Text 29, 48 rader
Skriven 2005-02-03 13:56:09 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
     Kommentar till text 26 av Eric Wold (1:153/98.0)
Ärende: Diabetes/Leukemia
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Hi, Eric!  Recently you wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton:

DH>  1/2 teaspoon (2.5mL) per day of cinnamon significantly
DH>  reduced blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes.

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EW>  Think "Type 1, Type 1"    :-))))


            Hey... nice to hear from you!  Yes, I imagine your situation may be
rather like that of a person with leukemia.  There's no shortage of articles in
the popular press about breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer... but
the articles about certain other forms of cancer may be few & far between.  One
of our friends... having noticed that I often say "cancer/leukemia"... remarked
"Leukemia *is* cancer, Dear," with the air of somebody who feels I'm more to be
pitied than censured because of this state of denial.  What she doesn't realize
is that while there are a lot of similarities in treatment there are also a lot
of recommendations made by various authors about cancer in general which may be
counterproductive with leukemia.  As another mother of a kid with leukemia said
to me, "You build up the immune system & they use more drugs to knock it down."

            When you have to pass written, oral, and practical exams before you
... and/or your child... are allowed out of hospital there's not much you don't
know about type 1 diabetes or leukemia which would interest the average person.
I'd be interested in learning more about what others have found helpful & about
recent developments in these areas.  But as far as the publishers are concerned
there's no money in it, I guess, so although we certainly haven't forgotten you
it's difficult to find new material!  I suspect cancers other than leukemia are
more profitable because they affect a larger proportion of the adult population
than leukemia does & type 2 diabetes is more profitable than type 1 because the
incidence is rising.  The majority of paying customers are probably adults too.


BTW...

            Until recently, all the folks with diabetes whom I knew well enough
to be aware of their dietary needs had type 1... so I found it very interesting
& educational when a mutual friend was diagnosed with type 2.  Initially he had
to force himself to eat more carbohydrates.  Now I'm in the same boat.  Some of
my nearest & dearest are on the Atkins diet, so I have to think about how I can
add carbohydrates rather than protein whenever I'm planning for myself....  ;-)




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