Category Archives: Diabetes

A long day on your feet could cause some swelling, as can a bug bite or a salty dinner. But swelling isn’t always minor. Sometimes it can indicate a more serious condition. Swelling is a natural response that shows your immune system is working. That’s why the area surrounding a bump or bite grows. But ...click here to read more

For those with fatty liver disease, controlling blood sugar may help to reduce their risk of liver scarring and disease progression. There are currently no approved drugs to treat the condition, so researchers are hopeful that lifestyle interventions could help to decrease some of the more serious side effects. According to a new study by ...click here to read more

Fiber offers a lot of potential benefits. It can help improve digestion, gut health, and heart health. But it may also help control blood sugar to help you manage or prevent type-2 diabetes. Fiber, and particularly soluble fiber, may slow the absorption of sugar in diabetics. This can help reduce the chance of blood sugar ...click here to read more

Poor sleeping habits are associated with heart disease and obesity. Now, new research is suggesting that diabetes risk is also a major concern. The study, from researchers in Italy, suggests that diabetes and heart disease risk is especially high when people tend to stay up late at night and sleep in. Researchers looked at 172 ...click here to read more

Blood sugar and veins have a lot more in common than you might think. If you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes, it could be a cause for concern. Recent research has found that prediabetes is associated with multiple health threats other than a type-2 diabetes diagnosis. In fact, researchers found even when the condition does not ...click here to read more

You know that added and refined sugars are unhealthy. Sometimes it can be dizzying to keep track of all the ways. New research has uncovered yet another way refined sugars can out you in danger, and it’s something you might have never considered. It comes as little surprise that sugar intake is associated with weight ...click here to read more

Prediabetes is a diagnosis that many people dismiss. The condition occurs when blood sugar levels are high but not high enough to be determined as type 2 diabetes. Because the patient is under the threshold to be considered a type 2 diabetic, they often believe that they don’t need to take action until they receive ...click here to read more

Researchers have recently found that the younger people are when they develop type 2 diabetes, the higher their risk of dementia later in life. While many studies have previously linked diabetes and dementia, this study is the first of its kind to uncover the relationship between the timing of diabetes and how it can affect ...click here to read more

Kidney damage is often an outcome of diabetes. But new research shows how a compound in vegetables may be able to reverse the kidney problems that are associated with diabetes. Approximately one-quarter of people with diabetes will eventually develop kidney damage called diabetic nephropathy. People with diabetes have high blood glucose levels or blood sugar, ...click here to read more

If you’re concerned about blood sugar, you’re likely familiar with terms like “insulin resistance” and “insulin sensitivity.” Insulin is a hormone in your body that helps deliver glucose – or sugar – to your tissue to be used for energy. When blood sugar levels are too high, and insulin is constantly being excreted from the ...click here to read more

The importance of healthy living is emphasized in a new study that has found a link between heart patients and diabetes. The new research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes. Lack of exercise and obesity are common risk factors for diabetes ...click here to read more

If you’re not a breakfast person, you could be putting your health at risk. In fact, if you eat breakfast after 8:30 am, you could be at a higher risk for type-2 diabetes. Even if you’re following a popular intermittent fasting protocol. Brand new research found that eating breakfast before 8:30 am is associated with ...click here to read more

Researchers may have found a new way to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes. According to a study recently presented by the Northwestern University in Chicago, people who start eating before 8:30 AM had lower blood sugar levels and less insulin resistance. These are two risk factors that could help to reduce the incidence ...click here to read more

You likely know that food choices influence blood sugar. Carbohydrates are dietary sugars that have the potential to boost blood sugar, but they all have different effects. To measure that effect, there are two quantifiers: glycemic load and glycemic index. These measurements can help you understand how individual foods influence blood sugar. Glycemic index assigns ...click here to read more