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Nov 12, 2009 in
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Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women. The most common of these is diabetes insipidus in which the urine is not sweet (insipidus meaning “without taste” in Latin); it can be caused either by kidney (nephrogenic DI) or pituitary gland (central DI) poison. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.
This work was supported in part by the Julia Parish Diabetes Research Institute (#253036) and a Grant from the American Heart Association (6119G61915) This strong association between dietary carbohydrate and postprandial serum glucose led to the development of


