{"id":2487,"date":"2009-10-29T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/mad-scientists-and-prevention.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:06:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:06:46","slug":"mad-scientists-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"Mad Scientists and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On my radio show yesterday, the representative from the physicians group agreed … we need a system that supports wellness, not sickness. <\/p>\n

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Here is my Podcast on it<\/a>, but the bottom line is that you and I must make our own changes to prevent our having to use the healthcare system. <\/div>\n
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Check out this article on diabetes<\/a> … you KNOW what this is going to say. Live a healthy life, and you won’t have to resort to the pharmacology that will lead to more pharmacology.

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But new research, published in the Oct. 29 online edition of The Lancet<\/i>, shows that losing weight and exercising can delay or prevent the onset of diabetes more effectively than the prescription drug metformin or a placebo.<\/p>\n

“Interventions that result in weight loss lower the risk of diabetes, and that lower risk appears to persist for a long period of time,” said study author Dr. William C. Knowler of the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.<\/p>\n

For people who are at high risk of getting diabetes, losing weight “is clearly to be recommended,” he said. In addition, using a drug like metformin may also benefit people unable to lose weight through exercise and diet alone, he said.<\/p>\n

For the diabetes prevention study, 3,234 overweight or obese adults with elevated blood sugar levels were randomly assigned to either lifestyle changes or metformin to control their blood sugar, or a placebo.<\/p>\n

After 10 years, 2,766 remained in the trial, and those taking metformin saw an 18 percent reduction in their rate of developing diabetes, compared with those on placebo.<\/p>\n

<\/span>But those who had made lifestyle changes — reducing caloric and fat intake and exercising at least 150 minutes a week — reduced their risk of getting diabetes by 34 percent compared with those on placebo, the researchers found.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/span>For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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