My doctor has me taking 1mg of Prandin 15 to 30 minutes before lunch and
dinner. This has been going on for approx. 1 1/2 months. In that time
I’ve gained 12 pounds even though my diet is basically the same as it
was before I started using Prandin. Prandin is the ONLY change.

I know that Prandin causes my beta cells to dump more insulin into my
bloodstream. Is that increase causing my weight gain?

Me: T2 taking 12u Humolog with each meal 3× per day, 66u Lantus
between 9:00 and 10:00pm, 1mg Prandin with lunch and dinner.

Hi-I have been a type one since I was 3. I think I am pregnant, is there any
things I should be doing other then taking my insulin and sticking to my
diet?

Amanda

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oxidative stress may indeed be involved in the pathogenesis of certain types of
insulin resistance
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Horm Metab Res. 2004 Aug;36(8):542-9.  Related Articles, Links  

alpha-lipoic Acid Mitigates Insulin Resistance in Goto-Kakizaki Rats.

Bitar MS, Wahid S, Pilcher CW, Al-Saleh E, Al-Mulla F.

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Kuwait University, Faculty of
Medicine, Safat, Kuwait.

Impaired glucose uptake and metabolism by peripheral tissues is a common
feature in both type I and type II diabetes mellitus. This phenomenon was
examined in the context of oxidative stress and the early events within the
insulin signalling pathway using soleus muscles derived from non-obese,
insulin-resistant type II diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, a well-known
genetic rat model for human type II diabetes. Insulin-stimulated glucose
transport was impaired in soleus muscle from GK rats. Oxidative and
non-oxidative glucose disposal pathways represented by glucose oxidation and
glycogen synthesis in soleus muscles of GK rats appear to be resistant to the
action of insulin when compared to their corresponding control values. These
diabetes-related abnormalities in glucose disposal were associated with a
marked diminution in the insulin-mediated enhancement of protein kinase B
(Akt/PKB) and insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1)-associated
phosphatidylinostol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activities; these two kinases are
key elements in the insulin signalling pathway. Moreover, heightened state of
oxidative stress, as indicated by protein bound carbonyl content, was evident
in soleus muscle of GK diabetic rats. Chronic administration of the
hydrophobic/hydrophilic antioxidant alpha -lipoic-acid (ALA, 100 mg/kg, ip)
partly ameliorated the diabetes-related deficit in glucose metabolism, protein
oxidation as well as the activation by insulin of the various steps of the
insulin signalling pathway, including the enzymes Akt/PKB and PI-3 kinase.
Overall, the current investigation illuminates the concept that oxidative
stress may indeed be involved in the pathogenesis of certain types of insulin
resistance. It also harmonizes with the notion of including potent antioxidants
such as ALA in the armamentarium of antidiabetic therapy.

PMID: 15326564 [PubMed - in process]

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documented ability to salvage these patients
<<snip>>

Br J Haematol. 2004 Jun;125(5):545-51.  Related Articles, Links  

Purging iron from the heart.

Hershko C, Cappellini MD, Galanello R, Piga A, Tognoni G, Masera G.

Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem and Ben Gurion University
Faculty of Medicine, Beer Sheva, Israel. hers…@szmc.org.il

Methods are now available to measure the magnitude of iron accumulation in the
heart. Their validation currently relies on indirect evidence and not on
chemical estimation in cardiac biopsies. All patients with symptomatic heart
disease appear to have abnormal T2* values, but many patients without
symptomatic heart disease also have evidence of increased myocardial iron.
Although there is no proof to date that increased myocardial iron, as evidenced
by abnormal magnetic resonance imaging, carries an adverse prognosis, it is
likely that such new information will affect the chelating programme of
patients. In these cases, there are a number of options available: (i) ongoing
treatment with either desferrioxamine (DFO) or deferiprone may be intensified;
(ii) the patient may be switched to the alternative chelator or (iii) combined
chelation with both DFO and deferiprone may be started, which is more effective
than using either chelator alone. For patients with symptomatic heart disease,
continuous intravenous DFO with, or without deferiprone, remains the currently
recommended treatment, in view of its documented ability to salvage these
patients.

Publication Types:
Review
Review, Tutorial

PMID: 15147368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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severesocialanxiety wrote:

> He may have wanted to be a doctor. His father might be a doctor, but
> he is not a doctor. Do not corner him or we will have another mark
> hacking incident.

If real doctor(s) on the Net are helping people, it would not be a waste
of time.

Truth is simple.

You remain in my prayers, dear neighbor whom I love.

Please consider the following as something that will help you:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I22222129

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew

–
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Board-Certified Cardiologist
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I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told not to
excessively worry – that the baby will be just fine once I get this thing
under control.  Does anyone have any experience with this that would like to
share?

Thanks!

Sara

tcomeau wrote:
> "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <and…@heartmdphd.com> wrote in message <news:412CE4EC.BDA485EC@heartmdphd.com>…
> > tcomeau wrote:

> > > The hell with you and your voodoo 2PD crap.

> > Sorry the truth bothers you.

> What truth?

Sorry you are unable to discern it.

> > > This is a science
> > > newsgroup not some stupid ass spammer voodoo diet forum.

> > You started this thread.  Sorry you regret it.

> I did not invite you to take part.

Welcome to Usenet.

> In fact I would prefer that you
> keep your nonsense to yourself.

Sorry my being openly Christian bothers you.

> Go post where people are stupid enough
> to buy into your board certified garbage.

Ouch.  You may have at the other cheek.

> > > Your god will
> > > wave to you as you rot in a board certified hell. Quack.

> > Ouch. You may have at the other cheek.

> <hiss hiss>

Sorry my turning the other cheek bothers you.

> > > TC

> > You will be in my prayers, dear neighbor whom I love.

> <hiss hiss…..>

Sorry my praying for you bothers you.

> > Asshole to the humblest person in the universe,

> > Andrew

> > —
> > Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
> > Board-Certified Quack

> …and the horse you rode in on.

> TC

You remain in my prayers, dear neighbor whom I love.

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew

–
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Mozz wrote:

> ‘The use of Meditation for healing is not new. Meditative techniques
> are the product of diverse cultures and peoples around the world. It
> has been rooted in the traditions of the world’s great religions. In
> fact, practically all religious groups practice meditation in one form
> or another.

Christians call it prayer.

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> The value of Meditation to alleviate suffering and promote
> healing has been known and practiced for thousands of years.

> In spite of its rich history and traditions, it is only during the
> past three decades that scientific study has focused on the clinical
> effects of meditation on health. During the 1960s, reports reached the
> West of yogis and meditation masters in India who could perform
> extraordinary feats of bodily control and altered states of
> consciousness. These reports captured the interest of Western
> researchers studying self-regulation and the possibility of voluntary
> control over the autonomic nervous system. At the same time, new
> refinements in scientific instrumentation made it possible to
> duplicate and substantiate some of these reports at medical research
> institutes. Health care professionals who were often dissatisfied with
> the side effects of drug treatments for stress-related disorders
> embraced meditation as a valuable tool for stress reduction, and today
> both patients and physicians enjoy the health benefits of regular
> meditation practice.

Yes, prayer works.

> He discovered by studying various yogis and longtime meditators that
> the meditation process counteracted the effects of the sympathetic
> nervous system-the one that wants to fight or flee. Whereas the
> sympathetic system dilates the pupils and gets the heart rate,
> respiration, and blood pressure up, the parasympathetic system,
> activated when we meditate, does just the opposite. Muscle tension
> decreases, blood pressure drops, and for some extraordinary
> practitioners, even temperature and basal metabolism rates drop during
> a prolonged meditation. Oxygen needs of the body are reduced when you
> are in a highly relaxed state, and brain waves change from the busy
> beta-waves to the blissful alpha waves.’

When they pray, Christians also enjoy the added benefit of God’s
blessings for themselves and others on top of the stress reduction that
occurs with meditation.  Such benefits would be expected to help folks
with complications arising from either diabetes or obesity making this
discussion on-topic for all NGs receiving this thread.

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew

–
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Board-Certified Cardiologist
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STEVE BAYT
(Parma/Brook Park, Ohio)

Well, I can’t think of any groups members who most dislike Atkins then
those I am posting to this afternoon. I have a long list of articles
against Atkins by typing in STEVE BAYT Atkins Diet in google groups
search.

Instead of constantly trolling newsgroups, I decided to start one of
my own entirely against Atkins and moderated as so. Anyone who would
like to join may feel free to have a place to get their fustrations
out against what is becoming a carb-less world of people who will have
no energy until they have cardiac arrrests.

So, feel free to check out what could be the first Anti-Atkins
newsgroup at the below link, which for some reason isn’t coming up on
search engines.

Postings will only be accepted if they adhere to the same journalistic
standards as is done with Letters To The Editors, guest columns or
media interviews.

I want verifiable sources for information using preferably non-profit
organizations or actual newspapers articles. This group isn’t going to
be like the Atkins groups which end up being like infomercials or even
worse totally brain dead. If a newspaper wouldn’t publish it, neither
will I.

I would rather have one good posting a week or month, then hundreds of
needless postings every hour. I am going for quality, not quantity. A
newsgroup that is more like a trade publication about how bad Atkins
is.

Basically, I am going beyond being a E-journalist to being like an
E-Managing Editor. So, when submitting think of what you send as a
submission to a mainstream newspaper.  I don’t believe in apologizing
for bad postings or now bad posting selection.

Because Love Means Never Having To Say. You’re Sorry.

STEVE BAYT
E-Editor (that sounds cool)
AtkinsDeaths   et al. to come

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/AtkinsDeaths

or send email directly to AtkinsDeaths@googlegroups.com