Testing Blood Glucose in Tear Fluid
New Device Holds Promise Of Making Blood Glucose Testing Easier For Patients With Diabetes People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by Arizona State University engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. More than 23 million people in the United States have diabetes. The disease... more
Diabetes Type 2
Diabetes Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, is a chronic disease where either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells do not react normally to insulin. This affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose). Diabetes Type 2 may be present for years before the person knows it. People may have high blood sugar levels when their diabetes... more
Want to be healthy and live longer? Take cues from Japan
Japan has the lowest obesity rate in the developed world – 3 percent versus 32 percent in the United States, according to the International Obesity Taskforce. Many believe the good overall health and long life expectancy rate of the Japanese is due to their diet. “People in Japan tend to eat smaller portions of healthier types of food,”... more
‘Jumping Gene’ Diminishes The Effect Of New Type 2 Diabetes Risk Gene
Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding... more
High Blood Fats Tied to Diabetic Nerve Loss
Triglycerides better predictor of neuropathy than blood glucose levels, study suggests. Diabetes patients with elevated levels of triglyceride fats are at increased risk of developing a serious complication called neuropathy — the loss or damage of nerves that results in numbness, tingling and pain in the hands, arms, legs and feet, researchers... more
New all-natural Lo-GI sugar
As we all know, sugar is not good for you, due to the fact that excessive consumption of foods with a high glycemic index (GI) contribute to chronic diseases which affect us in increasing amounts – such as type two diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. The glycemic index is a ranking of the carbohydrates in foods using a 100-point scale... more
