Comments on: Alzheimer’s Disease as Type 3 Diabetes – The Glucose Connection http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/01/glucose-brain-alzheimers-diabetes/ An in-depth guide to the world of nutrition Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Nutrition Wonderlandhttp://nutritionwonderland.com/wp-content/themes/nw_theme/images/NW_Logo_v2.0_144x56px.jpghttp://nutritionwonderland.com400156Nutrition Wonderland is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. By: Affordable Diabetic Supplies http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/01/glucose-brain-alzheimers-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 Affordable Diabetic Supplies Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:02:00 +0000 http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1211#comment-2969 Number (in Millions) of Civilian, Non-Institutionalized Persons with Diagnosed Diabetes, United States, 1980–2008 Diabetes is becoming more common in the United States. From 1980 through 2008, the number of Americans with diabetes has more than tripled (from 5.6 million to 18.1 million). As the detailed tables show, people aged 65 years or older account for approximately 38% of the population with diabetes. Graph showing number of persons with diagnosed diabetes, United States, 1980-2008. Links for data figures, sources, methodology and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this figure. Year Number 1980 5.6 1981 5.6 1982 5.7 1983 5.8 1984 5.9 1985 6.2 1986 6.4 1987 6.4 1988 6.4 1989 6.3 1990 6.6 1991 6.9 1992 7.5 1993 7.6 1994 8.1 1995 8.0 1996 8.8 1997 9.4 1998 10.5 1999 11.1 2000 12.0 2001 12.9 2002 13.6 2003 14.3 2004 15.2 2005 16.3 2006 17.0 2007 17.8 2008 18.1 Methods & Limitations Detailed Data Table Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. Statistical analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation. Number (in Millions) of Civilian, Non-Institutionalized Persons with Diagnosed Diabetes, United States, 1980–2008

Diabetes is becoming more common in the United States. From 1980 through 2008, the number of Americans with diabetes has more than tripled (from 5.6 million to 18.1 million). As the detailed tables show, people aged 65 years or older account for approximately 38% of the population with diabetes.

Graph showing number of persons with diagnosed diabetes, United States, 1980-2008. Links for data figures, sources, methodology and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this figure.
Year Number
1980 5.6
1981 5.6
1982 5.7
1983 5.8
1984 5.9
1985 6.2
1986 6.4
1987 6.4
1988 6.4
1989 6.3
1990 6.6
1991 6.9
1992 7.5
1993 7.6
1994 8.1
1995 8.0
1996 8.8
1997 9.4
1998 10.5
1999 11.1
2000 12.0
2001 12.9
2002 13.6
2003 14.3
2004 15.2
2005 16.3
2006 17.0
2007 17.8
2008 18.1

Methods & Limitations

Detailed Data Table

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. Statistical analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation.

]]> By: Howard S. Lichtan http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/01/glucose-brain-alzheimers-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 Howard S. Lichtan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:45:09 +0000 http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1211#comment-1729 Awesome article. Here is a superb lecture on the pharmacology of sugar by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. Easily the best presentation I have ever seen on the pharmacology of sugar. The author’s premise is that sugar is a poison and he takes his audience (25% of which are biochemists) through the case and achieves what appears to be complete consensus by the end of the lecture. Sugar: The Bitter Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Awesome article. Here is a superb lecture on the pharmacology of sugar by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. Easily the best presentation I have ever seen on the pharmacology of sugar. The author’s premise is that sugar is a poison and he takes his audience (25% of which are biochemists) through the case and achieves what appears to be complete consensus by the end of the lecture.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

]]> By: Howard S. Lichtan http://nutritionwonderland.com/2010/01/glucose-brain-alzheimers-diabetes/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 Howard S. Lichtan Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:45:00 +0000 http://nutritionwonderland.com/?p=1211#comment-2904 Awesome article. Here is a superb lecture on the pharmacology of sugar by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. Easily the best presentation I have ever seen on the pharmacology of sugar. The author’s premise is that sugar is a poison and he takes his audience (25% of which are biochemists) through the case and achieves what appears to be complete consensus by the end of the lecture. Sugar: The Bitter Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Awesome article. Here is a superb lecture on the pharmacology of sugar by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. Easily the best presentation I have ever seen on the pharmacology of sugar. The author’s premise is that sugar is a poison and he takes his audience (25% of which are biochemists) through the case and achieves what appears to be complete consensus by the end of the lecture.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

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