Is diet and exercise alone sufficient to control diabetes?

Type 2 Diabetes – Will a High Intake of Flavonoids Help Prevent Diabetes?

Researchers at the Central Hospital of Enshi Autonomous Prefecture in Enshi, China, suggest taking in foods containing flavonoids can help prevent the development of Type 2 diabetes. That conclusion was the result of pooling eight earlier studies on the subject and analyzing them as if they were all one large study. The result of the pooled studies was published in May of 2018 in the journal Medicine (Baltimore). A total of 312,015 participants took part in the eight studies, and 19,953 of the participants developed Type 2 diabetes over a period of 4 to 28 years. The participants who had the highest intake of flavonoids had the lowest risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Eating – Snacks to Combat Your Afternoon Cravings

People diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes know they should stay away from sugary foods, yet they often crave them. Cravings are triggered by the biological properties of the food itself: this means particular foods have a chemical makeup that causes us to crave them. So they have an addictive component like alcohol and drugs. Sugar as well as being sweet has a druglike effect which is why people crave sugar during times of stress. What do you crave when you get an energy slump around 3 pm?

Type 2 Diabetes – Drugs Versus Lifestyle Changes

Most people undergo a different development of Type 2 diabetes. Some are afflicted mostly due to the effect of years of poor food choices and their blood sugar levels start to climb. Others, because of being overweight for some years and not exercising, develop blood sugar and insulin dysglycemia which means they have abnormal glucose metabolism. Family history plays a part as well for many adults too.

Type 2 Diabetes – Lowering Liver Fat in Diabetes and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

In April of 2018, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism reported on the use of the thyroid hormone to lower fat levels in the liver of participants who had been diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. Non-alcoholic liver disease or NAFLD is the generic term used when describing a condition that brings about a buildup of fat in the liver. NAFLD is a condition commonly occurring in overweight or obese people including anyone who has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes – Motivate Yourself To Become Healthy

Motivation can have unpredictable effects. This may come as news to you because it is often implied motivation can only do you well. The idea is motivation helps you achieve and succeed. It provides a spark. It adds fuel to the fire. It is the essential ingredient for reaching anything that requires willpower and discipline. Of course, this is the idea.

Type 2 Diabetes – Will Exercising on an Electric Bicycle Help People With Diabetes?

Electric bicycles, as the name suggests, have motors that move the pedals making the vehicle go at least 20 kilometers an hour. Pedaling the old-fashioned way is also permitted, and in fact, encouraged. Researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom explored how the use of electric bicycles could help to improve the health of people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

Healthy Eating – Do You Think Of Food As Your Enemy?

Food is becoming a source of hatred for many people. They think of it as being the enemy. We eat food that tastes good and satisfies us at the moment; then we hate how it makes us look and feel. But it is not the food we should hate. It is the decisions we make regarding food and our attitude towards food that needs a makeover.

Type 2 Diabetes – Do a Bit More For Your Health Today

Even small changes in your lifestyle can help you better manage Type 2 diabetes. While blood sugar testing is a crucial self-management tool, developing a physically active lifestyle and changing your eating style help control both your blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Regardless of the problems you may be dealing with at the moment, the trick is to do a bit more for your health today than you did yesterday. Maybe it is not a trick, but more a simple piece of advice.

Type 2 Diabetes – Liver Enzymes, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Diabetes

In May of 2018, the journal Hormone and Metabolic Research reported on a study performed at the South Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in Harbin, China, and the First Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, China. High liver enzymes which indicate liver disease, were linked to insulin resistance, the cause of Type 2 diabetes. A total of 212 participants with Type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease were studied. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, as the name describes, is a condition with too much fat stored in the liver, not caused by alcoholism.

Type 2 Diabetes – Inflammation and Cancer

It has been found people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for colorectal carcinoma, or cancer. Diets causing inflammation have been linked to such cancer and a species of bacteria, according to a study reported on in April 2018 in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Scientists at Harvard Medical School in the United States and Huazhong University in China compared the nutrition of the participants in the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. The participants kept diaries of the foods they ate over the years. Based on eighteen foods associated with inflammation, researchers scored the participants’ diets according to the empirical dietary inflammatory pattern (EDIP). This score tells investigators the amount of inflammation likely to be present.

Type 2 Diabetes – Settle Your Thoughts Before You Eat

Stress levels have increased, and like many other risk factors contributing to Type 2 diabetes or heart disease, we are now exposed to many more stressors than previous generations have been. Stress has a way of affecting how we eat. It can seem to take up all the space in our brain; cause us to crave unhealthy foods, and makes it easier for us to eat more than we should

Type 2 Diabetes – Smoking Is A Risk Factor For The Progression Of Chronic Kidney Disease

In June of 2018, the Journal of Clinical Medical Research reported on a study showing the reduction in protein levels in the urine of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes after they stopped smoking. Too much albumin, a kind of protein similar to egg white, escapes the kidneys and goes into the urine in diabetic kidney disease. Scientists at Jinnouchi Hospital and Kumamoto University Hospital in Kumamoto, Japan found lowering the blood pressure, and the heartbeat rate in sufferers helped decrease the amount of albumin in the urine.