# Another "Research" Gem From--Reader's Digest
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902
**Category:** Nutrition
**Tags:** horsecrap
**Created:** [September 9, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902 "2017-09-09T18:35:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/1 "2017-09-09T18:35:57Z")
More groundbreaking diabetes news from that paragon publication of science.
> **[If You Eat This One Food Every Day, You Could Increase Your Risk of Diabetes](https://www.thehealthy.com/diabetes/type-2-diabetes/meat-increased-risk-of-diabetes/)**
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> Bad news: You might want to break up with your daily bacon habit. A massive study suggests that chowing down
Does anyone else sense a pattern?
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/2 "2017-09-09T18:48:33Z")
> [@docslotnick](#):
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> More groundbreaking diabetes news from that paragon publication of science.
I hope you also noticed the important hidden nugget in a link of the above article, in the paragon publication – I quote:
> On the flip side, eating this one food can lower your risk of diabetes. [pointing to the link below]
> **[4 Science-Backed Reasons People with Diabetes Can Eat Fruit Worry-Free](https://www.thehealthy.com/diabetes/type-2-diabetes/fruit-diabetes/)**
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> People with diabetes may wonder if they can have fruit. The research says yes—you should eat fruit if you have diabetes because it's healthy!
You are right, I am starting to see a pattern 🙂
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### Author:  [@Gary](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Gary)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/3 "2017-09-09T19:26:30Z")
When I see these stories slamming meat consumption I can’t help but wonder the true reasons behind it. I do not take exception to anyone that adopts a vegetarian of vegan lifestyle. but there are those that vilify anything not vegan because of their moral objections.
I do not object to meat on a moral ground, nature has made meat a part of our diet, who am I to question it. I just wish that those that do object morally to keep their arguments out of the debate on nutrition.
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### Author:  [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/4 "2017-09-09T19:28:14Z")
If bacon is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. 😜
I wasn’t told this specifically about diabetes, but a chiropractor I went to (only once…) told me I could put all of my autoimmune diseases into remission by going on a vegan diet. 🙄 I do believe in her case (ulcerative colitis) it was true to an extent, as removing a lot of inflammatory foods and things hard on your gut can be helpful, but…you can’t make a blanket statement like that about any disease.
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### Author:  [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/5 "2017-09-09T20:32:44Z")
> [@Pianoplayer7008](#):
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> I wasn’t told this specifically about diabetes, but a chiropractor I went to (only once…) told me I could put all of my autoimmune diseases into remission by going on a vegan diet. 🙄 I do believe in her case (ulcerative colitis) it was true to an extent, as removing a lot of inflammatory foods and things hard on your gut can be helpful, but…you can’t make a blanket statement like that about any disease.
This sort of thing drives me _crazy_. When I was first diagnosed with Graves’ disease I joined an online support group and someone there told me that, because she believed she’d put her Graves’ disease into remission by avoiding gluten, dairy, and sugar, I could do the same. I told her I’d been avoiding those things for years already, due to other autoimmune conditions and allergies, and clearly it hadn’t prevented me from developing Graves’. She then told me that I could put _all_ of my autoimmune conditions and allergies into remission, and that it wasn’t working for me because I didn’t believe it would work. **GRRRR!!!** What a way to support someone (not). And what’s more, Graves’ disease is _known to sometimes go into spontaneous remission even when nothing is done_, so there’s no telling whether this lady and others would have gone into remission regardless of any actions they took.
Of course, as frustrating as these people are, they can’t be entirely blamed when there are all sorts of articles that would seem to back up the claims (backed by no scientific literature except the odd cherrypicked study here and there).
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### Author:  [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/6 "2017-09-09T21:04:35Z")
Did you also notice the reader’s digest photo in which a person was trying to test their blood glucose with the test strip only?
Where is the meter Reader’s Digest?
Where is the meter?
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/7 "2017-09-09T21:59:18Z")
> [@Aaron](#):
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> the reader’s digest photo in which a person was trying to test their blood glucose with the test strip only?
I had not noticed, that is SO funny!!!
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/8 "2017-09-09T22:13:36Z")
It’s the new blood glucose system that will change your life!
If you would have clicked on the photo you would have been taken to the latest RD article about the massive study that proved overwhelmingly that the meterless test strip was the best and most accurate way to test your blood glucose!
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/9 "2017-09-09T22:20:15Z")
> [@docslotnick](#):
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> the meterless test strip was the best and most accurate way
Psychologically it has no equal (if you are an optimist).
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/10 "2017-09-09T23:08:09Z")
> [@Jen](#):
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> it wasn’t working for me because I didn’t believe it would work.
OMG.
I lived in Berkeley, CA for a long time. I love this town – but I ran into a lot of THESE people.
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### Author:  [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/11 "2017-09-10T14:13:46Z")
Another thing I hate about articles like this: What TYPE of diabetes are you talking about? It’s not until paragraph 4 that we get some kind of specific – “adulthood diabetes” – and what the heck is that, anyway?
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/12 "2017-09-10T14:49:13Z")
> [@Michel](#):
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> I lived in Berkeley, CA for a long time. I love this town – but I ran into a lot of THESE people.
Are their headquarters in Berkeley? 😉
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### Author:  [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/13 "2017-09-11T13:11:39Z")
> [@Aaron](#):
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> Did you also notice the reader’s digest photo in which a person was trying to test their blood glucose with the test strip only?
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> Where is the meter Reader’s Digest?
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> Where is the meter?
Hahaha, I was too distracted by the fact that someone had jabbed themselves in the pad of the index finger, which made me cringe because why would you do that? No reason to when the sides of fingers (as well as other fingers) are so much less sensitive.
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/14 "2017-09-11T13:29:07Z")
> [@cardamom](#):
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> jabbed themselves in the pad of the index finger,
You don’t understand, it is the famous Reader’s Digest lancing method 😉
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/15 "2017-09-11T13:36:29Z")
> [@cardamom](#):
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> someone had jabbed themselves in the pad of the index finger, which made me cringe because why would you do that? No reason to when the sides of fingers (as well as other fingers) are so much less sensitive.
Actually, I have always poked on the pads of my fingers, and the index finger is the second most used site after my pinky finger. I find the sides of my fingers far more painful.
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### Author:  [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/16 "2017-09-11T15:01:49Z")
I never use my index fingers and thumbs.
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/17 "2017-09-11T15:05:04Z")
Reader’s digest says poke the knuckles for best results. 😉
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/18 "2017-09-11T16:02:20Z")
> [@cardamom](#):
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> Hahaha, I was too distracted by the fact that someone had jabbed themselves in the pad of the index finger, which made me cringe because why would you do that?
The Reader’s Digest editor did that to the writer because they were late turning in copy.
That writer will never be late again.
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### Author:  [@cardamom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/cardamom)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/19 "2017-09-11T23:49:27Z")
As soon as I typed that, I started wondering which FUDer was going to object and say index fingers are the best, haha.
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### Author:  [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/another-research-gem-from-readers-digest/1902/20 "2017-09-12T05:47:16Z")
> [@Michel](#):
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> jabbed themselves in the pad of the index finger,
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> You don’t understand, it is the famous Reader’s Digest lancing method 😉
I swear, we went to a highly recommended Endo in Orange County, CA whose intake nurse LOVED jabbing Eric in the pad of the finger, and then pulling really, really hard on his finger to get half a gallon of blood out of it, just for the glee of hurting someone I think. Turned us off of the OneTouch Ultra for sure. She must’ve seen it in Reader’s Digest.
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