July 8, 2008

Diabetes Without Complications℠ Show Index

This sixteenth show presents a brief summary of the 15 podcasts produced to-date, including 10 building blocks of diabetes success and the diabetes news topics.

June 3, 2008

The 40th Anniversary Show

This ‘40th Anniversary’ show discusses three primary areas that I have addressed to reach my 40-year strategic intent or battle cry Diabetes Without Complications.

May 6, 2008

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA)

This podcast presents Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults. People with this condition typically never fit the profile for type 2 diabetes--they typically are not overweight, have good cholesterol levels and normal blood pressure.

April 1, 2008

Good Nutrition

People are eating themselves to death—adults, teenagers, and children. This podcast discusses why good nutrition is important. Unless the high fat, high-starch, high-carbohydrate consumption changes, disease will proliferate and there will be severe economic consequences for everyone.

March 4, 2008

Blood Glucose Meters

Glucose monitoring systems are one of the most important tools in diabetes management. It is important to work with your physician and CDE to understand what's available and make sure that the system you select properly serves your diabetes management needs.

February 5, 2008

The Pima Indians

Major changes in the Pima's environment resulted in the highest incidence of type 2 diabetes of anywhere in the world. This sad and unfortunate result should serve as an imminent warning for everyone worldwide.

January 1, 2008

The Insulin Pump

Today’s insulin pumps are so compact that they can easily fit into the palm of your hand. Regardless of their advancements, insulin pumps are not “auto-pilot” devices. This episode provides a high-level overview of insulin pumps and their use in the treatment and management of diabetes.

December 4, 2007

The Great Physician

The Great Physician’s history is moving, powerful, and well documented. As a key member of your core medical team, The Great Physician works with you and your doctors to help improve your overall health and success with diabetes.

November 6, 2007

Diabetes: Reducing Cardiovascular Risk (Part 2)

The number one killer of people with diabetes is cardiovascular disease. Reducing cardiovascular risk involves properly addressing multiple items, including elimination of certain items and properly managing the remainder. This second episode covers items 7 ~ 12.

October 2, 2007

Diabetes: Reducing Cardiovascular Risk (Part 1)

The number one killer of people with diabetes is cardiovascular disease. Reducing cardiovascular risk involves properly addressing multiple items, including elimination of certain items and properly managing the remainder. This is part 1 of a two-part series and it covers the first 6 key items to reduce cardiovascular risk.

September 4, 2007

Diabetes and Periodontal Disease

Oral hygiene is important for successful diabetes management and overall good health. This podcast will help you understand why the oldest medical school in the world was centuries ahead of its time and why periodontal disease must be prevented or properly treated for living a healthy life.

August 7, 2007

Inhaled Insulin

This month’s episode discusses the world’s first inhaled insulin by Pfizer named Exubera. If you wish to learn more or if you are considering inhaled insulin, this episode provides topics for starting a discussion with physicians and other medical professionals.

July 3, 2007

Diabetes Nonsense

Continued success with diabetes requires the simultaneous and continuous management of many items, two of which are risk minimization and risk avoidance. This episode covers three topics that require reexamination by some physicians and other medical professionals, including a topic that was patently false in 1995 and remains patently false today.

June 5, 2007

Blood Glucose Levels and Infections

Proper blood glucose control is critical in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, including pre-diabetes. This month’s episode discusses the important relationship between blood glucose levels and infections, including the association of abnormal blood glucose levels with an increased cancer risk. We also discuss the destruction of insulin-producing [beta] cells in type 2 diabetes from beta cell toxicity.

May 1, 2007

The Fundamentals of Good Health

This episode applies to people with and without diabetes, including "man's best friend". The episode is dedicated to our companion Duchess (a Bichon Frise), who recently passed-away. Lots of important information is discussed in this episode, including valuable material not typically known by the general public.

April 3, 2007

Knowledge Is Mission Critical

Discusses a woman with type 2 diabetes and her experience during hospitalization to demonstrate the importance of building knowledge on diabetes. Covers important topics to discuss with physician(s) and other medical professionals, including topics relevant to type 1 diabetes and pre-diabetes.

April 19, 2006

Book Insights

Diabetes Without Complications: Nearly Forty Years of Life, Lessons and Secrets is now available from Trafford Publishing. This groundbreaking book covers type 1, type 2, and pre-diabetes. The book is intended to help the reader create important discussion topics with his or her physician and other medical professionals.