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  • So… so… confused

    Greetings-
    In early November I noticed that my hair was thinning on top. I could see my scalp. I’ve always had really thick hair and FREAKED OUT. When to primary care doctor who did some blood work and prescribed sprinolactone. all labs were thought to be in "normal range."
    Went to my dermatologist who did more more blood word. Again, everything was "normal."
    Went to Gyno who referred me to an Endo. On Thursday, he diagnosed me (after more labs) with PCOS. Pre-diabetic and insulin resistant. He prescribed Metformin. 500mg and said work up to 4 a day. To take a vitamin D supplement. See his assistant in three months.

    He never mentioned diet which in my subsequent research seems crucial. When I went to get the Met filled the pharmacist mentioned Low Glycemic diet.

    My A1C – 5.8
    Testosterone-44
    Glucose-88
    Insulin-16
    Vitamin D-33

    I want to make sure *I* am doing everything I can to manage this situation.

    I’ve started eliminating carb’s. Any other thoughts/suggestions?

    I was really too stunned and ignorant to ask questions at the time but now I wonder:

    -Is insulin resistant related to hair loss
    -Is being pre diabetic and insulin resistant the same thing?
    -Do you have PCOS for ever?
    -Where can I go to understand the lab report? What are the most important markers?

    Thanks in advance!

  • 25 Recipes for Pasta, Noodles, and Dumplings The Kitchn’s Best Recipes of 2009

    We’re rounding up some of our favorite posts and recipes from the past year, and where better to start than with pasta? Here’s a look back at some of the pasta recipes from this year, including a recent dish of extremely cheesy fusilli, and a collection of lighter (yet still rich) pasta sauces. It’s not just pasta here, though; there are dumplings, potstickers, and cold noodles too!

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  • Try This At Home! DIY Recipes from 2009 The Kitchn’s Best Recipes of 2009

    2009_12_22-DIYRecipes.jpgFrom powdered seasonings to sushi to candy corn to mayonnaise and pretzel bites: we enjoy encouraging you to cook foods you might not otherwise think to try at home.

    Here’s a look back at some of these DIY-style posts and recipes, with instructions and recipes for chutney, coffeeshop-style lattes, Girl Scout cookies, corndogs, and more!

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  • 25 Recipes for Meat, Poultry, & Seafood The Kitchn’s Best Recipes of 2009

    Meat, poultry, seafood — we had a lot of great quick and delicious recipes published this year. Turkey meatballs, weekend pot roast, rosemary pork chops and goat tacos — read on for these and more!

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  • 30 Snacks & Starters, Appetizers & Nibbles from 2009 The Kitchn’s Best Recipes of 2009

    The beginning of a meal is often our favorite part. We have so many recipes and good ideas for starters, snacks, and little nibbles in our 2009 archives. There are bacon-wrapped potato bites and chicken nuggets, cheese-stuffed dates and peppers, a creative and beautiful Mediterranean platter, homemade beef jerky, cheese straws, tomato jam, gluten-free chickpea pancake, and much, much more.

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  • Warm Fruit and Sweet Ice Cream: 25 More Desserts The Kitchn’s Best Recipes of 2009

    Well, we’ve showed you our best chocolate desserts from 2009, as well as our favorite baked treats. But what about all those other sweet things that aren’t cake or cookies? Creamy ice cream, stewed plums with spices, apples stuffed with brown sugar, popsicles and dressed-up fruit — there are so many delicious ways to end a meal, and many of them are simpler and healthier than traditional desserts. Here’s a look back at 25 desserts from 2009 that were a little different from the typical chocolate cake.

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  • Endo appt

    I had the appointment with a Endo doc. He was very nice and I liked his bedside manner. I thought I would share what I learned.
    Some history – I was diagnosed by ARNP as having pre-diabetes in Aug (fasting glucose 109). Then, about 1 month ago I was having severe thirst and increased urination, so I used my T1 daughters meter to check my BS several days in a row. The first time I randomly checked after having carbs it was over 300. The next 2 fasting BS were just over 200. So I called the ARNP and scheduled an appt. She put me on Metformin and said I had T2 diabetes and that I needed to keep losing weight (I have lost about 20# this past year, but BMI is still 31. The Metformin has helped, although I am still almost always over 130 fasting. If i eat any carbs it spikes a lot.

    My daughter has Type 1 and I had an uncle with Type 1, no Type 2 in the family. I also have been on thyroid replacement for about 13 years. About 5 years ago I participated in a JDRF study of Autoimmunity and was found to be positive with GAD and IA2 antibodies.

    My questions to the Endo were about the significance of the antibodies. He told me that the antibodies may not be significant. In the summary of his note, he said, "Given that she has family members with autoimmune issues including type 1 diabetes, it may not be surprising that she has positive antibodies. However, it does not mean that they have clinical implications. We will know that by following her blood sugars. If in fact her blood sugars are elevated over time then we may consider more aggressive use of insulin given her family history, since she may have a propensity towards autoimmune/insulin deficient diabetes. However her sugars will tell the tale."

    He also said that he was not sure I was truly diabetic, because I have not yet had an A1C of at least 6.5 (my only A1c was in August when I was "pre-diabetic" with an A1c of 6%) – he also said that because I had a cortisone shot in my shoulder a couple of weeks prior to my first "high" blood sugars that it may be only a temporary situation of high blood sugars. However, he was not sure how long a cortisone will increase my BS. So for now, I am staying on Metformin 500mg twice a day and can increase to 1000mg twice a day if needed. I am supposed to see him again in 6 months at which time I will also have an A1C and lipid panel done. (Lipids in August were: cholesterol 197, triglycerides 121, HDL 41, LDL 132…..I guess LDL was high…should be under 100).:eek:

    You all have a very nice Holiday season.

    Teri

  • 40 Kitchen Hacks and Tips from 2009 Best of 2009

    2009_12_24-Tips.jpgIt was really hard, choosing just 40 kitchen hacks and tips from this past year. We have so many good tips, tricks, techniques, demonstrations, and tutorials in our archives! But here are a few of our favorites, from how to make milk foam without a machine to building a cooling rack or tube pan out of other kitchen pans. Plus how to use naked lemons, and ways to keep your cutting board from slipping!

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  • Bright & Lovely: 25 Kitchen Tours from 2009 Best of 2009

    We love kitchen tours. They are such an interesting opportunity to peek into the way someone else cooks and lives, and we are always picking up bits of inspiration from them! Here’s a look back at some of our kitchen tours from this past year — there were so many interesting ones! From Margaret Roach’s garden kitchen, to a blogger’s new restaurant in Seattle, to a light-filled space in Boston, to Kitchn regular Art’s Chicago loft. Take a tour back through our kitchen tours!

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  • Useless Kitchen Gadgets: 20 Popular Posts of Summer 2009 Best of 2009

    2009_12_28-Summer.jpgThere was so much going on last summer! We had a peek into the Delancey kitchen, lists of the most useful (and useless) kitchen tools, recipes for quick one-dish dinners, and 50 kitchen tips from Ina Garten. Plus, 10 ways to feed 10 people for under $20, a $30 kitchen makeover, and how to get rid of cockroaches. Read on for these and much, much more!

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  • Stir-Fry & Hot Cocoa: 20 Popular Posts of Autumn 2009 Best of 2009

    2009_12_28-Autumn.jpgA transformed city kitchen, hot-chocolate-on-a-stick, how to make six kinds of stir-fry sauces at home, and ignitable tap water! These were some of the most popular posts this past fall. Read on for more, including the best chewy chocolate cookies ever, and tips on getting more out of your toaster oven.

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  • Gingerbread Creme Brulee

    The aroma of gingerbread evokes my strongest memories of Christmas. Those wonderful houses with stout walls of spicy gingerbread decorated with colorful candies and frosting. Children mesmerized with wide eyed wonder, their mouths agape as they inspect every inch. The aroma of gingerbread flooding the house, happiness and warmth, that’s gingerbread. And those wonderful spices of gingerbread. Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger with the rich smell of molasses. One of my happiest gingerbread moments was building a beautiful gingerbread house with my daughter when she was young. Her lilting laughter and lip smacking, candy eating, sticky little fingers adorning the house with as many decorations as she ate. I have tried to capture all of that in this dessert recipe for you. A creamy and very rich brulee that’s not for the faint of heart, filled with those wonderful holiday spices. I hope you enjoy.

    Gingerbread Creme Brulee

    Ingredients:

    1 1/2 cups heavy cream
    1/2 cup whole milk
    1/2 tsp. each cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and ginger
    1/4 tsp. white pepper
    1 Tbsp. molasses
    4 egg yolks
    1/2 cup Splenda + 4 tsp. for topping
    1 tsp. vanilla extract

    Preheat oven to 300′

    Pour the heavy cream and milk in a medium saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger and molasses. Heat until the mixture just bubbles, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside.

    In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the Splenda and vanilla extract until smooth. While whisking, slowly pour in the warm cream mixture a tablespoon at a time. After a few additions pour in the rest of the cream mixture while whisking continuously. Pour the mixture through a strainer into a large measuring cup for easy pouring. Pour 1/2 cup of the mixture into each of five ramekins or other small oven safe custard cups. Place the cups in a large roasting pan and pour hot water in until it is about halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake for about 25 to 35 minutes until the custard is just about set but still jiggles in the center a little. Carefully remove the ramekins and place on a rack to cool. Refrigerate at least 6 hours but overnight is best.

    Before serving sprinkle the tops of each custard with about 3/4 tsp. of the remaining Splenda. Place the ramekins on a sheet pan about 6 inches under the broiler for about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so they do not burn. If you have a small, hand held kitchen torch now is the time to use it instead of the broiler.

    Nutrition Facts
    5 Servings
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 316.8
    Total Fat 30.8 g
    Saturated Fat 18.2 g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1.6 g
    Monounsaturated Fat 9.4 g
    Cholesterol 264.1 mg
    Sodium 44.9 mg
    Potassium 164.6 mg
    Total Carbohydrate 10.2 g
    Dietary Fiber 0.1 g
    Sugars 3.7 g
    Protein 4.4 g

  • High sugars 500

    I have been type 1 for 27 years. Diagnosed age 2. I have been over 500 for more than a week and a half. I use Humalog and Lantus I have opened new Vile’s. I do not have any flue or cold like symptoms. I also do not think I have a uti. If I have an infection I have no idea where it is? Why am I so darn High? My friend mention being prego, I hope not I have an IUD and I’ve had 2 children. I do not think my body can ever go threw that again. I usually take 3 to 5 units Humalog I have been taking 6-10 units and my lantis from I’ve gone from u20 to 25Pm I will go the DR.s Tuesday hopefully they can get me in and do some Blood Work. I will also be on the new continuous pump ON Tuesday as well, wish me luck!

    Any thoughts would be appreciated! I hope I will have answers soon!:( :confused:

  • Bacon, IKEA, & Brownies: 20 Popular Posts of Spring 2009 Best of 2009

    2009_12_22-SpringRoundup.jpgBacon-wrapped potato bites and bacon pops were quite popular last spring, as were the kitchens from Small Cool 2009, and Ina Garten’s two kitchens (one in the city, one in the country). We also had ten ways to use a can of tuna, and four ways to reuse butter wrappers, plus broccoli slaw and smoked lemons.

    Read on for these and more from Spring 2009.

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  • Me Again

    It’s Me Again. I have found that my Blood Glucose is at an alarming high. Today it was 212 after breakfast and 252 after dinner.

    Mind you, I just found out I have type 2 diabetes about 2 to 3 weeks ago. I just started doing the test about a week ago. The average has dropped slowly but not a significant drop.

    I have been limiting my diet to about 50 carbs per meal, and walking everyday for 30 minutes as the nutritionist told me.

    Is the blood glucose going to slowly lower day by day? Or is this something that should be immediate? I’m unsure as to what’s going on with this. I am doing the cinnamon with some sugar free apple cider mix.

    Basically, when you first find out about this and start changing your lifestyle for the better, should you see immediate results in blood glucose levels? Or does it take time for it to get into the proper range?

  • Christmas Animals

    Disturbing? Funny? Wierd? You decide…:D

    YouTube – Cute Animal Christmas Song

  • Solar Energy Research Recognition as Fellow

    Research leaders, including Professor Bruce Parkinson, have bee awarded with Fellow designation from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their contribution to the sciences. …

    … “A renowned solar energy researcher and a professor in the Department of Chemistry and the UW School of Energy Resources, Parkinson was recognized for significant contributions to fields such as photoelectrochemical energy conversion, materials chemistry, surface science, scanning probe microscopies and nanomaterials. ” …

    Via University of Wyoming: AAAS Fellows

  • Mujadarra (Arab lentil pilaf) use for cauli rice!

    Well I made my mujadarra with caulirice tonight … I have missed it sooooo much! I used to make a huge batch with Basmati rice, and then eat it for lunch all week!

    Cauliflower rice, from 1/2 a head — about 3 cups "rice"

    Lentils to taste and tolerance (I used about 120 g)

    large onion sliced into 1/2 rings
    olive oil
    whole cumin (1/2 tsp or to taste)
    hot red pepper
    allspice (1/4 tsp), or garam masala, or cinnamon

    Boil lentils in large vol of water for 20 min and drain

    slice onion and fry with spices until brown.

    Saute caulirice in butter or olive oil, and add lentils.

    Top with browned seasoned onions to serve.

    Do calculate your carbs and eat cautious portions — the onions and lentils make it carby. But, it is SO good!

    I served mine with meatballs in a spicy sauce, and fresh spinach.

  • Find of the Day: Barris-built 1972 Lincoln Bugazzi has interior like a dictator’s bathroom

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    George Barris-designed Bugazzi — Click above for image gallery

    We’re beginning to think that George Barris’ movie cars were more restrained than his customer cars — and that Dolemite had the man on speed dial. Barris built the car you see above: a Bugazzi (boo-GOT-zee), which started out as a 1972 Lincoln Mark IV and was turned into “an American version of a Rolls-Royce.”

    That means it’s been slathered in thirty coats of pearl lacquer and trimmed with 24-carat gold-leaf, hand-applied pinstripes. Up front are two lanterns where the headlights would normally go. Inside, you’ll find gold, suede upholstery, Persian rugs, Italian doorhandles mounted on Italian marble slabs, a television, and a back seat wet bar. That could explain why the car cost $10,000 more than a Rolls. Or not.

    There were but 12 built, and not only were they bought by celebrities and the owner of the Mustang Ranch, but Motor Trend named it Car of the Month in July, 1973. We don’t know what number this car is, nor do we know how many have survived, but we do know you can take it home from Daniel Schmitt & Company for $99,000. Back in October, this car passed under the gavel at an RM Auction in October for a mere $19,800. We know that Barris had set out to make an American Rolls-Royce here, and we understand Schmitt & Co are looking to turn a profit here. But $99K? Guys — it’s not a real Rolls.

    Gallery: 1972 Barris-built Lincoln Bugazzi

    [Source: Hemmings Motor News]

    Find of the Day: Barris-built 1972 Lincoln Bugazzi has interior like a dictator’s bathroom originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Trapdoors & Cake Pops: 20 Popular Posts of Winter 2009 Best of 2009

    2009-12-22-WinterRoundup.jpgWelcome to The Kitchn’s look back at our favorite (and your favorite!) posts from 2009. We’re starting with the winter season, and the first quarter of 2009. What were we talking about last winter?

    Well, it seems like a lot of you were thinking about improving your kitchen. But you were still cooking: Cake pops, breakfast recipes, and an Oreo cake were popular!

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