Availability of Potassium Iodide Tablets and Safety of Tap Water

Availability of Potassium Iodide Tablets and Safety of Tap Water

How U.S. citizens can get potassium iodide (KI) tablets, for those who have been advised to take it by emergency management officials, public health officials, or doctor. There are risks associated with taking KI. From article via Japan Times, “The central government of Japan, on the other hand, is only dispensing iodide tablets to people in the 20-km evacuation zone near the plant but is ready to distribute more to local residents outside the area.”

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Insulin Basics: The Reasons Behind the Recommendations

Insulin Basics: The Reasons Behind the Recommendations

Insulin outside the fridge: is okay for four weeks (28days)

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Diabetes Prevention And Control In Japan By Ron Bailey

Diabetes Prevention And Control In Japan
By Ron Bailey

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When No Insulin Available, Extreme Low Carbohydrate Intake Can Save a Diabetic’s Life

Rice intake and type 2 diabetes in Japanese men and women: the Japan Public Health Center–Based Prospective Study1,2,3

To any diabetics here, when in an emergency situation and access to insulin is limited or unavailable, reducing to very small amounts (around 50 g per day) the intake of carbohydrates (bread, rice, sugar, starches) will keep you alive until you can secure insulin again. Before artificial insulin was invented, the low-carbohydrate treatment was the only way that insulin-dependent diabetics had a chance to survive at all.

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Donate Here to Assist Diabetics in Japan

You can donate here to assist diabetics in Japan:
Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care (Nihon Tonyobyo Kyokai) Donation for East-Japan Earthquake Disaster (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Gienkin) JP Bank (You-cho Ginko, Bank Code: 9900)
Account# 00170-4-15463

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A Sweet Life: Lack of Diabetes Supplies in Japan: An Exclusive Report from Noriko Kitano

A Sweet Life: Lack of Diabetes Supplies in Japan: An Exclusive Report from Noriko Kitano

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