Former Governor, Mike Huckabee’s Book Quit Digging your Grave with a Knife and Fork Now Available...

Hispanic PR Wire ^ | May 16, 2007 | NA

[neverdem]

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--May 16, 2007--Most people don’t stop bad habits until they have had a serious health scare. Such was the case for presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2002. After his personal success at shedding 100-plus pounds, he has found a platform to share his secrets to creating better health habits in Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork.

Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, today announced the availability of 35,000 Spanish-translated copies of this best-selling book, which can be ordered free of charge by visiting http://www.librodediabetes.com. Community members can receive the book for free on May 16 and 17 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Puerto Rican Diabetes Association’s free fair “Prevention and Control of Diabetes” at the Mayaguez Resort & Casino. The event is open to the public and will feature free health screenings, exhibition booths with products for diabetes control, and educational sessions.

Community members can receive the book for free on May 16 and 17 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Puerto Rican Diabetes Association’s free fair “Prevention and Control of Diabetes” at the Mayaguez Resort & Casino

Diabetes is an incurable disease and urgent health problem that disproportionately affects Latinos. It is the third leading cause of death in Puerto Rico(1) which suffers from one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world.(2) Approximately 549,000 people have diabetes, a 50 percent increase since 2000.(3) In recent years, type 2 diabetes, which occurs when the body does not make enough insulin or can not use the insulin it makes effectively, has increased dramatically due to high rates of obesity found in 63 percent of the population.(4) Unless the society aggressively addresses the twin...

[Dr. Sivana]

Merry Christmas!

[neverdem]

I goofed on that previous thread, and the present one also without thinking about the difference between gastric bypass and banding.

I think I gave an opinion that was based on just speculation from a number of blogs. The latest technique is called laparoscopic gastric banding, aka "lap-band," IIRC. I don't know of any admission by Huckabee for any kind of surgery for losing weight.

A gastric bypass, Roux-En-Y operation(view image) is a more physiologially abnormal procedure than a "lapband"(view image) procedure which appears to just limit the potential volume of the stomach.

Talking Heads Not Talking Climate

Birds, Bugs Named as Steroid Users!

REALLY?; A little alcohol can help you beat a cold.

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list. Anyone can post any unposted link as they see fit.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah & Happy New Year!

[Ultra Sonic 007]

A Christmas edition ‘Huckananny’ ping.

[GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco]

Well, I think it’s neat that he lost 100 lbs and improved his health. I respect him for that.
Do you also respect the drug addict who reforms? Personally I'm about fed up with everybody loving and respecting people who have to hit bottom (or 300+ lbs) before they get a clue.
Hey, maybe if we elect him he'll retaliate after our second or third city get nuked. I mean one city would just be a forgivable judgement lapse on the part of the terrorists. Besides, forgiving the first one would be "the Christian thing to do."

Can't we get enough replacement parts for Dick Cheney until someone actually qualified to be president decides to run?

[Travis McGee]

Superb work by Plutarch, please folks, read it.

My conclusion: Huck is a liar.

[Plutarch]

I actually discuss the LAP-BAND business in my post: If Huckabee had surgery, was it gastric bypass or LAP-BAND? . My conclusion is that it was more likely to have been gastric bypass than LAP-BAND.

LRYGB = gastric bypass LABG = LAP-BAND

[rmlew]

If I want someone to help me lose weight, I’ll consider Huckabee. If I’m looking for president, the Huchster isn’t even in the phone book.

[Kevmo]

Huckabee has surged because he won a couple of debates and he’s got evangelical support. If a quick rise can happen to the liberal pro-life evangelical Huckster, it can happen to the conservative pro-life evangelical Hunter.

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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts

Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts

[GOPJ]

<>Like athletes who toy with drugs, animals are constantly, if unconsciously, performing the basic calculus: How much of my long-term health am I willing to sacrifice for the sake of short-term glory? Male cardinals and house finches become obsessed each fall with eating berries and other ruddy fruits, not for their nutritional value but for their carotenoids, the red and orange pigments the birds must acquire if their new crop of feathers are to beam brightly come spring. “Fruit is a poor-quality food in general, just a lot of sugar and water, and it would make more sense for the birds to ingest grain instead,” said Geoffrey Hill, an ornithologist at Auburn University in Alabama. But female birds are drawn to the most brilliant males, he said, so during the molting period, “if you don’t get carotenoids, you’ve got no hope.”

Thanks for the fine feathered friends ping...

[the808bass]

$35,000 for 35,000 free copies from one of the largest companies doing embryonic stem cell reseach? A list of these funds was dated December 21, 2006.

Novo, of course, makes the bulk of its money on selling insulin. The debate over biologic equivalents in Congress is crucial to insulin sellers.