Cornell University Health News | March 23, 2021 Excess sugar in the blood, the central feature of diabetes, can react with immune proteins to cause myriad changes in the immune system, including inflammatory changes that promote atherosclerosis, according to a new study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and University of Massachusetts Medical School. The […]
Newswise: Diabetes|July 21, 2020 Cinnamon improves blood sugar control in people with prediabetes and could slow the progression to type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. It is estimated that nearly 90 million people in the United States have prediabetes, which occurs when blood sugar levels […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. A recent patient was concerned that despite watching her diet and taking her diabetes medication her hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) keeps going up. Remember, HbA1c is a lab test that shows the average level of blood sugar (glucose) over the previous 3 months. It shows how well you are controlling […]
Dong-Hoe Koo, MD, PhD The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, jc.2019-00033,https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2019-00033 Published: 24 July 2019 Abstract Context It has been unclear whether the risk of pancreatic cancer is different according to glucose levels. Objective To determine the association between fasting glucose levels and pancreatic cancer risk using prospectively collected nationwide population-based cohort data in Korea. […]
Study demonstrates role of vitamin D in controlling glycemia Date: January 30, 2019 Source: The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Summary: The benefits of vitamin D in promoting bone health are already well known. A new study suggests that vitamin D also may promote greater insulin sensitivity, thus lowering glucose levels and the risk of […]
Diabetic Medicine — McArdle PD, et al. | November 16, 2018 Using data collected via search of the Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL databases (between 1976 and April 2018), researchers studied the impact of carbohydrate restriction on glycemic control among individuals with type 2 diabetes. A total of 1,402 randomized controlled trials were identified, ow which […]
From: SuppVersity – Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone 8/15/18 If you’re following my friend Alex Leaf on Facebook, you will have heard about the role of “nutrient order” (that’s not “nutrient timing“) as an important determinant of your postprandial glucose response. If you haven’t heard about this, yet, let me briefly bring you up to speed: In […]
Acta Diabetologica pp 1–10 | Cite as Kassaian, N., Feizi, A., Aminorroaya, A. et al. Acta Diabetol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-018-1175-2 Abstract Aims Probiotics and/or prebiotics could be a promising approach to improve metabolic disorders by favorably modifying the gut microbial composition. Objectives To assess the effects of probiotics and synbiotic on glycemic indices in prediabetic individuals […]
MARCH 19, 2018 Reuters Health News Prediabetes may increase patients’ risk for heart and kidney disease, a US study suggests. As reported in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, online February 28, researchers examined a nationally representative sample of 27,971 adults surveyed in four waves from 1988 to 1994, 1999 to 2004, 2005 to 2010, and 2011 […]
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Volume 135, January 2018, Pages 45-49 Manhal Izzy Highlights Higher glycated hemoglobin level is associated with slower gastric motility. Higher glycated hemoglobin level can be associated with worse gastroparetic symptoms. Intensive glycemic control might prevent or improve diabetic gastroparesis. Abstract Aim To investigate the association between glycemic control represented by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level and the […]
JUNE 22, 2017 University of Gothenburg The Sahlgrenska Academy News Researchers have identified an antioxidant – richly occurring in broccoli – as a new antidiabetic substance. A patient study shows significantly lower blood sugar levels in participants who ate broccoli extract with high levels of sulforaphane. “There are strong indications that this can become a […]
June 20, 2017 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis sought to determine if vitamin D supplementation influenced glycemic control in type 2 diabetes patients. The researchers found that supplementation with vitamin D was associated with lower HbA1c levels but not lower fasting blood glucose. However, in a subgroup of patients with […]
March 20, 2017 Diabetes Care TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This analysis of data from 7333 adults (≥65 years) from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) and Continuous NHANES was made to determine if HbA1c levels correlate with mortality in patients with diabetes. With a median follow-up of 8.9 years, 4729 (64.5%) of participants […]
July 29, 2016 JAMA Cardiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this prospective cohort study evaluated the association between random plasma glucose (RPG) levels and cardiovascular event risk in nearly half of a million adults without diabetes in China. They found that each 18-mg/dL higher RPG level above 106 mg/dL was associated with 11% increased risk […]
By Nick Tate Wednesday, 11 Nov 2015 This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new dietary guidelines that, for the first time, recommend placing a cap on average Americans’ consumption of added sugar. The recommendations are part of new 2015 Dietary Guidelines, due to be finalized next month, and based on the latest […]
Becky McCall September 16, 2015 STOCKHOLM — Higher HbA1c levels are associated with an increased risk of dementia among patients with type 2 diabetes, indicating potential for prevention of dementia with improved glycemic control, concludes the largest study of its kind. Lead investigator Dr Aidin Rawshani, MD, from the National Diabetes Register and Institute of […]
09.08.2015 Stroke Rounds: HbA1C Has Modest Impact on CVD Risk Adding hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) to conventional cardiovascular risk assessment had only a modest effect on post-test, 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, researchers reported. Using data from the 2010-2011 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH, of the University of […]
Deborah Brauser August 18, 2015 WINSTON-SALEM, NC — The prediabetes marker of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) may also be a predictor of silent MI in adult patients, suggests new research[x]. Additional analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) showed that, among nearly 6000 participants, those with IFG were significantly more likely to have an […]
Scientists show how sugar-derived molecules can weaken infection-fighting antimicrobial beta-defensin peptides Date: August 6, 2015 Source: Case Western Reserve University Summary: Scientists may have uncovered a molecular mechanism that sets into motion dangerous infection in the feet and hands often occurring with uncontrolled diabetes. It appears that high blood sugar unleashes destructive molecules that interfere with […]
Posted on July 15, 2015 Many pre-diabetic, diabetic, and insulin resistant people have used the low carbohydrate diet to successfully manage their blood glucose levels. It just plain works. FACT (P<0.05). However, a small subset of this population fails to achieve normal fastingglucose. This is likely due, in part, to a type of circadian mismatch induced […]