Speaking of Health

Men's Health in particular, like the magazine? I wrote in a while back about an article they had run titled "The Thin Mans Diabetes". It intrigued me because I am a thin man with diabetes. A few months back I was contacted through email for a little more information, and told they were thinking of running my letter. Well I've had the magazine for weeks, but it was on the bottom of the stack and I've been a little slow getting through them recently. This morning I was sitting in the kitchen eating my breakfast cottage cheese and flipping through when I see:

It's small and dark because I took it with my cell phone, but if you can't read it:

THE SWEET SCIENCE
As a 27-year-old, 170-pound,5'9" man with type-2 diabetes, I was thrilled to read an article like "The Thin Man's Diabetes" [May]. How about a section of each issue devoted to people with diabetes?
Adam, Hanahan, SC

Nearly all of the workout programs, low-cab meal plans, and stress-reduction tips in every issue can help defeat type-2 diabetes --Ed

It's a little misleading. They didn't print my whole letter. Basically I was asking for a consolidated issue, or just an article, with all the tips and tricks for people with diabetes. They always have little snippets here and there like "Cinnamon is good for controlling your blood sugar", or "This rice has a lot of fiber so you can probably eat some". Mostly they give you tips on how not to get diabetes, which doesn't really help me.

Either way, I thought that was pretty cool. I guess it leads me to the old adage "if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself." So basically I'm going to make a note here to ... do it myself. I'm going to try and go through all the old issues and pull out those little nuggets and consolidate them here. It probably won't begin in earnest until September. Katie and I are going to Maine for a week in August, then I'll be in DC for a week. So maybe if I find one here or there I'll put it up and consolidate later. I know this doesn't help anyone reading this but me... although there is one person.... but it gives me something to do, and maybe you'll learn something too.