Diabetes Risk Factor

Ultra-processed foods and type-2 diabetes risk in the sun project: A prospective cohort study

Llavero-Valero M, San Martín JE, Martínez-Gonzalez MA, et al Clinical Nutrition | April 8, 2021 In this study, the relationship between consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) and the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) was explored. Researchers evaluated 20,060 participants (61.5% women) from the SUN project (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) followed-up every 2 years (median […]

Does alcohol harm or help these chronic diseases?

Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx|May 4, 2020 The effects of alcohol on chronic diseases can be either a blessing or a curse, depending on the amount consumed. At lower levels of intake, alcohol can be protective. At higher levels, it can be detrimental. Alcohol-specific factors also play a role, including ethanol content, drinking frequency, […]

Cesarean delivery tied to obesity, type 2 diabetes risks in adulthood

Chavarro JE, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2605. April 14, 2020 Women born via cesarean delivery were 46% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and 11% more likely to have obesity during adulthood compared with women delivered vaginally, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open. “The results of our study suggest that the […]

Could Eating Local Food Reduce Blood Pressure and Diabetes Risk?

Published Friday 26 July 2019 By Tim Newman Fact checked by Isabel Godfrey A recent pilot study finds that consuming local foods with fewer additives might reduce abdominal fat, blood pressure, and diabetes risk. The study is small-scale, but the findings are intriguing. The food that we eat has a huge effect on our overall […]

Vitamin D Could Lower the Risk of Developing Diabetes

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 […]

Is chronic low back pain a risk factor for diabetes? The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2018; 6(1): e000569. Published online 2018 Oct 23. doi: [10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000569] PMCID: PMC6203062 PMID: 30397493 Ingrid Heuch Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of diabetes associated with the presence or absence of chronic low back pain, considering both cross-sectional and cohort data. Research design and […]

How fruit juice affects the gut

FEBRUARY 07, 2018 Healthline/Medical News Today It was previously believed that fructose, which is the sugar found in fruit and fruit juice, is processed by the liver. However, a new study suggests that fructose is mainly processed in the small intestine. The study, which is published in the journal Cell Metabolism, reveals that processed high-sugar food and […]

Cooking Methods for Red Meats Associated With Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

June 22, 2017 Diabetes Care TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Women aged 30 to 55 years without type 2 diabetes (T2D) were followed for a total of 1.24 million person-years to evaluate the association between cooking methods for red meats and the risk of T2D in women consuming two or more servings of red meat each week. There […]

Two Soft Drinks a Day ‘Doubles Diabetes Risk’

Peter Russell October 24, 2016 Drinking more than 2 soft drinks a day doubles the risk of developing two types of diabetes, a study in the European Journal of Endocrinology has found. Researchers say this applies to soft drinks that are artificially sweetened as well as those containing sugar. Types of Diabetes Type 2 diabetes […]

Celiac Disease and Risk of Autoimmune Disorders

April 12, 2016 The Journal of Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Children with celiac disease (CD) were matched with healthy controls to evaluate the relative risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and autoimmune thyroid disease. Children with CD were at significantly increased risk of developing hypothyroidism compared with controls (HR 4.64). There was also an increased […]

Call to Reduce Sugar in Drinks, Cutting Obesity, Diabetes Rates

Miriam E Tucker January 07, 2016 Establishment of a policy whereby manufacturers slowly and imperceptibly reduce the amount of sugar in sweetened beverages over a 5-year period — without the addition of artificial sweeteners — could dramatically cut the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes in the population, a new modeling study from […]

Pot Smoking May Increase Prediabetes Risk

09.13.2015 by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer Marijuana use in early adulthood was associated with an increased risk for prediabetes, but not diabetes, by middle adulthood in an adjusted analysis of data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Current marijuana use was associated with a 65% increase in prediabetes risk and […]

Antibiotic Use Linked to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Miriam E Tucker August 27, 2015 Antibiotic use was associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes in a new population-based, case-control study. The findings were published online August 27, 2015 in theJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism by Kristian Hallundback Mikkelsen, MD, a PhD student at the Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, […]

Strong statin-diabetes link seen in large study

In a database study of nearly 26,000 beneficiaries of Tricare, the military health system, those taking statin drugs to control their cholesterol were 87 percent more likely to develop diabetes. The study, reported online April 28, 2015, in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, confirms past findings on the link between the widely prescribed drugs and […]

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 […]

Statins Linked to Diabetes and Complications in Healthy Adults

Troy Brown, RN May 22, 2015 Statin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease among healthy adults has been linked to an increased risk for diabetes, diabetes complications, and overweight/obesity in a new retrospective cohort study that tracked individuals in a database for an average of 6.5 years. “Whereas the increased risk of diabetes with statins is […]

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 […]

Antibiotics Raise Diabetes Risk via Gut Microbiota

Do Antibiotics Raise Diabetes Risk via Gut Microbiota? Liam Davenport April 01, 2015 People who take multiple courses of antibiotics may face an increased risk of developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, potentially through alterations in gut microbiota, conclude US researchers. The team, led by Ben Boursi, MD, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of […]

Diet Soda Contributes to Belly Fat

What Diet Soda Does to Belly Fat March 17, 2015 More evidence that diet soda contributes to weight gain, not weight loss A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that people who drank diet soda gained almost triple the abdominal fat over nine years as those who didn’t drink […]

Are Diabetics Being Cheated?

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 […]