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November 08, 2023
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Top in endocrinology: Myths of ‘carb-phobia’; testosterone therapy has its limits

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The recommendation that people living with diabetes should avoid carbohydrates is misguided, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

These patients consider a plant-based, individualized nutrition plan paired with “optimistic coaching,” they suggested.

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For patients living with diabetes, nutrition can feel confusing, complicated, restricting and even stressful, an expert said. Image: Adobe Stock

It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

The second top story was about how 12 months of testosterone replacement therapy did not improve metabolic dysfunction associated with steatotic liver disease in older men.

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Testosterone replacement does not improve steatotic liver disease for older men

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Providers should make plant-based nutrition a central part of obesity treatment

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Severe anion gap metabolic acidosis in a patient with type 2 diabetes

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Certain antidepressants may cause more weight gain over 2 years

Women living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders than men, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Read more.