I do not have diabetes, just to be clear. But I live a few blocks from Frederick Banting’s house, with it’s eternal flame out front.
So, of course, the local news covered this day. And when they did, they mentioned that researchers in British Columbia and Toronto have made some significant breakthroughs of late.
Including repurposing a drug they know is side effect free as it’s sometimes used to treat Crohn’s disease.
(Our city celebrates the discovery of insulin every year!)
Yay !
Is there cake ?
Cool. Which drug?
Relevant to this topic, I asked this question last night (and would welcome your replies):
Eat your oatmeal.
I couldn’t find the ad where Wilford says
Di-bead-us.
I was the market researcher on Quaker Oatmeal in the '90s, when we got clearance from the FDA to start communicating its cholesterol-lowering properties. As a complex fiber, it’s also a pretty good food for diabetics, particularly if you eat the original (not the instant) varieties.
We have steel-cut oatmeal (slow oatmeal) about 1-2 times a week. Good stuff.
Wilford was diagnosed in 1979. He lived with diabetes for 40 years.
Source. Wikipedia bio
I eat oatneal a couple times a week. Always liked it.
I’ve cut back on sugar. Hoping it will keep me safe. My family doesn’t have a history of diabetes.
Here’s a longer ad from Liberty Medical, the diabetes supply company for which Brimley did ads for years, in which he says “diabeetus” quite a few times.
Apparently that is a.alternate pronunciation.
Same question here. I found reference of the opposite, where a drug used for diabetes was found to help with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease, of which Crohn’s is one kind), but not the other way around.
Sorry, it’s been a crazy day. I don’t know the name of the drug, unfortunately, it was on last night’s news broadcast, but I don’t remember. Sorry to disappoint.
However, I noticed on the news tonight, from the celebration/fundraiser, there IS cake!
Serving cake at a diabetes fundraiser is like handing out liquor minis at an AA meeting or having a pack of smokes included in a box of nicotine patches.
Color me baffled. Or whooshed.
No whoosh, everybody at the celebration/fundraiser wasn’t a diabetic, some are spouses, or corporate types invited for their deep pockets.
(My guess is they also provided diabetic friendly snacks and beverages as well.)
Moderation in all things. Diabetics can eat cake if we compensate for it.
I’m DM-2 and have been for a decade now. I eat zero sugar and negligible simple / white carbs. It’s unarguably a hard-over diet, but it keeps my body fat low and my A1C at 5.4 on very little medication.
The way I compensate for cake is by not eating it. Your way may well be different. I just hope it’s equally successful. The co-morbidities of DM are a bitch I hope to avoid.
Yes, I did the same for decades, but medically-supervised diet and exercise with nominal medication ceased to be effective enough. I eat a stringent diet. That said, I can also manage the occasional sweet without glucose level disruption, as can the people I know with DM 1 and 2 who are attentive. That said, I assume there were other desserts, such as fruit or cheese, on offer, since that’s been my experience at diabetes-related events.
Congrats on your long success. At best we can wrestle that particular bear to a draw for a while. You’ve held your own a very long time. My hat’s off to you for a job well done.