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	<title>Paging Dr La Puma &#187; Diabetes</title>
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		<title>New Tools for #youdoit #hcsm Self-Empowerment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Conditions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participatory patient care (#youdoit #hcsm) is getting more press, and well it should. I believe patients are way ahead of most clinicians on nutrition, fitness and lifestyle change. The American College of Physicians has cautioned internists to &#8220;Tread Lightly&#8221; (full disclosure: I&#8217;m quoted). The social web (blogs, tweets, facebook posts and google plus, YouTube videos, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time for Some Q and As</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am taking a short break from farming activities (avocados, anyone?) and newsletter writing to answer some reader questions. You can also post these on Facebook or Google Plus and I will try to answer there. Q.  I am wondering if you think it is a good idea to minimize the cheese, chicken and fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Statins Raise Diabetes Risk?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/vitamins-and-supplements/do-statins-raise-diabetes-risk/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=do-statins-raise-diabetes-risk</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Cholesterol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitamins and Supplements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably, in higher doses. A study of 18000 people without heart disease, called JUPITER, shows that Crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg showed that for every 1000 patients on high dose (40mg and up) statins, there are 6 more cases of new diabetes over 2 years. Crestor also prevented 11 cases of heart attack, stroke, arterial revascularization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Bittman&#8217;s &#8220;Tax Bad Foods&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/obesity-and-weight-loss/response-to-bittmans-tax-bad-foods/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=response-to-bittmans-tax-bad-foods</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food FAQ's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a physician and professionally trained chef, I write recipes on prescription slips. I try to practice what Mark Bittman of the New York Times eloquently preaches in Tax Soda, Subsidize Vegetables. Yet a healthy diet is like penicillin&#8211;simple, powerful, and with increasing rates of resistance, from physicians. Physicians are not trained to speak with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diet Smart Not Hard&#8230;And Check Your Sex</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/common-conditions/diet-smart-not-hard-and-check-your-sex/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=diet-smart-not-hard-and-check-your-sex</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Cholesterol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypertension]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stroke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dr oz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[testosterone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[weight gain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Oz says &#8220;break it down and make it simple&#8221;.  Dr. Roizen says &#8220;diet smart, not hard: small changes make a big difference.&#8221; They recommend in their new YOU: Losing Weight * Recruit your team. You need someone to cheer for you and take the fries from you. * Plan Your Plate. * Take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes Doubles! Food Can Help. Should It Be Reimbursed?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/wellness-and-health/diabetes-doubles-food-can-help-should-it-be-reimbursed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=diabetes-doubles-food-can-help-should-it-be-reimbursed</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/wellness-and-health/diabetes-doubles-food-can-help-should-it-be-reimbursed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging and Costs of Aging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans treated for diabetes doubled to about 19 million (8.5% of the population) in 2007 compared with 9.1 million (4.6% of the population) in 1996, according to the AHRQ, a federal agency. That doesn&#8217;t count the undiagnosed (7 million) and those with prediabetes (79 million). Health care spending on diabetes more than doubled to $40.8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt Much? Discussion 1-on-1 For You?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/common-conditions/salt-much-discussion-1-on-1-for-you/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=salt-much-discussion-1-on-1-for-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/common-conditions/salt-much-discussion-1-on-1-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrLaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Conditions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several sneak peaks&#8211;including my statement to the Information Hearing on Diabetes and Obesity in Sacramento 8.25.10 are in the newsletter tomorrow (quick sign-up to get it, top right!). It was challenging to say something new, practical, and responsible&#8230;to decisionmakers about policy.   Let me know what you think. The news that the average American ingests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are there free prescription drug programs that I can use???</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/food-faqs/are-there-free-prescription-drug-programs-that-i-can-use/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=are-there-free-prescription-drug-programs-that-i-can-use</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/food-faqs/are-there-free-prescription-drug-programs-that-i-can-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arthritis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prescriptions and palates can go together: drug-food interactions are a common reason for consultation. But some people would rather not eat, and purchase the medicine they need. The best site for free medicines we know of www.needymeds.com. For those patients who can pay something but not as much as asked for their prescriptions, www.destinationrx.com and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can I lower my risk for stroke?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/wellness-and-health/how-can-i-lower-my-risk-for-stroke/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-can-i-lower-my-risk-for-stroke</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/?p=2320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[*Know your blood pressure and lower it if it&#8217;s high. *Lower your cholesterol&#8211;high blood cholesterol and triglycerides increase your risk. *Prevent and treat heart disease&#8211;most people who survive of stroke die of heart disease. *Quit smoking. Smokers have a 50% greater risk of stroke than nonsmokers. *Women on birth control should never smoke. *Lose body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How many carbs should you count to lose weight?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/food-faqs/how-many-carbs-should-you-count-to-lose-weight/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-many-carbs-should-you-count-to-lose-weight</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people with diabetes have been taught to count carbohydrates as a way of controlling their weight (so have some people who have tried the Atkins and other diets like it). For people with diabetes who want to lose weight, aiming for 30grams of carbs per meal, 3 meals per day, no snacks, will give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does sugar cause pre-diabetes or diabetes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sugar does worsen diabetes&#8211;it makes your blood sugar go up, followed by an insulin surge, followed by a sugar crash, and crankiness, irritability, hunger, and sleuthing near the vending machine or refrigerator. But it is eating too many calories that causes your body to produce extra pounds of body fat&#8211;whether they&#8217;re from sugar or soup. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which foods are good for treating the metabolic syndrome?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/food-faqs/which-foods-are-good-for-treating-the-metabolic-syndrome/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=which-foods-are-good-for-treating-the-metabolic-syndrome</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/?p=2299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foods that are rich in nutrients and low in calories.  Eat whole grain cereals, made with oats.  Try more beans, lentils and peas.  Eat whole fruit , especially fruit high in fiber and low in glycemic index—have plenty of berries, apples, pears, even citrus.  And vegetables—roast sweet potatoes, steam Brussels sprouts, eat your spinach.  What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can food cause the metabolic syndrome?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes—a high calorie, very lowfat, high (simple) carb diet can worsen the metabolic syndrome, and probably cause it.   A high carbohydrate diet causes the over secretion of insulin.  Insulin has 2 main functions—putting glucose into cells for energy, and storing fat. Fatty meats and whole-milk dairy products don’t help.  Neither do fried foods, especially those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I prevent metabolic syndrome if it runs in my family?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjohnlapuma.com/food-faqs/can-i-prevent-metabolic-syndrome-if-it-runs-in-my-family/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-i-prevent-metabolic-syndrome-if-it-runs-in-my-family</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaPuma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes.  Family members who are sedentary or obese or both are more likely to develop this disease.  The way to prevent it is with regular exercise, and with weight (especially fat) loss. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>What are the exact numbers for the metabolic syndrome?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are a waist measurement of 35 inches or more for women, or 40 or more for men (Measure where your waist is narrowest.) Fasting blood sugar of at least 110 Triglycerides of 150 or more HDL (good) cholesterol of less than 50 for women, or less than 40 for men Blood pressure of 130/85 [...]]]></description>
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