Onion extract may improve high blood sugar and cholesterol

The extract of onion bulb, Allium cepa, strongly lowered high blood glucose (sugar) and total cholesterol levels in diabetic rats when given with the antidiabetic drug metformin, according to a new…

Personalized health coaching helps reverse progression to diabetes

Goal-setting focused on exercise, nutrition, stress and sleep improves healthPeople with prediabetes who took part in a comprehensive health program to improve nutrition, exercise, stress and…

Women with gestational diabetes history have poor diets

American women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus have lower-quality diets compared with mothers who do not have a history of the disease, according to a University of Massachusetts…

Patients with mental illness less likely to receive diet, exercise advice

Health care providers may miss opportunities to counsel high-risk patientsMore than half of patients with symptoms of mental illness – and nearly one-third of those who also had diabetes – said…

High-energy breakfast with low-energy dinner helps control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes

A small new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that, in people with type 2 diabetes, those who consume a high energy breakfast…

Added fructose identified as major driver of type 2 diabetes ‘epidemic’

Clinical experts have urged for a dramatic reduction in the consumption of added sugars, calling for more restrictive dietary guidelines to tackle rising levels of diabetes.

Probiotic helps treat diabetes in rats, could lead to human remedy

Science may be one step closer to treating diabetes with a human probiotic pill, according to new Cornell University research.

Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes

Recent studies have shown that added sugars, particularly those containing fructose, are a principal driver of diabetes and pre-diabetes, even more so than other carbohydrates.

Could vitamin A deficiency be a cause of type 2 diabetes?

Vitamin A deficiency led to loss of insulin-producing beta cells in a new study of adult mice, causing researchers to believe it may be a driver of type 2 diabetes.

Magnesium intake, genes and ethnicity can affect type 2 diabetes risk in postmenopausal women

Magnesium is an important nutrient, in part because it appears to help regulate insulin secretion and/or action.

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