Here is an excerpt from Diabetes.co.uk

A new partnership between type 1 diabetes research organisation the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and InnoCentive, Inc, a leader in open innovation and crowdsourcing, has announced a USD100,000 challenge for the development of insulin drug treatment.

The challenge is focused on producing new ideas for glucose-responsive insulin drugs, to help treat insulin-dependent diabetes patients and improve the quality of their life. The partnership hope to produce a breakthrough in the search for an innovative and transformative insulin drug that would improve the management of glucose levels and lower or get rid of having to test blood glucose levels, as well as reducing the risk of diabetic complications.

Read more about this partnership

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Recipe from Carolyn Hansen - see some of her delicious, natural and sugar-free recipes at http://100HealthyRawSnacks.com

This dessert / snack is not low-calorie per se, but it is loaded with quality healthy fats, some protein, LOTS of antioxidants, and is low in sugar (compared with typical fudge or other desserts), while also containing a decent dose of fiber.

Overall, it’s a great snack or dessert that helps curb your appetite, fuel your energy, loads you up on protective antioxidants, and quells that sweet tooth that often makes you overeat on refined sweets. If you don’t like nuts or peanut butter, you can simply leave out those ingredients and make a chocolate-only version.

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

3/4 cup coconut milk (not the watered down “light” version which just replaces some of the healthy coconut fat with water)

1 bar (3-5 oz. bar works well) of quality extra dark chocolate (look for at least 70-75% cocoa content on the label)

4-5 tablespoons of peanut butter or your favorite nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter, macadamia butter, etc)

3/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries (optional)

½ cup dried dates (best soaked for 30 plus minutes) or medijool fresh dates (this is the sweetener so adjust if necessary) after soaking chop the dates into small pieces

1/2 cup whole almonds (optional)

2 Tbsp raw wheat germ

2 Tbsp rice bran or almond flour (just to help glue it together)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Enjoy small squares for dessert and for small snacks throughout the day. This is about as good as it gets for a healthy yet delicious treat!  Even though this is a healthier dessert idea, keep in mind that it is still calorie dense, so keep your portions reasonable.

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If you are looking for a varied list of recipes for Diabetic Desserts then look no further. These have been prepared by a registered dietitian who has been a nutritional consultant to numerous medical groups.

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Here I provide you with two more diabetic recipes:

CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 eggs, beaten
1/2 c. butter, melted
1 c. strawberry apple butter
1 tsp. vanilla
5 tbsp. milk
3/4 c. Fudge Sweet Topping
5 tbsp. Fruit Sweet
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder

Combine eggs, butter, strawberry apple butter and vanilla.  Place the covered jar of Fudge Sweet into hot water to thin.  Add the milk, Fudge Sweet and Fruit Sweet to the butter mixture.  Sift the flour and baking soda together and blend with the wet mixture.    Pour into two greased and floured 9″ round tins or equivalent.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.  Cool.  Top with whipped cream.

LO-CAL CHEESE CAKE

12 oz. low fat Ricotta cheese
4 eggs, separated
3/4 c. Fruit Sweet
Grated peel of 1 lemon
3 graham crackers, finely crushed
12 oz. low fat cottage cheese
2/3 c. non-instant milk powder
5 tbsp. lemon juice or to taste
2 tsp. pure vanilla
Butter or oleo for pan

Put cheese in process with egg yolks and Fruit Sweet and blend.  Add milk, powder and process until smooth.  Add vanilla, lemon juice and peel to cheese mixture.  Blend until smooth.  Beat egg whites until frothy, then add to the processor and blend for about 2 seconds, until mixed.  Butter the bottom and 1/2 way up the sides of a 9″ springform pan.  Pour the graham cracker crumbs into the pan and shake until buttered area is coated.  Leave any extra on the bottom.  Pour cheese cake mixture into pan and bake at 350 degrees with a pan of water in the oven to prevent drying.    Bake for 45 minutes or until inserted knife emerges clean.  Cool.  May serve with Wax Orchards All-Fruit Fanciful preserve of your choice.  Variations:  All cottage or all ricotta may be used.  For standard cream cheese cake, substitute 24 ounces cream cheese, 3 eggs, 1/2 cup powdered milk and 2/3 cup Fruit Sweet.  Adjust lemon.

as at 27th June 2011.

Researchers say BCG vaccine was able to reverse type 1 diabetes by boosting tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which eliminates abnormal white blood cells responsible for type1 diabetes. The effect was seen in mice and in humans.

I started to wonder about how much is taught in schools about a good diet and the avoidance of type 2 diabetes. I am convinced that we, as a society, should be prioritising education about health topics, rather than English and Maths. Yes we must provide Maths and English teaching of course, but maybe we should shift the time spent on these subjects a little. There appear to be so many people with weight or health problems these days, surely our education system can help prevent this increasing further?

I don’t know much about what is taught currently in schools about keeping to a good diet, or how it is done. I hope that the food pyramid is an idea that is used sometimes. For those who do not know, the food pyramid is a method of showing the types of foods which should be eaten very regularly and those which should be avoided a lot of the time. So, the top of

the pyramid contains the products that should not be eaten too much, and the bottom of the pyramid shows the products that should be consumed more regularly.

I can just imagine the enjoyment that children might get if they were involved in the creation of their own pyramid, and how much discussion this could create. I am sure this would be an excellent idea for a project at upper primary and lower secondary level. Any lover of Diabetic Desserts out there, who is also a teacher may wish to make a comment.

Anyway I provide one picture of a pyramid and ask one question – where do we place Diabetic Desserts?

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Dr Al Sears is here again, with jokes and reports on various experiences of what laughter can do for you health wise. And Diabetes can benefit from this remedy as well as other health problems. Read his report, if only to learn some good jokes!

Do you want to hear the funniest joke in the world?

If you do searches for the “funniest joke in the world,” this is the most common winner for U.S. audiences…

A couple of hunters are out in the woods when one of them grabs his chest, falls to the ground, and then lies there motionless.

The other hunter calls 911. “My friend won’t get up, and I think he’s dead! What should I do?”

The operator, in a calm, soothing voice, says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, you have to make sure he’s dead.”

There’s a silence… then the operator hears two shots.

The hunter’s voice comes back on the line. “Okay, what do I do next?”

Now… I know jokes that I think are a lot funnier, but they’re a little too risqué to put in your letter. But here’s the point… Did you laugh? If you did, you may have just increased your lifespan.

I read about a Norwegian study that says adults who see humor in life are 35% more likely to live longer than those who don’t see humor in life.1 Not a single pharmaceutical can make the same claim.

In another study with cancer patients, those who kept a happy and positive outlook were much more likely to survive.2

One insight I draw from this is that you and I are naturally made to appreciate humor as a stress reliever. But in the modern world, we encounter different types of stressors. And this can affect our quality and even length of life.

In some important ways, our ancient ancestors lived much healthier lifestyles than we do today. This is partly due to the lack of modern and unnatural stress in their lives.

Now, I’m not saying that they were stress-free by any means. They had the stress of fighting for their dinner, finding shelter, and protecting themselves from predators. Now as brutal as those types of stressors are, we were built to handle them and get over them.

But it’s completely different now. Modern-day people are constantly moving. It’s always hurry, hurry! This makes it easy to forget the pleasurable things in life. Things like social intimacy, family, friends, and most of all fun – which are, when you stop and think about it, the really important things for happiness.

Think about this. You know that stress can make a condition worse. So is it such a leap to believe that laughter can make a condition better?

I found a fascinating case where it did. The American Physiological Society published the story of Norman Cousins. He was diagnosed with an “incurable” autoimmune disease. Yet Norman believed that laughter could help improve his situation. So he watched funny shows on a regular basis to test his theory. “Funny” enough, his “incurable” disease went into complete remission.3

After reading the study on Cousins, I dug deeper to see what else I could learn on this theory. One of the most interesting studies I came upon was on diabetics. Twenty high-risk diabetics were broken into two groups – control and laughter. After 12 months, research showed multiple “significant improvements” in the health of the laughter group over the control group.4

So, let’s take a minute and slow down… see the humor in everyday life… watch a funny movie… visit a comedy club. You’ll probably have a great time. And… you may live longer, too.

Okay, here’s one more for you:

Sherlock Holmes and Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they go to sleep. Later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.

“Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”

“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes.”

“And what do you deduce from that?”

Watson ponders for a minute.

“Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes immediately replies. “Watson, you’re missing the point.”

“Someone has stolen our tent!”

To Your Good Health,

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The essential key to a diabetes diet is eating in moderation, sticking to regular mealtimes, regular exercise and eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that can make you gain nutritional health.

It is indeed a fact that diabetes is preventable and controllable contrary to what other people perceive. Having lifestyle changes and ample nutritional diet can actually help you to conquer your disease. We all have a power and control over our body and health, choosing carefully what we eat and our lifestyle can reverse our fate. If you’re concerned about diabetes, you can make a difference by ingesting a healthy diet, keeping your weight in check, and getting exercise regularly. Dealing with diabetes is not simple as what we perceive in our minds. It needs constant maintenance in controlling our weight, diet and physical health.

Learning the Diabetic diet will mark a ground for a meaningful and healthy way of treating this kind of illness. In lieu of all of these, it needs discipline and respect on our body because this is a continuous process that one should go through.

We should bear in our minds that diabetes is closely related with heart complications, for the reason that there is a high probability that a person suffering from diabetes have high cholesterol count and blood pressure. It is indeed recommended by many expert doctors to start on controlling low-fat when considering a Diabetic diet to make it even more successful. Everything will start on a gradual change, it means that you can still have a bit of sugar, fat and carbohydrates with moderation.

These are some of the ABC’s to jumpstart Diabetic diet:

Low-fat cooking such as roasting and grilling
Lessen salt ingestion
Be disciplined
Stick to your diet
Stay away from highly fatty foods.
Go low-fat on dairy products
Eat fresh fruits and vegetables that have high fiber content.

Discovering that you have diabetes isn’t the end of the world! You can still control your life and enjoy it by keeping your Diabetic Diet successfully. Discipline and constant monitoring of your Body can go a long way. practice, keeping your blood sugar regulated through a healthy diet can be a start of a happy, new and healthy you!

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Christmas and Thanksgiving Strawberry Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• Cubed and softened fat cream cheese (8 oz)
• Crushed graham crackers (9 tbsp)
• Thawed low fat or fat free whipped topping preferably sugar free for diabetics
• Strawberry flavored jello sugar free (1 small box)
• Boiling water (2/3 C)
• Small curd cottage cheese low fat (1 C)
• Sliced or whole strawberries as garnishing (optional)
• Non stick spray

Directions:

Prepare an 8–inch pie plate by spraying the bottom with the non stick spray.
Once it is done sprinkle the crumbs of graham crackers on the bottom of the pie plate making sure that is evenly distributed.

Dissolve the strawberry jello by placing it on a bowl while stirring it on boiling water.
Let it cool for 5 minutes
Pour into blender.
Get a large bowl and pour it all in
Place the whipped topping and pour the whole mixture into the pie plate
With a spatula spread it evenly
Place it on a refrigerator for 4 hours until it is ready
Place strawberries as garnishing

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