The night shift has always been a “killer” for those with diabetes 1 and 2. I have never been able to give anyone good advice as to how to handle the glucose under night working conditions.
Now comes another “killer” aspect to the night shift. Science News 1.7.06 #169 page 9, the “consumer” edition of Science, cites several articles indicating an increase in breast cancer and probably prostate cancer from bright light at night.
By interrupting the body’s mainly nocturnal production of melatonin the Nurses Health Study indicates a very significant increase in breast cancer. It is not the lack of sleep but the exposure to light. The prostate cancer data is unfolding.
There is no recommendation that taking melatonin would help but only because of uncertainty of contaminants in production and being a hormone, it does have effects on other sex hormones.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Prevention of Diabetes
Prevention of Diabetes 1 and 2 is becoming increasingly complex and more possible. Here is a list, all of which we can control, of metabolic pathways that we now attack.
1.Nitric oxide
2.Inflammation
3.Omegas 3,6 and 9
4.Krebs cycle
5.Homocysteine
6.Thrombotic
And the last one is Vitamin D. In the last 18 months we have not found anyone normal using the new standards. Diabetes Care 2005, 28 (5): 1228-1230.
But the Vitamin D should be normal for health, cancer prevention, neurological disease reversal as well as preventing and reversing diabetes.
Have your doctor order lab for Vitamin D, 25(OH-D), the short term for D and look for normal to be slightly over 80 and as high as 150. The lab slip will not say that since these new standards are not official yet. But while the “standard setters” fiddle, you must take care of yourself. It’s your time.
1.Nitric oxide
2.Inflammation
3.Omegas 3,6 and 9
4.Krebs cycle
5.Homocysteine
6.Thrombotic
And the last one is Vitamin D. In the last 18 months we have not found anyone normal using the new standards. Diabetes Care 2005, 28 (5): 1228-1230.
But the Vitamin D should be normal for health, cancer prevention, neurological disease reversal as well as preventing and reversing diabetes.
Have your doctor order lab for Vitamin D, 25(OH-D), the short term for D and look for normal to be slightly over 80 and as high as 150. The lab slip will not say that since these new standards are not official yet. But while the “standard setters” fiddle, you must take care of yourself. It’s your time.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Book Signing Photo Loop
Dr. Joe pre-released 100 copies of his new book in December, 2005. To get the word out he held two book signings, one in Carmel, CA and one at his clinic in Redwood City. To see all the phots from the events follow this link: http://invite.filmloop.com/x?OvwIxjCuCZDXn-7FyGjqY2F1PY-yKyMD
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