Friday Eve!

Steve Cooksey strikes back at the nanny state and one more bad side affect attributed to uncontrolled diabetes.   The fun with diabetes never stops, does it?

But, lets get the really important stuff out of the way first.


The Numbers:

• Fasting Blood Glucose Levels:  96 mg/dl.  Oh, yeah. 
• Weight:  189 lbs.  Why does it go on so easily and off so hard?
• Exercise:  45 minutes and I was really dragging.  Five days off makes a difference and not in good way. 
• Mood:  7.0  Good to be back in the saddle.

The Menu:

• Breakfast:  Oatmeal infused with apple cinnamon tea and the usual morning fruit medley.
• Lunch:  Last of the lentil/salsa North African-Mexico fusion stuff.  We will make more. 
• Dinner:  It's Thursday, which means pizza and salad.  The weekend is almost here.
• Snacks:  None.  Too busy again. 

Liberty and Diabetes Education

Steve Cooksey is suing the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition and several board members for attempting to censor him, violating his First Amendment rights for saying what he thinks about diet and diabetes on his website.

The Board is suing him for charging for diet and nutritional advice without being licensed to do so.  He says it's censorship because his views contradict their views on the appropriate diet for type twoers. 

Steve is a former type 2 diabetic who cured himself of the condition by following the Paleo diet and exercise.  The Paleo Diet is a low carb, high protein and fat diet.   He is passionate about this diet as the way to cure the condition.  It worked for him.

The North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition generally recommends a diet that is low in fat and high in complex carbohydrates. That is pretty much a standard recommend diet for type two diabetics.  Mr. Cooksey says they are wrong.  A lot of people agree with him.  You can read about the Board's actions here.  His website, the Diabetes Warrior, is here.

For the record, I tend to follow a diet that is closer to what the Board recommends. It works for me.  I think of myself as having solved my problem, just as Mr. Cooksey does. 

If he wants to sell advice on a diet works for him and many others, is well publicized and backed by research, that is between the buyer and seller.  He stepped on Board's territory and hurt their feelings and they are using the State of North Carolina to sooth their bruised emotions.

Mr. Cooksey hid nothing about himself or what he offers. He says he is not an expert trained in medicine or dietary science.  He's just one big revved up success story who wants to share his success.

This is information readily available on the internet, in book stores or in libraries. So what is the difference between buying a book on the Paleo Diet or paying him for the same advice?  Amazon lists over 400 books on the subject for sale. None that I can see.  Buyer beware, that's all.

Add Pneumonia to the List of Diabetic Worries.

Add another deadly malady to list of conditions to worry about for diabetics.   To heart disease, liver failure, kidney failure, pancreatic problems, neuropothy, dementia, vision problems, (have I forgotten any?  probably) you can add pneumonia to the carnival of fun.

Moral?  Keep that glucose controlled, kids.