Plant-Based Diet May Lower Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
Consuming high-quality plant foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes may substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers including one of Indian-origin have claimed. While previous studies have found links between vegetarian diets and improved health outcomes, including reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, this new study is the first to make distinctions between healthy plant-based diets and less healthy ones that include things like sweetened foods and beverages, which may be detrimental for health. Researchers followed more than 200,000 male and female health professionals in the US for more than 20 years who had regularly filled out questionnaires on their diet, lifestyle, medical history, and new disease diagnoses as part of three large long-term studies.
Facts, figures and statistics about diabetes on World Health Day
World Health Organisation states 422 million people are affected by diabetes in a report for World Health Day.
Beat Diabetes: 4 Ways to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Preventative medicine is rapidly becoming the focus of many doctors who would prefer to help their patients prevent rather than treat a disease like diabetes. Ninety percent of diabetes diagnoses are Type 2, which is the most common and preventable version of this disease. Twenty-nine million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. Dr. Hall believes that this disease can be reversed and many of her patients have not only reported significantly lowered A1c levels (the 3-month average of blood glucose levels), but their physicians have taken them off a majority of their medications, which may include oral medications and regular insulin injections. Proving that prevention works.
Discover How The DietSensor App Is Helping Diabetics Gain Greater Control Over Their Lives
Having diabetes puts people at risk for heart and kidney disease, stroke, amputations, and more. Worse yet, 9 out of 10 of those people don’t even know they have it.
Apples and Blueberries Lower Risk For Diabetes
A new study released in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that apples and pears, as well as blueberries, are fruits particularly associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. The study looked at the diets of more than 200,000 people, and was originally created to determine whether flavonoid subclasses lead to diabetes. The latter proves that blueberries, apples and pears have a correlation with a lower incidence of diabetes in more than 12,600 cases.
Diabetes study zeroes in on key to healthy aging, longer life
Aggressive treatment can make a big difference in reducing serious complications
20-Year Study Shows Staying Fit Keeps Diabetes Risk Low
Exercise is often recommended to diabetes patients looking to improve their blood sugar, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. Some doctors even call it a prescription for diabetes management. Although experts have agreed that physical activity is beneficial for controlling diabetes, research has not been so definitive when it came to preventing the condition. Until now.
Amputations caused by diabetes now at 20 per day
Diabetes UK say the number of amputations linked to the disease is risingThe number of amputations in Britain is now 7,370 a year – up from 7,042Chris Askew, of Diabetes UK, said the new figure is a ‘huge concern’
Americans eat way too much sugar — here’s where it comes from
The new dietary guidelines allow even less sugar than you think.
Added fructose is ‘a principal driver of type 2 diabetes’
In Mayo Clinic Proceedings, experts urge drastic reductions in the consumption of added sugar.