Archive for January, 2010

Use your skin-fold calipers to look for prediabetes and diabetes

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Measure your triceps and measure the hip point.  Do this with the instructions found in the booklet and calipers available from our office.  http://www.fatbackdiet.com/?page_id=42
In Women, the triceps should be about the same as the hip measurement.  So if a measurement of 18mm is found on the caliper on the triceps – you should see that [...]

Blood tests to look for diabetes and prediabetes

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

 
There are two components to blood sugar problems.  One is the blood sugar.  The other is the hormone insulin, which is secreted by the pancreas in response to dietary carbohydrates, pure protein intake, sweet foods or overeating.
So just measuring the blood glucose (sugar) is one half of the story, but an important half.  The best [...]

Is it weight gain that causes diabetes or the diabetes gene that causes weight gain?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Our latest headline in the medical journals stun us with the numbers: “two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese”. The cause is, of course, unidentified but the result is listed as a higher risk of “coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, joint disease, cancer, sleep apnea, asthma, and other chronic conditions”. [...]