Diabetic Digest - June 8, 2016
Readers:
I've been dealing with a head cold for a week or so and it's been playing havoc with my blood-sugar. It seems no matter how much or how little insulin or food I consume my numbers are still sky-high.
The good thing is that this only happens when I'm sick so that's the ultimate confirmation. This usually happens before the signs of illness show themselves - so I can brace myself for what's to come.
Don't you hate spring colds? How about summer colds?
Regards,
Steve
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Study: Diabetes increases years with disability, reduces lifespan
ATLANTA - The threat to health posed by diabetes is well known, however the effects during life may be just as significant, based on a study showing the number of disabled years of a person's life increase significantly because of the condition.
People with diabetes develop disabilities seven years earlier than those without it, and die nearly five years earlier, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with researchers at Emory University in Atlanta.
The CDC reports that, as of 2014, an estimated 9.3 percent of the U.S. population, or 29.1 million people, have diabetes, with more than a quarter of them not diagnosed. On top of this, 86 million people have prediabetes, with 15 to 30 percent expected to develop the condition within five years if they do not lose weight and increase physical activity, the agency said.
Researchers in the new study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, reviewed health records collected as part of the Health and Retirement Study between 1998 and 2012 for 20,008 people over age 50.
Diabetes and disability status were used to estimate the incidence of disease-related disability, remission to nondisability, and mortality from diabetes, all of which was self-reported by participants. Disability was defined as mobility loss, difficulty with instrumental activities of daily living, and difficulty with activities of daily living.
The researchers found adults with diabetes died 4.6 years earlier than those without diabetes, developed disabilities six to seven years earlier, and spent one to two years more in a disabled state than people without diabetes. As baseline age increased, further reductions in life expectancy and disability-free years were seen than in those at younger ages.
Men with diabetes also spent twice as much of their remaining life -- 20 to 24 percent -- disabled than men without the disease, who experienced disability for 12 to 16 percent of their remaining lives. Similar associations were found among women, researchers reported.
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ZESTY SALSA BURGERS
INGREDIENTS:
2 pounds ground beef
1/3 cup pincante sauce (mild or hot to your liking)
1/3 cup (1 1/3 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon pepper
DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Form
mixture into 6-8 patties; layer patties in some aluminum
foil and refrigerate to firm them up. Broil, grill or
bake to desired doneness. Doneness?
Yield: 6-8 patties
Categories: Meats, BBQ
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