Diet, delusion and diabetes

Diet and diabetes.

Effects of specific macronutrients John Miles (Rochester, MN) discussed effects of meal ingestion on protein metabolism, acute effects of dietary protein and amino acids on glucose metabolism, and effects of protein in persons with diabetes, noting that insulin decreases endogenous proteolysis during a mixed meal. In a study of protein ingestion in persons with diabetes, plasma amino acids and,...

Libido and Delusion

Hope, optimism and delusion

Optimism is generally accepted by psychiatrists, psychologists and other caring professionals as a feature of mental health. Interventions typically rely on cognitive-behavioural tools to encourage individuals to 'stop negative thought cycles' and to 'challenge unhelpful thoughts'. However, evidence suggests that most individuals have persistent biases of optimism and that excessive optimism is...

The Paleo diet and diabetes.

151 T and defects in insulin secretion. Obesity is the major risk factor for the development of the condition and a number of studies— including the Diabetes Prevention Program, the Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study, and the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study— have shown that lifestyle modification (diet and exercise) can significantly prevent the progression of glucose intolerance (prediabetes) to...

Diet in Diabetes

Attempts to alleviate diabetes mellitus by diet were first made by the Egyptians as early as 3500 BC. In India, about 2500 years ago, Susruta and Charaka had recognized the importance of dietary regulation in the treatment of diabetes and many of the principles suggested by these eminent physicians hold good even today.1 In the 20th Century, prior to discovery of insulin, the treatment of diabe...