diabetes
Long-term Effects of Metformin on Diabetes Prevention: Identification of Subgroups That Benefited Most in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
CONCLUSIONS – Metformin reduces the development of diabetes over 15 years. The subsets that benefitted the most include subjects with higher baseline fasting glucose or HbA1c and women with a history of GDM.
You can access the abstract and full study online at this link to the Diabetes Journal.
The commentary article at this link is also an interesting read.
More Evidence for a Prevention-Related Indication for Metformin: Let the Arguments Resume!
A1c test MISSES Many Cases of Diabetes
Must read if you’re an underwriter. Here.
The new study included 9,000 adults without a diabetes diagnosis. The participants got both an A1c test and an oral tolerance glucose test, and the researchers compared the results. The researchers found the A1c test didn’t catch 73 percent of diabetes cases that were detected by the oral glucose test. “The A1c test said these people had normal glucose levels when they didn’t,” Chang Villacreses said.
Nuts Linked With Lower CV Risk in Diabetes
Nuts Linked With Lower CV Risk in Diabetes
More info: https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/dietnutrition/78173
Plant Based Diets for Diabetes
Plant-Based Diets for Diabetes
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Content URL: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-for-diabetes/
The Silent Pandemic
There are no quick-fix solutions, as obesity is not an external problem. It is an internal metabolic issue.
Dr. Rita Nawar Tobias
Interesting article on a weight care clinic in Dubai. This article is worth five minutes of your time.
Dr. Robert Lustig – The Sugar Pandemic – 2012 Presentation at Yale University
You think you know something until you start asking questions to seek the truth. Quite a few followers liked my post of Dr. Lustig’s TedX speech. Here are some videos of Dr. Lustig’s presentation at Yale in 2012 for those who want to dig a little deeper on the topic of sugar.
Whole grains one of the most important food groups for preventing type 2 diabetes
The proportion who developed type 2 diabetes was lowest in the group which reported the highest wholegrain consumption, and increased for each group which had eaten less wholegrain. In the group with the highest wholegrain intake, the diabetes risk was 34 percent lower for men, and 22 percent lower for women, than in the group with the lowest wholegrain intake.
“It is unusual to be able to investigate such a large range when it comes to how much wholegrain people eat,” says Rikard Landberg. “If you divided American participants into 4 groups, the group that ate the most wholegrain would be the same level as the group that ate the least wholegrain in Denmark. In Europe, Scandinavia eats the most, Spain and Italy the least.”
Additionally, the study was uncommonly large, with 55,000 participants, over a long time span — 15 years.
My source article is here and the study abstract can be found here.
A Population-Based Study of the Bidirectional Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes in Three Prospective U.S. Cohorts
CONCLUSIONS – OSA is independently associated with an increased risk of diabetes, whereas insulin-treated diabetes is independently associated with a higher risk of OSA, particularly in women. Clinical awareness of this bidirectional association may improve prevention and treatment of both diseases. Future research aimed at elucidating the mechanisms that underlie each association may identify novel intervention targets.
Access the study here.
Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Lesbian, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Women: Findings From the Nurses’ Health Study II
CONCLUSIONS Findings indicate that LB women develop type 2 diabetes at younger ages than heterosexual women. Higher BMI in LB women is an important contributor to this disparity. Public health and clinical efforts to prevent, detect, and manage obesity and type 2 diabetes among LB women are warranted.
Source article here.
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