News, Health Buzz: Type 2 Diabetes Harder to Treat in Teens (Metformin, buy)

[JD59]

Obesity-Linked Diabetes Difficult to Treat in Teens

Overweight teens who develop diabetes have a tougher time managing the condition than do adults. Not only does it progress more rapidly, but it's also harder to treat, according to a study published Sunday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers analyzed 700 overweight teens under 17 who were recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and found that 46 percent of those treated with the drug metformin were not able to maintain healthy blood sugar levels. They needed to begin stronger insulin injections within slightly less than a year.

Read more: Health Buzz: Type 2 Diabetes Harder to Treat in Teens - US News and World Report

[stepka]

I read that and found it interesting but even more interesting was the link I clicked on from that page: http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diabetes-diets
It's where the experts rate the various popular diets for how effective they are in helping to manage diabetes and the vegan and Ornish diets rated high and Atkins rated low. Dukan came in dead last, as they described it. I dunno, I just have a hard time buying it. My dad used a modified form of Atkins to manage his type I diabetes for years and when they started that low fat craze and made him eat low fat, we had him less than a year after that and he was only 57. It's really starting to feel like propaganda these days.