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Early Insulin Use Helps Control
Intensive insulin therapy may be the treatment of choice if you’ve just
been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Research indicates that early
use of multiple daily insulin injections appears to quickly control blood
glucose, correct elevated cholesterol, and decrease
insulin resistance. Sixteen patients who were newly
diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and had A 1C
readings higher than 8. 5 percent received insulin
therapy for an average of 11 weeks. Once their A1C
levels dropped below 7 percent, they either stopped
taking insulin or switched to oral medication
but continued to follow their diet and exer cise
programs. After 17 months, the participants’
average A1C level was even lower— 5. 9 pe rcent.
Source: American Diabetes Association, Annual Meeting, June 2005
A Healthful
Night’s Sleep
Getting too little or too much sleep could be a risk factor for diabetes,
reports H. Klar Yaggi, M.D., and a team at Yale University’s medical
school. Men who got too little sleep (five to six hours per night) or a lot
of sleep (more than eight hours per night) were more likely to develop
type 2 diabetes than men with moderate amounts of sleep. The study
suggests that seven hours of nightly sleep might be ideal.
Source: Diabetes Care, March 2006
One in six overweight boys and
girls from ages
12 to 19 has pre-diabetes. This
condition is linked
to obesity and
inactivity, and
signals a risk for
diabetes and heart
problems.
Source: Pediatrics, November 2005
