That diabetes study that ended early ...

Did you hear?  From the New York Times last week:  Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising Result.  Thus far there's been some of the usual responses from the low carb community, and I expect more to come.  For starters, the writer is Gina Kolata, a woman reviled by Gary Taubes and thus his adoring fans, so we'll get the usual round up of Gina doesn't get it that low carb is the bestest and only way to treat diabetes ... duh!!   Let's look a bit closer, shall we?  

First, keep in mind this study has not been published up, so we're dealing with press releases and quotes here.  Secondly, ending the study early makes it sound quite a bit more dire than what we know to have happened.  The study was apparently to last 13 years (odd duration, that), but was ended at 11 years because no differences were seen between the study and control groups over that time.  Sounds prudent, because likely they looked at the numbers and probably concluded that there would need to be an unfathomable number of incidents/deaths in the remaining two years to alter the results.  Save the money.  Good.

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Pengen Ketawa? Baca Teka-Teki Ini!

Limit Komputer | Terkadang kita harus meluangkan waktu sejenak untuk bercanda,melakukan hal yang tak biasa sampai membaca hal-hal yang lucu. itu semua agar otak kita bisa kembali fresh dan dapat berpikir dengan serius. untuk kali ini saya memberikan beberapa teka-teki lucu buat anda yang ingin membacanya untuk sekedar menyegarkan otak atau ingin memperdalam ilmu humoris. berikut teka-tekinya

Buah semangka, dilubangin, dikasih es batu, dikocok-kocok terus digelindingin. Jadi apa?
Jadi jauh

Kenapa pohon kelapa di depan rumah harus ditebang ?
Soalnya kalo dicabut berat

Kenapa orang mati di bungkus dgn kain kafan?
Kalau dikasih kain batik ntar dia ke kondangan… .!!

Apaan yang naik turun dibawah puser?
Resleting

Monyet apa yang nyebelin ?
Monyetelin tv kagak bisa, monyetelin radio kagak bisa juga

Luarnya mulus dalamnya amburadul ?
Nenek naek mercy

Jauh dimata dekat di hati……apa’ an……?
Usus!!!

Kalo kamu di tempat gelap dan dingin dan kamu punya satu korek api.disitu ada obor, lilin, dan kayu bakar. apa yg pertama-tama kamu hidupin?
Korek api dong

Kalo ditutup dia akan mengintip,tapi kalo dibuka dia akan marah-marah?
Orang naik becak pada waktu hujan

Kera apa yang bisa menyiarkan berita ?
Kerabat kerja TVRI

Kapan sebaiknya kita membuka pintu ?
Kalo pintu tertutup

Apa yang bulet kecil item, tapi kalo dipencet keluar orangnya?
Bel rumah

Nyarinya susah, setelah dapet, langsung dibuang.apaan?
Ngupil

Lubang apa yang paling kecil di dunia?
Lubang pantat… angin aja kalo mau lewat mesti menjerit

Becak apa yang tidak bisa di cat ?
Becak hilang

Kenapa robin jadi pembasmi kejahatan?
Soalnya dia ketemu sama batman..kalo ketemunya sama baskin dia bakalan buka toko eskrim

Apa bedanya sepatu sama jengkol ?
Kalo sepatu disemir, kalo jengkol di semur

Bulan apa orang mengkonsumsi makanan paling sedikit ?
Bulan Puasa

Saya memiliki tiga kepala, tiga kaki, tiga tangan dan tiga jari. Siapakah saya?
Pembohong

Jam apa yg jarum jamnya muter ke kiri?
Jam kidal

Thanks for blog "Gaya hidup Terbaru"

Samaraknya Bahasa 4L4Y (Ciyus-Miapah) Di Indonesia !

Limit Komputer | Akhir-akhir ini kita pasti sering mendengar bahasa-bahasa alay yang sering di gunakan oleh anak-anak muda zaman sekarang. itu semua di dapatkan dari berbagai sumber salah satunya OVJ (Opera van Java) dan Iklan XL. kata-kata alay terebut sering di lontarkan pada saat keadaan bercanda sesama teman maupun pacar. namun kalau kita cermati kata-kata alay tersebut, semua lucu dan menarik untuk di gunakan.

Saya pun mempunyai beberapa kata-kata alay yang menarik dan tren saat ini, di antaranya

Ciyus : Serius 
Miapah : Demi Apa
Cungguh : Sungguh
Binun : Bingung
Akoh : Aku
Cemungudh : Semangat
Gudnyus : Good News
Masya : Masak
Lahacia : Rahasia
Amaca : Ah masa
Kiyim : Kirim
Ca oong ciih : Masa bohong sih
Ma capah : Sama Siapa
Maacih : Makasih
Macama : Sama-sama
Enelan : Beneran

Thanks For Blog Sendana Sendunu

Candy at the Cash Register

Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting editorial titled "Candy at the Cash Register-- a Risk Factor for Obesity and Chronic Disease."  This fits in well with our discussion of non-homeostatic eating, or eating in the absence of calorie need.

There are a few quotes in this article that I find really perceptive.

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More Diabetes - A Disease by Any Other Name?

This post is somewhat a followup on a post of mine from over a year ago entitled  Diabetes - A Disease by Any Other Name?  The post was mostly inspired by a comment Jenny Ruhl of the Blood Sugar 101 site made in her first podcast interview with Jimmy Moore - to paraphrase:

Diabetes is no more a disease than to say "cough" is a disease.

I tend to agree with the above in the current context of the term diabetes being synonymous with hyperglycemia, as opposed to defining it as pancreatic dysfunction.   This is because many diseases/disorders are called diabetes that just so happen to be characterized by, among other things, the symptom (manifestation) of hyperglycemia (fasting and/or postprandial).  Indeed Jenny herself is a MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young), a relatively rare genetic form of diabetes with an underlying defect that has been identified.  Jenny cannot be cured with current treatments because her disease is inherent.    Thus her hyperglycemia (symptom/manifestation) can be likened to a cough, but her diabetes (genetic anomaly) cannot.  I hope that makes sense.  

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