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So far I have written 245 articles for Health Central about all aspects of diabetes. In January this cutting-edge website published nine more of my new diabetes articles:

• My New Book. I just received the first copy of my second book, Losing Weight with Your Diabetes Medication. The subtitle, "How Byetta and Other Drugs Can Help You Lose More Weight than You Ever Thought Possible," tells what the book is really about. 
  
• Glycemic Index Lags Behind Low-Carb Acceptance. The American Diabetes Association finally has given limited approval to low-carb diets.
  
• Snake Oil Supplements. People with diabetes probably take more supplements than other people. But we don't have any good proof that any supplements work. None of them.
  
• Exercise Helps Mood and Vice Versa. When we are overweight we are less likely than people at a normal weight to work out regularly. We may also be more susceptible to our moods in starting to exercise. That sounds like a vicious circle to me. But with effort it is one that we can virtuously break.
  
• Exercise: Good, Better, Best. Any exercise can help us control our diabetes. Either aerobic exercise or resistance training is better. Both are best.
  
• The Hunger Hormones. Insulin and ghrelin and two hormones that can make us hungry. But when we control them, we can lose weight.
  
• Saving our Sight. My eye doctor briefed me on a couple of recent positive developments in his field. I had never heard of either of these developments, and I guess that most of you haven't either. But one or both of these may save your or my vision some day.
  
• Food Science Cynicism. Two new books are making me deeply suspicious if not outright cynical about so much that the American medical establishment has preached for years. As a result I have radically changing my opinions about the best diet for people with diabetes.
  
• Byetta Regenerates Islet Cells. Now for the first time medical research has shown that Byetta can regenerate islet cells, which has to be the Holy Grail of diabetes research. The better angels of diabetes research rightly fear to tread too close to any claim that smacks of the word "cure." And regeneration is close.

Dr. Richard K. Bernstein’s Webcast:

The next “Ask Dr. Bernstein” webcast and teleconference call is scheduled for Febuary 26 at 8 p.m. EST. Just go to www.diabetes911.net and register for the call. It’s free.

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• Health Central
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  Each month I describe and link my new Health Central articles here. But you can also use a blog reader to keep up with my articles more quickly. I use Bloglines, as I describe in my article, “Reading Health Blogs.” Go to bloglines.com, click on feeds, click on add, (both in left pane), then in center pane enter at “Blog or Feed URL” click on www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/rss/. Alternatively, you can subscribe to my new articles at Health Central by taking your browser to http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/.

• This Newsletter
  Diabetes Update keeps you up-to-date with new articles, Web pages, and books that I have written about diabetes.

  I list and link most of these on my at Diabetes Directory and in the site’s menu at the upper left of all my Web pages.

  From time to time Diabetes Update may also include links to other Web pages of special interest.

• HTML Format
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• My Guarantee
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