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Does Normalizing A1c Reduce Cardiac Risk or Raise It?

From The Book of Blood Sugar 101 what They do not tell you about Diabetes by Jenny Ruhl Two large studies published within weeks of each other in early 2008 came to dramatically different results on this question.   Sadly, because most doctors have time only to read the headlines and don’t look into the details of these studies, many patients are being given the toxic—and inaccurate—advice to keep their A1cs high to protect their hearts. The first published study, called ACCORD, found that a population of people with diabetes and heart disease who had followed an aggressive program of lowering blood sugar had slightly more heart attack deaths than a control group who pursued laxer blood sugar control even though the group who followed the aggressive program attained an average A1c of 6.4%. However, the second study, ADVANCE, which had enrolled twice as many subjects as ACCORD and lasted longer, found no increase in deaths in the group of participants treated more aggressively. T

Shocking science about Cholesterol, Diabetes and Brain disorders

The below is some shocking facts from the book of Grain brain written by Dr. David Perlmutter; it is a great book indeed. I chose some paragraphs from the book; just to give you an idea about how delayed are we in knowledge and understanding about new science which I claim that such new information and facts will put all aged and old hypotheses to sleep very soon - assuming that our Drs. Have the time to invest it in reading that and seeking the latest science - not the traditional that proves failure in results especially in Diabetes, Alzheimer, brain diseases and Cholesterol issue. Here you go: What happen if you restrict the Cholesterol intake, as many of us do today? The body sends an alarm that indicates crisis (famine). Your liver senses the signal and begins to produce an enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase, which helps make up for the deficit by using Carbohydrate in the diet to produce excess supply of cholesterol. This is the same Enzyme that Statins (cholesterol loweri