April 2010 Blog Archives

Weight Loss & Portion Control: It’s All About the Food Label

“Ya wanna Super Kingsize Combo Meal for only fifty cents more?” Aww ... the world in which we live. Extra big orders of french fries ... a baked potato the size of your head. It’s out of control portions, no matter where you turn. No wonder it’s hard to lose weight!?

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Online Diet Journal Offers Easy Food Tracking

Are you trying to lose weight, but not seeing the results? Are you searching for an easy, clutter-free website for tracking your meals and recording your exercise? If you haven’t taken advantage of MyGraphite.com, do it now. You’ll find a direct, easy-to-use program that will help you accomplish your weight-loss goals and keep track of your progress.
 

With the Graphite Calorie Calculator and Diet Journal, you can keep track of your daily meals, track your workouts and see how many calories you have burned. You can also get help planning healthy meals, set your personal goals, and also monitor and track other statistics about your body, such as blood pressure and blood sugar. So whether you have a significant amount of weight to lose, or you are just trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle, the Graphite Online Diet Journal can be the best assistant you've ever had! Visit the home page of MyGraphite.com right now to get going!

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Diabetes News:  New Developments In Diabetes Research Brings Hope To Diabetics


New developments by a team of researchers in Boston might lead to promising results for diabetes sufferers. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2010, the scientists have developed an experimental artificial pancreas that overcomes the problem of dangerously low blood sugar caused by excessive insulin injections.

According to the article, this new device secretes both glucagon and insulin‚ and has been shown to control blood sugar levels in 11 people for at least 24 hours. Type 1 diabetes not only affects insulin secretion by the pancreas′ beta cells‚ but also affects the alpha cells that secrete glucagon to raise the level of sugar in the blood. Working together‚ the two hormones maintain blood sugar at more stable levels.

The research team developed a computer algorithm that responds to blood sugar changes and computes how much insulin or glucagon to inject. Another test on this device will take place with a larger group of patients who will use the devices for at least two days. One problem, however, that remains to be solved is the development of a stable solution of glucagon that can be used in the pump without decomposing.

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