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Diabetes and virus link found
Almonds curb diabetes and heart disease
Dairy
could help prevent diabetes
Gastric
Bypass Op cures Type 2 diabetes in
a man
Can
coffee help guard against Type 2
Diabetes?
4 February 2011
Children with Type 1 diabetes are nearly 10 times as likely to also have a
viral infection than healthy children, Australian research suggests.
Childhood diabetes has been linked to entero-viruses, which can lead to
cold, flu and even meningitis.However the review of 26 existing studies
by a group in Australia, published in the BMJ, does not prove that the virus causes
diabetes.
Diabetes UK said more research was needed to pinpoint the cause of Type
1. The illness typically appears in childhood, when the pancreas stops
producing the hormone insulin and the body cannot control the level of
sugar in the blood.
The number of cases has been increasing, without
explanation, across the globe.There is a genetic factor to Type 1
diabetes but this does not explain the rise, so scientists are
searching for environmental factors.
One of these is thought to be the entero-virus, yet previous studies on
the virus have been inconsistent.
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Almonds curb diabetes and heart disease
29 January 2011
A new study – conducted at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – has suggested that eating almonds could help prevent diabetes and heart disease.
Scientists discovered that including the nuts into a diet could help treat type 2 diabetes. As well as combating the condition, linked to obesity and physical inactivity, they said it could tackle cardiovascular disease.
Diabetics
have a shortage of insulin or a decreased ability to use the hormone
that allows glucose to enter cells and be converted to energy.
When diabetes is not controlled, glucose and fats remain in the blood
and over time, damage vital organs.
The latest study showed that a diet rich in almonds may help improve
insulin sensitivity and decrease LDL-cholesterol levels in those with pre-diabetes,
a condition in which people have blood glucose levels
higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.
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Dairy 'could help prevent diabetes'
21 December 2010
A
natural substance found in dairy products appears to protect against
diabetes,
say researchers.
Trans-palmitoleic acid is present in milk, cheese, yoghurt and butter
but cannot be made by the body.
A study of over 3,700 people found higher levels of trans-palmitoleic
acid was linked with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. People with the
highest levels cut their risk by 60%, Annals of
Internal Medicine reports.
Lead author of the research, Dr Dariush Mozaffarian, said: "The
magnitude of this association is striking. "This represents an almost
three-fold difference in risk of developing
diabetes among individuals with the highest blood levels of this fatty
acid."
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'My type 2 diabetes was cured after gastric bypass op'
23 January 2011
Steven Greggains is
looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of his truck.
Just a few weeks ago, his license was under threat because of his type
2 diabetes. He wasn't allowed to drive while taking insulin to control
his condition.
As a result, he was obese, he was binge-eating and was also taking the
maximum medication to cope with his diabetes. Even losing two stone
(12.7kg) in weight didn't help.
Recent research on 34 obese type 2 diabetic patients showed that almost
three-quarters of those who underwent gastric bypass surgery showed no
clinical signs of type 2 diabetes after two years.
Doctors at Charing Cross Hospital in London recommended gastric bypass
surgery to Steven, as a result, and he went under the knife at the
Imperial Weight Centre.
He was discharged two days later and within five days, Steven's
diabetes had gone into remission and he had stopped his medication.
"Food was the biggest
part of my life," he says. "Now I eat a balanced diet. Before I had an
insatiable appetite. The diabetes cure gives me the strength to say no
thank you to food."
Steven was 25 stone (158.7kg) at his heaviest. Now he weighs around 16
stone (101 kg) and would like to reach 12 or 13 (76-82 kg) stone.
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Drinking
coffee cuts diabetes risk by over 50pc: study
21 January 2011
Los Angeles. Sipping hot
cup of coffee not only helps kick start your mornings, but also lowers
the risk of diabetes by more than half, a new study delving into the
link between coffee and type 2 diabetes suggests.
Type 2 diabetes is also called non-insulin dependent diabetes; a
condition in which the pancreas produces so little insulin that the
body cannot use the blood glucose as energy; can often be controlled
through meal plans and physical activity plans, and
diabetes pills or
insulin.
According to the study, published in current issue of the journal
‘Diabetes,’ women who drink
three to four cups
of
coffee a day cut their risk
of diabetes by 50 per cent
or more.
Hitherto studies have shown that coffee offers a protective effect
against type 2 diabetes, but the real reason behind the effect was not
known.
Now, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have
discovered a possible molecular mechanism that might be responsible for
preventing the metabolic condition.
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