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Intermittent Fasting-Style Diet May Put Diabetes in Remission
Nearly half of all participants who followed an intermittent calorie-restrictive diet for three months achieved diabetes remission and no longer had to take their diabetes medications, according to a small new study from researchers in China. Just as remarkable, those individuals were able to maintain that remission and remain medication-free at the one-year mark, per the findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. This study shows that type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a permanent, lifelong disease, says coauthor Dongbo Liu, PhD, a researcher at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, China. “Diabetes remission is possible if patients lose weight by changing their diet and exercise habits,” he says.…
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Best low carb diet for diabetes: Animal vs. plant-based protein
Share on PinterestThe source of protein in your diet may have an impact on your diabetes risk. Design by MNT; Photography by Giulia Fiori Photography/Getty Images & LindasPhotography/Getty Images More than 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which often results from excess body mass and inactivity. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body no longer responds to insulin, and commonly develops after the age of 45, although it is becoming more common in younger people. The condition is manageable, but if neglected can cause serious health issues and even be fatal. A new study has found that by eating a plant-based low carbohydrate diet, a person might…
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Is raw food the key to reversing diabetes?
A raw food diet, as the name suggests, is a diet comprising raw food items – predominantly vegetables, fruits and legumes. According to several studies, consuming such a diet can help reverse diabetes – a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. But, is it true? If yes, how? A documentary titled ‘Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 days’ chronicles the lives of six diabetic Americans who switch to a diet consisting entirely of vegan, organic, uncooked food. By the end of the month, some members were able to completely come off diabetes medications and others saw a considerable reduction in the amount of insulin and other medications they were…
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Too Often, Diabetes & Hearing Loss Go Together | Health & Fitness
SATURDAY, Sept. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Though it’s not clear how diabetes may be related to hearing loss, many people experience both conditions simultaneously. About 37 million Americans have diabetes, estimates the American Diabetes Association. Meanwhile, about 34.5 million of them also have some type of hearing loss. Experiencing hearing loss is twice as common in people with diabetes as it is in those who don’t have the condition, according to a recent study. Even for the 133 million people with prediabetes, the rate of hearing loss is 30% higher than in those with normal blood sugar. The reason may be that high blood sugar levels may damage the…
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Fasting Diet Could Help Folks With Type 2 Diabetes | Health & Fitness
TUESDAY, July 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Intermittent fasting might help people with type 2 diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, a new study has found. People with diabetes who restricted their eating to within a daily 10-hour window wound up with blood sugar levels in the normal range for about three hours longer than when they ate whenever they pleased, the researchers reported. These patients also experienced lower 24-hour blood sugar levels and consistently lower morning fasting glucose when they participated in a time-restricted eating pattern, the investigators found. “Time-restricted eating may be an effective approach to improving metabolic health in adults with type 2 diabetes, but more…
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Research Examines Effects of Embryonic Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Risk of Diabetes : UMass Amherst
AMHERST, Mass. – A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has received a $2.44 million, five-year grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue her research into how embryonic exposure to certain common pollutants may put people at risk for diabetes and other metabolic health conditions later in life. Image UMass Amherst associate professor Alicia Timme-Laragy Alicia Timme-Laragy, associate professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, examines the impact on the developing pancreas of early life-stage exposures to two common per and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) chemicals, found in waterproof and nonstick household products, and the PFAS-containing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), used to fight flammable-liquid…
