your wildest, spiciest dreams.
With the exception of Essence of Emeril and the Recipe Zaar Chili Powder, I haven’t tried any of these, so I’m erring them blindly. Also, I didn’t include any barbecue rubs. This is for two reasons:
A) There are approximately a billion available all over the web, and
B) I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I don’t wanna embarrass myself claiming to know anything about BBQ. (Bagels and pizza? Another story.)
Enjoy, and please go crazy in the comments section if you know of any other resources.
Master Sites
All Restaurant Recipes
Budget 101
Recipe Goldmine: seasoning search part 1 and part 2
Recipe Zaar: herb & spice mixes and marinades & rubs
Top Secret Recipes main page and search function
Adobo Powder
Chef Michele
Chili Powder
About.com
FatFree.com
Chinese Five Spice Powder
Chow Recipe Source
Curry Powder
Alton Brown/Food Network
Chow
Emeril’s Essence/Creole Seasoning/Bayou Blast
Emeril Lagasse/Food Network
Fajita Mix
About.com
Townie Blog
Garam Masala
All Recipes
O Chef
Herbs de Provence
The Epicentre
Recipe Land
Italian Seasoning
About.com
Cooks.com
Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
All Recipes
Astray Recipes
Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
Food Down Under
Group Recipes
Lemon Pepper
Fabulous Foods
Mrs. Dash
About.com
Mulling Spice
Mom’s Budget
Price Smart Foods
Old Bay Seasoning
Busy Cooks
Cooking Cache
Paul Prudhomme Seasoning
Astray.com (Cajun Meat)
Recipes Market (Regular Seasoning)
Paula Deen’s House Seasoning
Paula Deen / Food Network
Poultry Seasoning
All Recipes
CD Kitchen
Pumpkin Pie Spice
About.com
Post Gazette
Shake and Bake:
All Recipes
Food Network
Taco Seasoning
All Recipes
CD Kitchen
(Photos courtesy of McCormick and Flickr member GavinBell. )
_http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2008/02/save-money-on-seasonings-myom-make-your.html
How About Some Shared Decision Making on the Merits of Shared Decision Making
Saturday, March 1, 2014
No one asked patients what they think.
Well, this just published Health Affairs study summarizes the opinions about SDM that were gleaned from six focus groups involving 48 health care consumers (out of 458 patients contacted) who resided close to San Francisco. Participants first watched a video that showcased how shared decision making worked and how it could be used to empower consumers to choose among several recommended treatment options. Then they were asked about their opinions.
The DMCB thought the results were disappointing.
Patients feel vulnerable. They reported that:
1. they feel pressured to "conform" to a "role" that was subservient not only to the expertise of the physician, but his or her good will. Patients didnt want to be viewed as being "uncooperative."
2. it can be futile to overcome the authoritarian demeanor of their physicians. Patients feel powerless.
3. there isnt enough time to reconcile the information theyve collected on their own with the information at their physicians fingertips.
4. They need to have at least one other family member or friend at the encounter. Patients are unable to absorb all the information they need to make an truly informed decision.
Up until now, the DMCB has assumed that the relatively low uptake of SDM in mainstream clinical care was a function of provider skepticism if not outright hostility. It seems another problem may be lingering patient doubts too.
Based on their results and a review of the peer reviewed literature, the authors offer some suggestions on how to foster the use of SDM including 1) increasing physician reimbursement, 2) developing efficient decision support tools, 3) increasing patient-physician face-to face time, 4) helping physicians become aware of the need for more open communication and 5) creating "signals" by the "system" that patient "engagement" is important.
The DMCB agrees, but points out that the road to SDM is not necessarily lined with physicians. Theyre busy and theres little room in the course of a clinic day for more disruptions of their work flow. Thats why it makes sense to think about SDM through the prism of population health management. Heres why.
More on the topic in a future post.
Image from the SAMHSA website.
Saturday Throwback Save Money on Seasonings MYOM Make Your Own Mix
Every Saturday, we post a piece from the CHG archives. This one is from February 2008.
The more I learn about saving cash on food, the madder I get with myself when I knowingly waste money. While this holds true for every aspect of grocery shopping, it’s double the fury when it comes to McCormick-style seasoning packets. Why? Well, almost any pre-packaged spice mix, rub, or powder can be made at home for a fraction of the price. Oftentimes, it’ll taste better, too.
Case in point: I’ve been running out of chili powder for almost a month now. It occurred to me several times to buy some, but always in places like the Q Train or the bathroom at Barnes and Noble. Finally, last Wednesday, I couldn’t wait any longer. My Turkey Chili with Beans needed a massive ¼ cup of the stuff. Pressed for time, I scrounged up a few dollars and hightailed it to Key Food, where naturally, they were all out. Rendered temporarily insane by sheer desperation, I bought a single packet of McCormick Original Chili Seasoning Mix.It cost $2.39. ($2.39! Seriously! Not kidding! I just about choked.)
Slightly perturbed, I raced back home and immediately Googled homemade chili powders. Turns out, this Recipe Zaar mix could have been made under five minutes with spices I had lying around. Plus? PLUS? My calculations put it at a grand total of $0.18.
Needless to say, duh.
Yet, there was a silver lining, as a post was born. Listed below are roughly 33 recipes for 21 common seasoning mixes. Also included are five excellent Master Sites, in which you’ll discover dozens more concoctions beyond your wildest, spiciest dreams.
With the exception of Essence of Emeril and the Recipe Zaar Chili Powder, I haven’t tried any of these, so I’m erring them blindly. Also, I didn’t include any barbecue rubs. This is for two reasons:
A) There are approximately a billion available all over the web, and
B) I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I don’t wanna embarrass myself claiming to know anything about BBQ. (Bagels and pizza? Another story.)
Enjoy, and please go crazy in the comments section if you know of any other resources.
Master Sites
All Restaurant Recipes
Budget 101
Recipe Goldmine: seasoning search part 1 and part 2
Recipe Zaar: herb & spice mixes and marinades & rubs
Top Secret Recipes main page and search function
Adobo Powder
Chef Michele
Chili Powder
About.com
FatFree.com
Chinese Five Spice Powder
Chow Recipe Source
Curry Powder
Alton Brown/Food Network
Chow
Emeril’s Essence/Creole Seasoning/Bayou Blast
Emeril Lagasse/Food Network
Fajita Mix
About.com
Townie Blog
Garam Masala
All Recipes
O Chef
Herbs de Provence
The Epicentre
Recipe Land
Italian Seasoning
About.com
Cooks.com
Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
All Recipes
Astray Recipes
Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
Group Recipes
Lemon Pepper
Fabulous Foods
Mrs. Dash
About.com
Mulling Spice
Mom’s Budget
Price Smart Foods
Old Bay Seasoning
Busy Cooks
Cooking Cache
Paul Prudhomme Seasoning
Astray.com (Cajun Meat)
Paula Deen’s House Seasoning
Paula Deen / Food Network
Poultry Seasoning
All Recipes
CD Kitchen
Pumpkin Pie Spice
About.com
Post Gazette
Shake and Bake:
All Recipes
Food Network
Taco Seasoning
All Recipes
CD Kitchen
ADA Position Statement On Nutrition Therapy For Diabetes
Saturday, February 15, 2014
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently published their new Position Statement on nutrition therapy for people with diabetes: Nutrition Therapy Recommendations for the Management of Adults With Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Published online ahead of print, 9 October 2013.
The new statement replaces all previous statements, the last of which was published in Diabetes Care in 2008: "Nutritional Recommendations and Interventions for Diabetes."
It is evidence-based, with 246 erences and a grading system "used to clarify and codify the evidence."
The Statement considered several popular diets* or eating styles, including Mediterranean-style, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), plant-based (vegan or vegetarian), lower-fat, and lower-carbohydrate, but didnt recommend any one in particular, emphasizing the need to consider personal perence:
"It is the position of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) that there is not a “one-size-fits-all” eating pattern for individuals with diabetes.It recommends that people with diabetes receive structured education in nutrition therapy, either from a nutrition professional or a comprehensive DSME (Diabetes Self-Management Education) program:
"A variety of eating patterns (combinations of different foods or food groups) are acceptable for the management of diabetes. Personal perences (e.g., tradition, culture, religion, health beliefs and goals, economics) and metabolic goals should be considered when recommending one eating pattern over another."
"The ADA [recommends] that each person with diabetes be actively engaged in self-management, education, and treatment planning with his or her health care provider."They may not have homed in on one eating pattern, but they did have a lot to say, backed by evidence, about the three macronutrients (carbohydrate, fat, and protein), and other dietary considerations. Ill be posting about their discussions on these topics in the coming days.
* The word "diet" doesnt appear in the Statement at all. Lead author Alison Evert, MS, RD, CDE, told Medscape Medical News.
"Throughout the document, we er to eating plans or eating patterns rather than diet. We want to work with patients and help them achieve individual health goals. A variety of eating patterns can help, and people are more likely to follow an eating plan that speaks to them."
A Look on grit Fitness
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Many people nowadays are inordinately tremendously conscious about their allow health and fitness. In addendum to that, these people, and countless others as well, are now having that itch to sculpt their bodies to ahieve that magazine-cover look. As a result, gyms, health spas and other fortuity centers have proliferated gross since to cater to the needs of the fitness buffs further afficionados.
Even on television exercise machines, might loss products, and other paraphernalia to improve one's turn have more or less gained control over the airwaves and made their way into the households. But exerise is not the only way to figure that body superb. It also entails unconditional amount of responsibility on the foods by oneself chooses to eat. Being healthy and fit requires one to observe diet fitness.
Diet fitness is as inbred as exercise itself. Diet for fitness provides the essential nutrition isolated needs to galvanize worn-out muscles and for healthy growth. Diet fitness should never sell for taken for granted. With the popularity of keeping fit, alive with different views, methods, programs and dieting strategies have been formulated by countless professionals. Among these are high carb diets and finest fat diets. Whih one is more changing and which one should only choose to follow?
First firm to see would be the fundamental differences between these two diet approaches. As the offer implies, high carb diets concentrates on taking rule carbohydrate-rich foods while fine fat diets endorses fat-rich foods. High carb diets are utilized to glycogen stored in the liver further muscles. Glycogen is a glucose complex that provides large amounts of work ready owing to use in anaerobic exercises.
Fats, on the other hand, is well-nown over as the richest source of calories. It actually contains 2.5 times more calories than carbohydrates and proteins alike. Studies also show that it takes the body 24 calories to metabolize carbohydrates go it only takes 3 to burn down copious. So which unequaled to follow? A person amenability follow a high carb besides low whopper fitness diet or the other way around. sincere is absolutely not recommended to follow both at the same time; unless of course if you want to gain frame fat.
But then diet opening is not gross about losing fat, lone must further consider his diet in order to keep fat away. burrow shows that sustainable release of manipulation can only be achieved on a diet which suits the individual fast food preferences, lifestyle, medical profile and satiety signals.
Diet programs all over can help you shed off excess pounds, but separate one diet can help you ride sexy, besides undeniable is the one that satisfies you most. Other important aspects of having a fit diet are moderation, balance further variation. alone must be sane not to leave out important nutrients further other substances necessary since healthy body functioning. health organizations are clear about the amounts of nutrients an individual should have in the body.
Low huge high carbs, invaluable carbs low bulky; the question is not which vittles program will motion out but which is original that will work for you. bid thanks to a sexy besides hale conformation does not have to burden an individual, diet fitness does not have to mean adhesive to the same kind of food for life. One may leveled try to be adventurous also try out new foods out there. Who knows? one may flush occasion spinach showy.
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