Regular visitors know that I’ve had diabetes for 10 years or so. And that getting & keeping my blood sugar under control was the biggest reason for my weight loss adventure. Oh, and why I’m interested in eating issues in general. People in my family who don’t keep control diabetes die at age 62. If they control it? 93 or more.
That’s what I thought, anyway….
From the New York Times:
Tight Rein on Blood Sugar Has No Heart Benefits
The results provide more details and bolster findings reported in February, when one of the studies, by the National Institutes of Health, ended prematurely. At that time, researchers surprised diabetes experts with the announcement that study participants who were rigorously controlling their blood sugar actually had a higher death rate than those whose blood sugar control was less stringent. Read the rest of this entry »
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