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NEWS
Repeating meals works
Research has found that eating the
same meals repeatedly can have a
positive effect on your metabolic
health: it is much easier to predict
the blood glucose impacts they're
likely to have, and the less exciting
your food is, the less likely you are
to overeat.
A 2011 study published in the
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
found that 'habituation' with foods
may potentially lead to weight loss.
The study involved 32 women who
were asked to eat macaroni and
cheese five times each - either once
per week for five weeks, or once
per day for a single week. The once
weekly mac'n'cheese eaters didn't get
bored of their meal, but the ones that
were forced to eat it every single day
experienced rapid habituation, eating
less one day after the other. In other
words, eating the same food day after
day takes some of the thrill away
from that food, which causes us to
eat less of it.
Many people with diabetes have
also learned that eating the same
meals helps them control their
blood glucose. When Diabetes Daily
conducted its own research into
the Habits of a Great A1C (HbA1c), it
found that those meeting glycemic
targets were more likely to:
1. Eat meals at the same times of day
2. Eat the same meals consistently
3. Eat at home instead of out
at restaurants
The associations of monotonous
eating with good blood glucose
control held true in people with both
Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Eating
the same foods repeatedly also
makes it far easier to plan a healthy,
nutritionally balanced menu.
Semaglutide & CKD
Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) receptor
agonist, has been shown to have
significant benefits in preventing major kidney
disease, cardiovascular events, as well as mortality
in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and
Type 2 diabetes.
"This is the first trial that's specifically asked
the question of whether this class of drugs - GLP1 receptor
agonists - protects the kidney and
prevents major kidney outcomes, and the results
clearly showed that that's the case," lead author
Vlado Perkovic, MBBS, PhD, dean of medicine and
health and scientia professor at UNSW Sydney,
Australia, told Medscape Medical News.
The data suggests that semaglutide should
be added as a fourth pillar to the guidelinerecommended
pillars of treatment for CKD
and diabetes, joining a renin-angiotensinaldosterone
system (RAAS) blocker, sodiumglucose
cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and
finerenone.
The study, conducted in 28 countries, involved
3533 patients recruited between June 2019 and
May 2021 who had CKD and Type 2 diabetes.
The results showed that patients treated with
semaglutide had a 24% lower risk of a major
kidney event - defined as a composite of kidney
failure onset (dialysis, transplantation, or an
estimated glomerular filtration rate - and at least
a 50% reduction in death from kidney-related or
cardiovascular causes.
Funky Diabetic DJ
Colin McDerment contacted us to say, "I've been a Type 1
diabetic for over 30 years, developing the condition in my
early 20s. I've been an avid record collector and DJ in my
local area for a number of years, my DJ name being Funky
Diabetic."
He has recently completed the title track for release on
his new record label, Funky Diabetic Records. He explains,
"It's a funky up-tempo dance number with a rap written and
performed by a friend who doesn't have diabetes. I asked
him to come up with something interesting. I wondered how
well people would think he did with the lyrics, as he wasn't
prompted to say or do anything specific, he did it completely
on his own. I think he did very well considering he doesn't
have the condition himself. You may need to listen to it twice
to fully understand the lyrics, although the rap is also not
performed using the current 'modern youth vernacular', so
should be reasonably u;nderstandable!"
Click the link to listen: funky diabetic.bandcamp.com