Patients with type 2 diabetes who follow the same strict diet required for those who undergo bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels.
After grade school milk consumption for many Americans tapers off considerably and along with it often goes our calcium consumption.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and what better time to bring you a new resource directly from the Diabetes Online Community aimed at raising awareness about diabetes and drinking?
Conventional drugs to treat type 2 diabetes are significantly more effective when paired with traditional Chinese medicine, new research finds.
Here are five simple ways to lower your blood sugar. The list doesn’t including the most obvious choices (medication) because you know them already.
Good skin makes us attractive, maybe because it signifies health, and health is sexy. But diabetes can harm skin in several ways. What can we do to protect ourselves?
Pure, raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) — not white vinegar —has been shown by several studies to help lower glucose levels.
Eating walnuts just two or three times a week can reduce the risk of type two diabetes by a almost a quarter, according to new research.
It’s been shown that children with elevated blood sugars (usually due in part to high carbohydrate intake) have diminished brain volume and lower IQs.
A passionate diabetes patient-expert shares small but powerful changes that can help people with diabetes lead a happier, healthier life.
A new study looking at the potential health benefits of organic versus non-organic food found that fruit flies fed an organic diet recorded better health outcomes than flies fed a nonorganic diet.
In a study of patients with type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers found that dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements. These findings, which appeared in the April edition of Diabetes Care, have major implications for the management of type 1 diabetes.
Kombucha tea is actually made from black or green tea. Also known as the “elixir of life,” Kombucha is made by fermenting tea with a pancake-like culture of yeasts and bacteria, called the “Kombucha mushroom.”
Not everyone with diabetes needs a diabetes-friendly shoe, but everyone can benefit from a well-constructed, properly fitted shoe that works with the architecture of the foot.
High-fructose corn syrup may be a factor behind the rise in type 2 diabetes, according to a study of data from 43 countries.
Experts agree that the Mediterranean diet gets a gold star when it comes to keeping people healthy, but a study found that following it is difficult for low-income people.
Dawn phenomenon is the situation where the liver removes insulin from the blood in the morning hours, which causes morning blood sugars to go up, even if breakfast is skipped.
People around the world are eating low-carbohydrate diets to treat their diabetes. But all plant foods, other than seeds, are carbs. So what can you eat? Is it all animal products, or are there other options?
Someday, technology being developed in the Johnson & Johnson family of companies will provide help in actually preventing those out-of-range blood sugars by intervening before they hit.
Foods and lifestyle choices that will drastically affect your blood sugar.