A diabetes diagnosis isn’t inevitable, according to Gayl J. Canfield, PhD, RD, Director of Nutrition Research at Pritikin Longevity Center in Miami, Florida. It comes down to living a healthy lifestyle and doing all the things you already know you should do: keep your blood glucose (blood sugar) under control, eat healthy, exercise and monitor […]
Researchers at the Universite Laval Faculty of Medicine, the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Center, and the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods have discovered a natural molecule that could be used to treat insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that two large meals (breakfast and lunch), rather than six small meals with the same total calories, are better for controlling weight and blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes can be controlled, but at present it can’t be cured. That isn’t quite true of pre-diabetes. Although pre-diabetes isn’t an acute condition, it can, like many acute conditions, be handled with proper treatment.
Researchers at Sweden’s Linköping University made the conclusion after monitoring 61 diabetic patients who were placed on either on a low-carb diet or a traditional low-fat diet.
Researchers in Germany have further endorsed the effectiveness of a blood test that helps determine whether some adult diabetics diagnosed as type 2 diabetes are actually in the early stages of having type 1 diabetes.
The prevalence of Type 1 diabetes increased 21 percent among children up to age 19, the study found. The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among those ages 10 to 19 rose 30 percent during the period.
The primary endpoint of this study was the reduction in HbA1c from baseline at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included insulin therapy intensification in response to higher blood glucose levels (determined by elevated Hb1Ac or elevated urinary glucose).
Dairy products are important sources for vitamins, minerals and protein. In some studies, consumption of dairy products has been associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes and it is believed that some dairy-derived fatty acids may have protective effects in regards to diabetes prevention.
Acute oscillations in blood glucose are associated with negative outcomes in diabetes. Many believe such oscillations may be a significant risk factor for diabetes complications beyond the average glycemic exposure.
There can be a number of factors that come into play when a thin person develops type 2 diabetes. Genetics play a significant role in determining disease onset. A strong family history coupled with a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits can tip the scales in the wrong direction.
While the majority of new diabetes diagnoses in children are still type 1 – about 13,000 a year – the escalating numbers of type 2 cases, previously only seen in middle-aged people, is alarming.
Spanish scientists say increasing the amount of olive oil in your diet could reduce your risk of developing metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
People who eat the most protein, especially from animal sources, are more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to a study of European adults. The new study did not randomly assign participants to eat different amounts of protein, which would have yielded the strongest evidence.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition characterized by an accumulation of fat in the liver, is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
Using pooled analysis studies, scientists showed that adherence to this diet was associated with a 21% reduction of risk for developing diabetes when compared to control groups.
More than a third of patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (37.5%) achieved an HbA1c level of 6.0% after 3 years, as did 24.5% of the patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy. That was significantly better than the 5% of medically managed patients who reached goal (P<0.001 for bypass and P=0.01 for the sleeve).
Researchers evaluated different measures of hand and finger function in type 2 diabetic patients
“This is the first randomised controlled trial demonstrating that treatment of type 2 diabetes in overweight people by substantial weight loss is safe and hugely beneficial,” Professor O’Brien said. The research has been released today in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
In a mouse study, led by Andrew P. Neilson of the Department of Food Science and Technology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, researchers discovered that a certain antioxidant in cocoa – the main ingredient in chocolate – prevented mice from gaining weight and lowered their blood sugar levels.