Now, there’s further evidence that coffee also helps cut the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. In the most recent , researchers found that drinking two or more cups of coffee per day was associated with a 12 percent decreased risk of developing the disease. And even decaffeinated coffee seemed to cut the risk, though […]
The DiabetesMine™ 2013 Patient Voices Survey has found that according to patients, the factors that would most improve their quality of life are not being sufficiently met by diabetes technology currently in the market. The survey shows patients attribute this to two factors: one being the technology itself, and the other being limitations on access […]
The Center for Disease Control puts out a report every few years called “The State of Health and Aging in America”. Here are the six steps the CDC recommends for living a long and healthy life:
Babies born of women who have undergone bariatric (weight-loss) surgery are more likely to be premature and to be small for gestational age, according to a large registry study carried out at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and published in the BMJ.
Mood changes are a common experience in people with either type 2 or type 1 diabetes. Changes in mood can be attributed to various factors, including rapid changes in blood sugars, the stresses and strains of managing diabetes every day, or depression
This new research, published today in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, shows that regular long-term wild blueberry diets may help improve or prevent pathologies associated with the metabolic syndrome, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
“Many people think their number-one priority is to no longer let sugary foods and sweets pass their lips. That’s in part because diabetes has been synonymous with sugar through the ages,” says dietitian and diabetes educator Tami Ross, the 2013 president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators and co-author of “What Do I Eat […]
You’re groggy, dizzy even. You can’t see straight and you sure as hell can’t keep your eyes (or your mind) focused on the screen in front of you. And you’re pretty sure your boss has noticed. You want to assure her that you’re not drunk and you got enough sleep. In fact, you got more […]
Adopting a high-intensity interval training program along with the Mediterranean diet can dramatically improve a variety of factors related to heart health, according to new research present at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in people who have diabetes.
Fruit consumption has benefits such as antioxidants and fiber that can help prevent many chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes. But there have been mixed results from studies on the association of fruit consumption with the risk of type 2 diabetes.
This past summer, a “viewpoint” appeared in the August 21 edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The title of this viewpoint was “A Call for an End to the Diet Debates” and was authored by Sherry L. Pagoto, PhD, from the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of […]
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that naps of different durations can affect the body differently, with longer naps being more detrimental to health.
The mocked “obesity excuse” of being born with a slow metabolism is actually true for some people, say researchers.
Check out this amazing infographic about diabetes and your eye health. Nobody likes to think about diabetes leading to blindness, but of course it can. For example, 32% of people didn’t know they even needed an eye exam, 36% heard about eye risks only upon diagnosis, and 22% never-ever had a doctor talk to them […]
Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an up-to-date meta-analysis published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.
A new US study that analyzed data from a large national survey has found a significant link between diets low in fiber and increased cardiometabolic risk, a cluster of risk factors that increases a person’s chances of having diabetes, heart disease or stroke.
The calories you burn from scrubbing dishes, vacuuming or folding laundry shouldn’t be counted as part of weekly activity levels, reports a new study.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has released a new position statement on nutrition therapy for patients with diabetes. The last statement was published in 2008.
Sleep-disordered breathing and the daytime tiredness that comes with it are common in type 2 diabetes. In a subgroup analysis from a large observational study, researchers found that patients who had higher scores on two different scales of daytime sleepiness were significantly more likely to have suffered from severe hypoglycemia
Researchers also found that the rats eating Oreos experienced more pleasure than the animals being injected with drugs, as measured by activation changes in the nucleus accumbens.