The low carb boom may be over for businesses but some scientists
remain convinced that it is a benefit approach to several health
conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
New research explains the mechanism behind the widely recognized
link between a high-fat diet and type 2 diabetes, providing an
insight into how high-fat diet-induced diabetes may be prevented.
Nutrition 21's Diachrome supplement could save as much as $52.9
billion in health care costs for diabetes sufferers over three
years, shows an analysis that supports its use as an adjunct to
conventional treatment.
Taking supplements of L-Carnipure tartrate during pregnancy can
significantly reduce the increased level of plasma free fatty acids
that is considered the main cause of insulin resistance in pregnant
women, shows a new study.
A link between consumption of coffee and caffeine and a risk of
type-2 diabetes has been bandied about for some time, but a new
research suggests that the relationship may be age- and weight-loss
related.
Nutrition 21 is going right to the top to garner support for
chromium's role in diabetes care, fostering contacts with
policy-makers and health care organizations, reports Jess
Halliday.
Advising type-2 diabetes patients to include walnuts in their diet
helps them achieve a dietary fat profile with optimal amounts of
polyunsaturated fatty acids, which helps protect against heart
disease, say researchers in Australia.
Adult lifestyle has more influence on your chances of developing
type 2 diabetes than childhood experience, reveal UK researchers
today, contradicting previously held beliefs.
Dairy food makers looking to drill further into the health benefits
of their primary foodstuffs will welcome new findings that suggest
two servings of low-fat dairy foods a day could reduce men's risk
of developing type 2 diabetes.
A new study carried out by Unicity International and presented at
the American Heart Association conference indicates that fiber
supplements have a dual effect on cholesterol levels in type-2
diabetes patients, lowing levels of LDL...
Nutrition 21 is collaborating with the Native American Mandan,
Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation on a trial to assess the health
benefits and savings afforded by using its Diachrome chromium
picolinate and biotin formulation for type-2...
Caffeine significantly reduced insulin sensitivity in a small
study, and was not corrected by the usually beneficial effects of
weight loss or exercise.
As EU Commissioner Kyprianou launches a new platform involving the
food industry and stakeholders to tackle rising obesity levels, new
research finds influences on diabetes - obesity link could be much
more than food, reports Lindsey...
Diabetes prevention efforts are worth every cent, say researchers
in the first study to weigh up the costs in preventing the disease
with the future costs of treatment.
The first clinical trial into the effects of chromium
supplementation in children with type 1 diabetes is now underway at
the Childrens' Hospital in Los Angeles, announced Nutrition 21,
which is supplying Chromax chromium picolinate...
The European Commission is spending €12.7 million on research into
the relationship between diet, lack of exercise and the development
of diabetes to improve understanding of the rapid rise in this
disease in recent years.
The vitamin-like substance acetyl-L-carnitine appears to help ease
the pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of
diabetes that results in painful damage to nerves.
Nutrition 21 announced last week that a bill signed into law by
President George Bush recognizes the health benefits of chromium
picolinate towards diabetes and urges further research into its
capabilities.
The US health department yesterday announced a national action plan
to stem the rising tide of diabetes, providing supplement
manufacturers with plenty of marketing opportunities.
The European Commission will this week host a major conference on
the challenges for diabetes research, in a bid to raise political,
academic and industrial awareness of the disease.
Replacing white bread with low-glycaemic breads could help to
reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests new research, that
offers evidence for the role of low glycaemic index foods.
Harvard researchers have been studying 15 year-old toenails in
their attempts to discover whether there is a link between levels
of chromium in the body and incidences of diabetes.
Adding isolated soy protein to men's diets could help reduce
problems experienced in the advanced stages of type two diabetes,
according to a small study by researchers at the University of
Illinois.
Increasing evidence for the value of low glycaemic index foods in
reducing risk of type 2 diabetes may benefit high-fibre foods and
those using healthy ingredients.
Drinking coffee could upset the body's ability to metabolise sugar,
with potentially serious effects in those with the increasingly
common condition type 2 diabetes, suggest scientists.
Taking daily supplements of chromium picolinate and biotin could
help type 2 diabetes patients reduce the costs associated with
managing their disease, suggests an economic analysis of the
benefits to diabetes seen in previous trials.
Israeli nutraceutical firm Enzymotec has developed a prototype
nutrition bar containing its nutritional oil, designed to target
the growing diabetics market.
Israeli firm Enzymotec has developed a novel product line marketed
under the brand carDiabeat, designed to fight the major risks for
cardiovascular disorders of diabetes patients.
UK researchers are to test whether garlic could be used to counter
diabetes, promising renewed interest in one of the most
well-established dietary supplement products.
Type 2 diabetes patients had lower blood sugar and healthier blood
vessels after supplementing with French maritime pine tree bark
extract Pycnogenol, report scientists in the latest study to
investigate a natural product for diabetes...
Drinking coffee seems to reduce the risk of developing type 2
diabetes, a growing threat around the world due to the rise in
obesity and ageing populations.
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have shown that
diabetes can cause chronic liver disease and cancer of the liver,
increasing the threat posed by growing incidence of the disease
around the world.
Higher iron stores are associated with an increased risk of type 2
diabetes in healthy women. independent of known diabetes risk
factors, report researchers in this week's issue of JAMA.
Men and women who drank more coffee and other caffeinated beverages
were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who drank
few or no caffeinated beverages, report researchers in a new study.
A diet high in magnesium may help prevent the development of type 2
diabetes, especially in people who are overweight, suggests
evidence reported in two new studies out next month. The findings
add weight to theories that vitamins...
Eight genes, usually associated with normal pancreatic functions,
have been linked to susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, the most
common kind of the disease, which affects up to 135 million people
worldwide.
Less than half a teaspoon of cinnamon daily could significantly
reduce the risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in
people with type 2 diabetes, suggests a small trial in next month's
Diabetes Care journal.
Researchers in Canada have found new evidence that buckwheat, a
grain used in making pancakes, may be beneficial in the management
of diabetes. The grain was found to significantly lower blood
glucose levels in rats.
The European Commission will plunge €11.7 million into a five-year
project to investigate the treatment of obesity, one of the main
causes of diabetes, it announced today, coinciding with World
Diabetes Day.
The number of adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes is
expected to rise by roughly 20 per cent under new criteria being
laid out next month in Diabetes Care. The revised criteria
should encourage changes to diet and lifestyle...
The increase in the prevalence of diabetes may be due to better
detection and people surviving longer with the disease not an
increase in new cases, according to new research published in
The Lancet.
The obesity epidemic affecting the UK's children needs to be
addressed by all sectors, urges a health specialist, or we could
soon see a dramatic rise in diabetes cases.
Elderly men and women with normal body weight still may be at risk
for developing type 2 diabetes if they have large amounts of muscle
fat or visceral abdominal fat, according to new study, which
questions the relationship between...
People who regularly eat peanut butter or nuts can significantly
reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to
researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. Researchers
found that consuming one tablespoon of...
