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Dr. Roger Guzman has written articles about me and the diabetic diet strategies on this site.
I came across them while doing Google searches on other topics about controlling diabetes. Dr. Guzman has graciously consented to allowing me to republish his review of my book here. He has also graciously consented to be on our advisory board.
By DR. Roger Guzman M.D.
Diabetic Diet Secrets is a layman's manual to help manage your blood sugar with diet.
This manual's writer is none other than Toma Grubb who is like us who suffered with the ups and downs of the blood sugar levels. His own account on how he dealt with his diabetic issues is emotionally compelling to say the least.
Amongst the tools Diabetic Diet Secrets will explain for you are the usefulness of omega 3 fish oils, Glycemic Index of foods along with its list of foods, how to manage the ratio of fat, protien and carbs. As for fat, he defined the differences between the good and the bad. Then he has a list of foods that will help reduce the blood sugar level.
All this data helped him to go from near death to regained health with healthy blood glucose levels without having to take medicine. I think every type 2 diabetic who reads this manuscript will benefit from it. The ten things to do for enhanced health that Toma expanded upon are worth their weight in gold.
Then there is the part on adjusting the fiber content for enhanced health. Fiber should be a part of every meal. It will not be tricky to include fiber for every meal as its sources are easily available. Just add chia seed or psyllium husk to your meal, for instance.
To have more fiber for lunch, a legume-based soup is the solution. What for an evening meal? Begin it with a raw vegetable dish. And if you must sauté the vegetables, just do it with garlic, onions and sunflower oil. You think you will get away with fiber-free snacks? No , because to add fiber, you can have wholesome pistachios, cashews, walnuts and almonds. Or eat a fruit like plums, apercots or an apple.
This is just one way Toma's book affected me. It has nudged me to put in writing what I have gleaned from his book. There is also a section on water and correctly so. You will be astonished at the number of merits for water which he enumerated in his book.
Both sodium and potassium are correctly dealt with. So is the acceptable quantity of vitamins. You will know exactly what vitamins to take and how many. And as if this is not enough, Toma has precise options for type 2 diabetics.
To drink or not to imbibe is also a part of this ebook where you will find answers you have been wanting to know. As for sweetening alteratives, there is no other place where you can find complete data on this topic. Cinnamon and its advantage for the person with type 2 diabetes is also present for you to learn about.
He has some suggestions there on things that helped him regulate his blood glocose level but I will let him tell you all about them. You will see that he did not leave any stone unturned. After reading this, you will be motivated to keep your blood glocose level under control with the help of Toma's Diabetic Diet Secrets .
Want to get this book complimentary? You can down load this 176-page ebook to your PC and study it and put it into action at your leisure. This book will help you a lot so obtain this Complimentary E-book.
Brief Biography: Dr. Guzman worked for the Atlantic Health Corporation and was consultant to St. Joseph's Hospital, Sussex Mental Health Clinic, and St. Stephen Mental Health Clinic for many years. He was Director of Forensic Psychiatry at Centracare for ten years and published several articles in the Journal of the American College of Forensic Psychiatry and other proffessional journals.
I
am honored and humbled to add Dr. Lakshmi K Shankhdhar to our advisory board.
Dr. Kshitij Shankhdhar M.B.B.S., Dip. Diab., DDM, PGDND
Diabetologist
& Incharge, Lucknow Diabetic Foot Care Clinic, L.K. Diabetes
Centre, Lucknow, India
58
year old Dr. Lakshmi K Shankhdhar is a triple post graduate (Medicine,
Radiology and Nutrition) physician who holds the distinction of establishing
North India's still only exclusive Diabetes clinic at Lucknow by the name of
L.K. Diabetes Centre. The clinic has a multidisciplinary approach to manage
diabetes patients.
His
unaided purely private clinic is housed in 2 premises with approximately 20
rooms and is rendering only primary level diabetes care with separate
departments such as Nutrition, Diabetes education, Podiatry, pathology,
radiology and Surgery.
The
clinic has several baseline tools to render quality care to the patients such
as software on diet which renders special diet plans for routine patients and
for patients with complications such as obesity, renal failure, CAD,
hyperuricemia, dyslipidemia, pregnancy and growing T1 diabetes children. The
software offers all Indian menus such as North Indian, West Indian, East Indian
and South Indian recipes with up to 7 days variability. The Nutrition department
has raised 2 special diabetes diets; DIAL Diet (Diet Including Acarbose
Liberalizes) and VILD Diet (Voglibose Inclusion Liberalizes diet) which have
been presented to the American Diabetes Association and International Diabetes Federation
respectively.
Dr. Lakshmi K Shankhdhar presenting his findings at the American Diabetes Association 2009
The
full fledged Obesity Unit is equipped with Omron's Body fat analyzer to
calculate body fat percentage and BMR
The
Podiatric Unit of L.K. Diabetes Centre is most elaborate and has fetched many
laurels. It is equipped with advanced instruments such as Biothesiometer and
hand held audio Doppler for calculating Ankle Brachial Index. Podotrack for
plantar pressure assessment is also available in the clinic. A unique, low cost
yet effective offloading device, called "Samadhan System" with several guest
presentations in many international Podiatric conferences was discovered by this
unit.
The
diabetes Education Unit has emphasis on both group education and individual
education. The clinic has an improvised Studio to make video films for diabetes
education and a simple concept of film making has been discovered by the unit.
The concept was presented in the last ADA-2009 at New Orleans and has been
accepted for Faculty Oration for ADA 2010.
The
Podiatric Surgery Unit has a minor Operation Theatre is also provisioned for
minor surgeries, required for day to day podiatric care.
·Several
new concepts with the capability to change diabetes care in the developing
world have been evolved in this clinic and presented in ADA, EASD or IDF.
·There
are 4 physicians in the clinic, Dr. Lakshmi K Shankhdhar, Dr. Uma Shankhdhar,
Dr. Kshitij Shankhdhar and Dr. Smita Shankhdhar along with a devoted team of
paramedics.
· Medical Director for the Clinic, Dr. L.K. Shankhdhar was offered Visiting Fellowship by Harvard Medical International, the International arm of Harvard Medical School (Boston) in 2009.
Educated at King George's Medical University
, Lucknow , India
Dr. L.K. Shankhdhar receiving the prestigious Visiting Fellowship by Harvard Medical International, the International arm of Harvard Medical School (Boston) in 2009. Harvard Fellowship
Dr. L.K. Shankhdhar Is a widely published and recognized as an international expert. Some of his published articles include:
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is the global advocate for
the 250 million people with diabetes worldwide as well as their
families and healthcare providers. It is an umbrella organization
representing over 200 diabetes associations in more than 160 countries.
IDF is a non-governmental organization in official relations with the
World Health Organization and associated with the Department of Public
Information of the United Nations (UN).
The mission of IDF is “to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure
worldwide”, a statement of intent that addresses the challenges facing
the global diabetes community in the 21st century.
Wounds International is a division of Schofield Healthcare
Media, a leading communications and events company aimed at healthcare
professionals.
Wounds International is an online
wound management resource for clinicians worldwide.
Education
Sl. No.
Qualification
Institution
Year of Passing
1.
M.B.B.S.
K.G.M.C., Lucknow
Dec. 1973
2.
M.D. (Med)
K.G.M.C., Lucknow
Dec. 1978
3.
D.M.R.E.
K.G.M.C., Lucknow
Dec. 1979
4.
P.G.D.N.D.
I.H.C.A. Chennai
Jul.2000
Memberships:
National Associations:
Founder and General Secretary-U.P. Madhumeh Association
Diabetes Association of India
U.P. Diabetes Association.
Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI)
Association of Medical Specialties
International:
European Association for Study of Diabetes (EASD)
Fellowships:
InternationalCollege of Nutrition
Harvard Medical International; International arm of HarvardMedicalSchool (Boston)
International Conferences attended:
International Conference on Diabetes, Hypertension and Dyslipidemia, held at Goa, 1995
Diabetes In Asia (previously called DIMEMSIA):-2000, held at Dhaka, 2000, Bangladesh.
Lilly Diabetes Update, 2000 at Kualalumpur, Malayasia
Diabetes In Asia, 2001 at Chennai, India.
Diabetes In Asia, 2002, Held at Colombo, Sri Lanka
Diabetes Update, 2002, Organized by USV at Singapore.
18th Scientific Meet of International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF), held at Paris, France, 2003
Lilly Diabetes Update, 2003 at Amsterdam, Holland
International conference on Wounds, held at Allahabad, India, 2004
64th Scientific Sessions of American Diabetes Association’s (ADA), 2004 at Orlando, US
40th Annual Scientific Meet of EASD, 2004 at Munich, Germany.
Novo Nordisk Diabetes Update (NNDU), 2005, held at Kualalumpur, Malayasia
65th Scientific Session of ADA, 2005 held at San Diego, California, US.
41st Annual Scientific Meet EASD, 2005 at Athens, Greece
6th Scientific Meet of IDF-WPR’s Biennial Scientific Meet at Bangkok, Singapore, 2005.
International Diabetes Symposium, organized by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, 2006 at New Delhi
International Conference on Diabetes, 2006, by Torrent Pharmaceuticals , Istanbul, Turkey.
66th Scientific Sessions of ADA, 2006, held at Washington, US.
19th Scientific Meet of International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF), 2006, held at Cape Town, South Africa.
Attending NNDU, 2007 at Chunghmai, Thailand, Feb, 2007
67th Scientific Sessions of ADA, 2007, held at Chicago, US.
68th Scientific Sessions of ADA, 2008, held at San Francisco, US.
44thAnnual Scientific Meet EASD, 2008 held at Rome, Italy.
69th Scientific Sessions of ADA, 2009, held at New Orleans, US
20th Scientific Meet of International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF), 2009, held at Montreal, Canada.
Scientific meet of Asian Federation of Endocrinologists, Bangkok.
Papers Presented in International conferences/publications:
Kshitij Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K. Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. “Samadhanâ€
A New, Economical and Effective technique for Offloading Bodyweight in
Diabetic patients with Neuropathic Forefoot Plantar Ulcers, 40th Annual Meeting of the EASD, 2004. Abstract No: OP-03; Diabetologia, Vol: 47, Sept: Suppl.1 A3
Lakshmi K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. A Newer Approach to Insulin therapy using Acarbose as “Regulatory switch†for fine tuning of Glycemic Control, 65th Scientific session of ADA, Abstract No: 453-P. Diabetes, June, 2005, Vol: 54; Suppl. 1: A112
Kshitij Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K. Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. â€Tha Samadhan Systemâ€-A
New Economical and Effective Approach for offloading body weight in
Diabetic patients with Neuropathic Forefoot plantar ulcer. 65th Scientific sessions of ADA, Abstract No: OR-199, Diabetes, June, 2005: Vol: 54; Suppl. 1: A50
Kshitij
Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K. Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. The Samadhan
System-A New, Economical and Effective Approach for Offloading Body
weight in people with Type 2 Diabetes and Neuropathic Forefoot Plantar
Ulcers. 6th International Diabetes Federation Western
Pacific Region Congress, Oct, 2005: Abstract No: OP08. J of the Medical
Association of Thailand, Vol: 88; Suppl.6: S 83
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Simplified Approach
to Insulin Therapy Combining Acarbose as “Regulatory Switch†for
Glycemic Control. 6th International Diabetes Federation
Western Pacific Region Congress, Oct, 2005: Abstract No: OP 39. J of
the Medical Association of Thailand, Vol: 88; Suppl.6: S 117
Kshitij Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar.The Samadhan System - IRa
new, economical, effective and Irremovable Offloading Approach for Type
2 diabetes patients with neuropathic forefoot plantar ulcers. Abstract
No: 012, Diabetic Foot Study Group of EASD, held at Greece, 2005
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Clinical Evaluation
of Removable and Irremovable Samadhan (Offloading Devices) Versus
Common Footwear in Non Healing Neuropathic Forfoot Plantar Ulcers in
T2D Patients. 66th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, 2006, Abstract No: 1039-P. Diabetes, June 2006; Vol: 55, Suppl.1: A 246
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. DIAL Diet (Diet
Including Acarbose Liberalizes Diet) - “A Newer Approach to Diet
Therapy for Early T2D Patients Combining Acarbose To Liberalize Dietâ€
66th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, 2006, Abstract No: 1671-P. Diabetes, June 2006; Vol: 55, Suppl.1: A386
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. A Newer, Safer and
more effective Approach to Insulin Therapy during Pregnancy, using
Premix Human Insulin for crude control and Acarbose for Finer Tuning. 66th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, 2006, Abstract No: 2608-PO. Diabetes, June 2006; Vol: 55, Suppl.1: A604
Lakshmi K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Poorly administered insulin therapy in developing countries is doing more harm than good (A hypothesis).
19th World Diabetes Congress (IDF). Abstract No: 956 P. Diabetic Medicine, Dec. 2006; Vol: 23; Suppl. 4: 344
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Chasing target
glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients - the Indian way. 19th World Diabetes Congress (IDF). Abstract No: P1582. Diabetic Medicine, Dec. 2006; Vol: 23; Suppl. 4: 558
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Combining Acarbose
Converts Conventional Biphasic Human Insulin into “Poorman’s Analog
Insulin.†67th Scientific Sessions of the ADA. Abstract No 0522 P. Diabetes 2007; Vol 56: Suppl.1: A139.
Lakshmi
K. Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar. Intensive OAD
Therapy-A Newer Approach to Management of T2D, Combining Acarbose
intermittently with existing OAD Therapy for Intensive Glycemic Control
in OAD Responsive T2D patients. 67th Scientific Sessions of the ADA. Abstract No 2167-PO. Diabetes 2007; Vol 56: Suppl.1: A549.
L.K.
Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar, K. Shankhdhar. Diabetes Foot Care in the
lands of no Podiatrist. J of World Council of Enterostomal Therapists.
2008,28 (1): 20-23
L.K. Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar.POD
Study- (Pioglitazone in Obese Diabetics) Study; Impact of Addition of
Pioglitazone on Weight and Glycemia in Dual Therapy Failed Frankly
Obsese T2D patients. ADA 2008. Abstract No: 1312 PO, Diabetes, June 2006
L.K. Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar, Kshitij Shankhdhar, Smita Shankhdhar. Diabetic Foot Problems in India: An Overview and Potential Simple Approaches in a Developing Country. Nov, 2008
Kshitij Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar S. Shankhdhar. Voglibose inclusion liberalises diet (VILD): a simplified approach to diet therapy treated early T2D patients. 20th World Diabetes Congress (IDF). Abstract No: 1138 P. Abstract book: page: 386
Kshitij
Shankhdhar, Lakshmi K Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar S. Shankhdhar. Weight
profile of newly diagnosed Indian T2D patients attending Primary Care
Rendering Diabetes Clinic. 20th World Diabetes Congress (IDF). Abstract No: 1574 P. Abstract book: page: 531
15th Asian Federarion of Endocrinologist meet at Bangkok, 2009
Kshitij
Shankhdhar, Lakshmi Kant Shankhdhar, Uma Shankhdhar and Smita
Shankhdhar. Offloading the diabetic foot in developing world. Diabetes
Voice. Vol: 54 (3): Dec. 2009; 27-29
Avandia, a Drug Used to Treat Type 2 Diabetes, Has Been
Linked to Heart Failure, Other Serious Health Problems
Patients taking the Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia are 43
percent more likely to suffer a heart attack and 64 percent more likely
to die from a cardiovascular disease, according to medical research
published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Concerns about adverse
side effects caused by Avandia (rosiglitazone) prompted the Food and
Drug Administration in May 2007 to warn users and physicians about the
risks associated with the drug.
The FDA ordered Avandia's packaging to carry a prominent
"Black Box" warning, the strongest such safety advisory the agency can
order, about the risks of heart attack and cardiovascular complications
linked to the drug. Since the drug was approved in 1992, Avandia has
become the most popular Type 2 diabetes drug in the world, taken by more
10 million Americans with the blood-sugar disease.
Possible Avandia Related Injuries
Liver failure and liver damage
Fluid in the lungs (Pulmonary edema)
Swelling of the eye (Macular edema)
Swollen legs or ankles
Rapid, unexplained weight gain
Tiredness
Low blood pressure
Changes in vision
Shortness of breath
Difficulty breathing
Chest pains
Dizziness
Avandia Linked To Heart Failure!
Heart failure, a condition in which the heart can no longer
effectively circulate blood through the body, is the most serious
injury associated with the use of Avandia. Heart failure often leads to
deadly heart attacks, strokes, and other life-threatening injuries.
If you or a loved one took Avandia for the treatment of
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