Discovery supports theory of Alzheimer's disease as form of diabetes

www.physorg.com ^ | 11/26/2007 | Northwestern University

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Thank you for responding back to me. My husband takes Metformin and Actos (since he was diagnosed a year and a half ago). He was having trouble with his feet, lower legs. Bee sting feeling; heaviness; clumsiness. Awkard unsteady gait. With all of the other really bad diagnonsis he could have had, we were relieved to hear it was from diabetes (they were originally thinking neurological). The neuropathy is his main concern right now. His numbers are fairly stable (he was spiking in early months of treatment). He is in the low 100s and never usually over 130. He was over 400 when first diagnosed. He walks; but can’t run with the kids or our dog like he used too...he used to coach soccer and baseball and now just helps out when he can (having a good day). The med you are referring to is advertised for ‘bee sting’ sensation...I remember seeing that once or twice (and then it went away).

[editor-surveyor]

"If that’s true, I wonder whether putting oldsters on a high protein diet would be useful."

Alzheimers doesn't happen to old folks, that's "senile dementia." Alzheimers happens to people in their forties and fifties.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Marie...thank you for the heads up on the Benfo. One of the side effects of Actos is the rapid loss of B1...and that thiamine def. can lead to even more complications. He has discussed this with his doctor (a family practice md). But the doc isn't real agressive and neither is my husband. I keep trying to get him to an internist or someone whose practices specializes in diabetes care...but with my stubborn husband change has to be made in 'baby steps.' But I am going to check out the site you referenced...many thanks.

PaMom

[editor-surveyor]

"No bread, no rice, no potatoes, no sugar, no pasta, no fun."

There is a healthy sweetner that is not a carb; it's called Stevia. Used correctly, it tells your tongue 'sweet,' but has no effect on anything else, unlike aspertame which has caused some to go blind due to the conversion to methanol that occurs when it is metabolized.

[RightField]

over here ...

[editor-surveyor]

"Hold on there kemosabe. Alcohol isn't a carb :^)"

Yes it is. It's carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, (C2H5OH) just like all the other carbs, and it is far more harmful to a diabetic than sucrose.

[IslandJeff]

Bump to #66. Pingees, please give F@H a look. It’s literally painless (much like DM itself).

Thanks, TxB.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Why did you write that?

Because, based on the latest information about Avandia, it is acurate.

The literature is available from Glaxo for Avandia and Takeda Pharmaceuticals for Actos. As well as recently published stories about Avandia.
They are both drugs of the class thiazolidinedione but they are slightly different chemically. Literature from Takeda states that its product, Actos does not pose the cardio-vascular risk that Avandia does. So far, the FDA has agreed.

That's why I wrote what I did. Reporting published facts.

[Varda]

Well it's been awhile since I took physiology but (dusting off the old textbook) "Carbohydrates are water-soluble molecules that contain atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. These molecules usually have twice as many hydrogen as oxygen atoms, the same ratio of hydrogen to oxygen as in water molecules (H₂O). This ratio is easy to see in the molecular formulas of the carbohydrates glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆) and sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁)"

While alcohols are "OH group attached to a saturated carbon". As your example shows, alcohols can have a very different hydrogen to oxygen ratio.