Article - "Maintaining Target Hemoglobin A1c Less than 6% May Increase Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes"

... gonna try something new and just post as thoughts come to mind.
Post titles may be kinda shit or boring as a result ... but away we go!


"Maintaining Target Hemoglobin A1c Less than 6% May Increase Mortality in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes"

TL:DR:IMO

• both studies referred to in the CVS article are unpublished.  Very helpful, thanks.A
• in the ACCORD trial, more meds ("combinations of diabetes medications") showed "slightly higher rate of death"
• in the ADVANCE trial, "no evidence of increased mortality with intensive glucose-lowering"
• so, more meds may result in more death as compared to fewer meds ... whoopty-fucking-doo.

Until the studies themselves are published, I think we're done here ... move along, nothing more to see.

-tak!  thbbft!

It's Been A Hot! Hot! Hot! Minute, Hasn't It?

Run, You Clever Boy, And Remember

I've been posting reaps of my training on Instagram as of late ... so yeah, go follow me there ... cactustak.

MTAC Update 2017/09/17 ... (Marathon Training Around City) ... Fantastic weather, and the age old battle of sleep vs. doing rears its ugly head! So, an abbreviated 15+ km for the Long Wander today ... I'll up the distance next weekend, then start to taper in preparation for the mid-October race.

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Depressing News Of The Day

Well, this is an onion in the ointment!

NYT - How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food
(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/16/health/brazil-obesity-nestle.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth)

from the article ... "Dr. Gibney, the nutritionist and Nestlé consultant, said the company deserved credit for reformulating healthier products."
That's like saying "I stopped punching you in the face with my fist ; now I'm wearing a boxing glove".

I haven't finished the article yet ... but sigh, what a shitshow.

-tak!  thbfft!