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I have a friend who is nearly 50 and gets fainting spells from time to time & feels tired easily & has some short term memory loss. He feels he might have diabetes but is afraid to find out because psychologically he is not prepared.

He is thinking about trying out insulin tablets just to see if that helps.

Is there a danger in doing so ?

Any comments or suggestions ?

He doesn’t know English.

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Coffee might help prevent diabetes
Attention coffee lovers! That habit may not be so bad.Drinking coffee, a lot of it, may help prevent type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting millions and on the rise across the globe, according to a new study published in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.It’s the caffeine, say scientists from Nagoya University in Japan .The scientists fed either water or …

Here are some facts about myself:
.5’7-233lbs, 23 year old Native American female
. Ovo-lacto vegetarian (I eat eggs & Milk.)
.I carry a lot of my weight in the stomach and bum.
.No outstanding health issues, except periodic vertigo.
.Family history of Diabetes.

I believe I might have an abnormal sensitivity to sugars and carbohydrates–if I eat even a little I tend to crave more food. Low carb diets do interest me, however I’m vegetarian and had problems even with ‘South Beach.’

My goal is to begin diet/exercise in June, losing about 2lbs per week. Goal weight 170 by January 2008.

What diet plan might work best for me? Any book or website resources very appreciated.

Thank you

Bret Michaels might be ready to rock in weeks
Doctors say it is possible that Michaels, the outspoken 47-year-old former Poison frontman currently competing on ‘The Celebrity Apprentice,’ could be healthy enough to appear on the NBC reality series’ …

Hormones Tied to Diabetes Might Also Influence Fertility
TUESDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — A new study in mice suggests that the hormones leptin and insulin work together in the brain to control blood sugar levels and, in a surprise to researchers, female fertility.