Diabetes Prevention

This is How Much Daily Fiber to Eat for Better Health

More appears better in meta-analysis — as in more than 30 g/day by Ashley Lyles, Staff Writer, MedPage Today January 14, 2019 Eating more dietary fiber was linked with lower risk of disease and death, a meta-analysis showed. According to observational studies, risk was reduced most for a range of critical outcomes from all-cause mortality […]

Could vitamin D help to fight diabetes?

MAY 15, 2018 Healthline/Medical News Today With diabetes now reaching epidemic proportions, unearthing an innovative way to tackle the condition is pressing. A new study investigates whether vitamin D might provide a new route to treatment. Currently, there are around 30 million people in the United States living with type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition that cannot yet […]

The effects of folate supplementation on glucose metabolism and risk of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Annals of Epidemiology — | February 26, 2018 Zhao JV, et al. – Folate, which reduces homocysteine, is promising for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Previous meta-analysis of 3 trials suggested folate might lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). In this current updated systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials, a potential benefit of folate […]

Can Stevia Help You Ward Off Type II Diabetes? A Review

“Can Stevia Help You Ward Off Type II Diabetes?” That’s not just the title of today’s SuppVersity article, it is also the research question of a recent paper by Esteves A.F. dos Santos from Farmácia Progresso (dos Santos. 2016). An interesting question with an obvious answer: if you replace sugar in your diet with stevia, […]

Reduction of Fasting Blood Glucose and Hemoglobin A1c Using Oral Aloe Vera: A Meta-Analysis

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine To cite this article: Dick William R., Fletcher Emily A., and Shah Sachin A.. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. June 2016, 22(6): 450-457. doi:10.1089/acm.2015.0122. Published in Volume: 22 Issue 6: June 17, 2016 ABSTRACT Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic and one of the leading […]

Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk of Diabetes

01.06.2014 by Cole Petrochko Staff Writer, MedPage Today Patients with high cardiovascular risk who consumed a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil reduced their risk of diabetes, researchers found. Compared with a control diet and a Mediterranean diet supplemented with mixed nuts, the olive oil-supplemented Mediterranean diet was associated with a 40% lower […]

More Evidence for Fiber in Diabetes Prevention

05.27.2015 by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today A fiber-rich diet reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 18%, according to a large European cohort study published in Diabetologia. Cereal fiber emerged as the strongest protector against diabetes, compared with vegetable fiber and fruit fiber, reported senior investigator Nick Wareham, PhD, MSc, MBBS, an […]

Drop Just One Sugar-Sweetened Drink Daily, Drop DM Risk Greatly

FRIDAY, May 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Exchanging one sugar-sweetened beverage for water or unsweetened coffee or tea daily could lower diabetes risk by up to 25 percent, according to research reported online April 30 in Diabetologia. Nita Forouhi, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and colleagues based their findings on […]

Magnesium Fights Diabetes: Study

Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015 09:33 AM By Nick Tate Tags: Diabetes | magnesium | diabetes | heart | disease | alzheimer | dementia Magnesium Fights Diabetes: Study Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015 09:33 AM By Nick Tate Get Link | Email Article | Comment | Contact | Print | A A 5 inShare It may be […]

Vitamin B3 / Niacin Side Effects, Benefits, & Foods

Vitamin B3, also called niacin and niacinamide, is an important water-soluble vitamin that can be found in many common foods including certain types of meat and organ meat, tuna fish, seeds, mushrooms, and others. Niacin is a part of the vitamin B complex, along with other B vitamins including Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), and […]

Low Blood Vitamin D Levels Linked to Diabetes

Liam Davenport March 03, 2015 Low serum vitamin D levels are more closely associated with diabetes than obesity is, claim Spanish researchers, who go on to suggest that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. They found that serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels are reduced in prediabetic and diabetic individuals […]

Lifestyle Change Program Effective for Weight Loss and Reducing Incidence of Diabetes

February 18, 2015 The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The aim of this study was to investigate whether participation in lifestyle change programs has an effect on the incidence of diabetes. The researchers focused on individuals who had participated in the Veterans Health Administration MOVE! lifestyle change program. Intense and sustained participation led to […]

Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed

Date: February 16, 2015 Source: Yale University Summary: Researchers have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block a part of the immune system involved in several inflammatory disorders such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. In their study, published in the Feb. 16 online issue ofNature […]

Interventions to Prevent Development of Diabetes

REVIEW · October 01, 2014 Story Source Interventions to Prevent Development of Diabetes REVIEW · October 01, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This review discusses the importance of early recognition of prediabetes and early diabetes. The authors recommend early screening for prediabetes and early diabetes, perhaps with a glucose tolerance test similar to that used to test […]

Data Increasingly Support Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes Prevention, Care

Frontline Medical News, 2014 Aug 07, S Worcester NEWS Story Source ORLANDO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Evidence increasingly supports plant-based nutrition for preventing diabetes or improving outcomes in those with diabetes. The Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2), for example, demonstrated that a plant-based eating pattern – defined as ad libitum whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables, […]

Upping Coffee Consumption Protects Against Type 2 Diabetes

Lisa Nainggolan April 24, 2014 The first study to examine whether a change in the amount of tea or coffee consumed has any effect on the subsequent risk for type 2 diabetes among healthy individuals has found that it does, at least for coffee. And the effects become apparent within a relatively short period of […]

Fruit, Tea, and Wine Could Guard Against Type 2 Diabetes

Lisa Nainggolan January 20, 2014 A new study in healthy women suggests that consuming high levels of flavonoids, including compounds found in berries, tea, grapes, and wine, could potentially lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Nutrition, indicates that greater intake of these dietary […]

Effects of habitual coffee consumption on cardiometabolic disease, cardiovascular health, and all-cause mortality

Authors O’Keefe JH1, Bhatti SK, Patil HR, DiNicolantonio JJ,Lucan SC, Lavie CJ. Author information Journal J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 17;62(12):1043-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.06.035. Epub 2013 Jul 17. Affiliation Comment in J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 18;63(6):607. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 18;63(6):606-7. Abstract Coffee, after water, is the most widely consumed beverage in the United States, […]

More Proof Soft Drinks Tied to Diabetes

Published: Apr 24, 2013 | Updated: Apr 25, 2013 By Cole Petrochko , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Action Points An extra can of soda daily significantly increased the risk of diabetes in a European population. Point out that after adjustment for body mass index and energy intake, the association between sugar-sweetened beverages and […]