What’s another thing wrong with soda pop?
Soda pop either has sugar, or a “diet” sweetener, both of which cause you to gain weight. Additionally, both sugar and aspartame (or NutraSweet) cause inflammation in the body. 
Aspartame is actually wood alcohol with an aspartate and phenylalanine group (amino acid) hooked onto it.  The wood alcohol is [...]

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Low-Carb for diabetes question. Dr. Gardner, about 12 years ago during a work physical I was found to have fasting BG of 250. My Dad also had diabetes, and was not doing well with diabetes (and died from it a few years after). My doctor did not think that my diabetes was that bad yet, [...]

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I have a Low-Carb for diabetes question. Dr. Gardner, about 12 years ago during a work physical I was found to have fasting BG of 250. My Dad also had diabetes, and was not doing well with diabetes (and died from it a few years after). My doctor did not think that my diabetes was [...]

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How many grams of carbohydrates in foods for diets for those with high blood sugar?
The most common reason for high blood sugar is called insulin resistance, which means that insulin levels are also high.
Insulin is the most inflammatory substance the body makes, which adds to the harmful effects of high blood sugar by itself.
The typical [...]

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How do we deal with type II diabetes without all the medication? I am appalled at the lists of side effects from my prescribed meds. I am obese and know that losing weight would help with the disease, but what else?
Type II diabetes is the end-stage of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance is caused [...]

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If you are feeling bloated
If you crave sweet treats and you’re cranky when you eat them, or you’re cranky when you don’t
If you have difficulty sleeping…or waking up
If you know sugar’s a problem for you, and you don’t know how to solve it
Sign up immediately for the Sweet Freedom from Sugar Training Course Interest List.  [...]

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Our association with sugar often contains fond memories.  Little girls are described as “sugar and spice and everything nice.”  Most social events are associated with some kind of sugar exposure.   I remember when we were raising our children that one of the highlights for them and probably also for me was the parent-child date, when [...]

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RESEARCH
Another update on insulin resistance, the precursor to diabetes mellitus, type II.
From Journal of the American College of Nutrition, October 2007, Volume 26, Number 5; A MUFA-Rich Diet Improves Postprandial Glucose, Lipid and GLP-1 Responses in Insulin-Resistant Subjects, pp. 434-444. Authored by Juan A. Paniagua, MD, et. al., in Cordoba, Spain.

Eleven subjects with insulin [...]

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Update:  I just came across an excellent article linking diabetes with thiamine deficiency.  Check out the article here.
(Can anyone get this information to Larry H. Miller?)
A patient recently came into my office for a consultation. She was in her early 50s, overweight, and was struggling with constant tiredness and a sense of being overwhelmed. [...]

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“Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food.” Hippocrates
Did your grandmother teach you, as mine did, that you are what you eat? We used to chuckle about her obsession with whole wheat, and felt she was going overboard when she counseled us to avoid sugar. Grandma lived to [...]

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