Aspartame: Raise Diabetes Risk By As Much As 56%
Several large studies have linked the consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks with the global rise in obesity and diabetes and many of us now favour the sugar-free kind, which contain artificial...
View ArticleMore Evidence On How Vitamin D Benefits Diabetics
In The Real Diabetes Truth on 13 Dec 2012, I reported on research findings that showed a deficiency in vitamin D was linked with an increased risk of type 1 diabetes. Since then, four important new...
View ArticleBoosting Testosterone Could Benefit Men With Type 2 Diabetes
Doctors have known for some time that men with type 2 diabetes tend to have lower than normal testosterone levels. Now, Australian researchers have started a two-year study to investigate whether...
View ArticleDiabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Raise Breast Cancer Risk
If you have been following The Real Diabetes Truth, you will know that diabetes is a complex condition that pervades many areas of health that were once thought to have little to do with one another....
View ArticleProtecting Heart Health In Diabetes
Coronary heart disease, caused by the clogging up of the little arteries that supply the heart muscle itself, is one of the major complications of diabetes. If you have diabetes (whether type 1 or type...
View ArticleExercise Reduces Visceral Fat In Type 2 Diabetes
People with diabetes are often told to lose weight and that excess body fat is a bad thing. However, not all fat is created equal. Subcutaneous fat forms a layer under the skin and has different...
View ArticleHow To Reduce Your Child’s Risk Of Type 1 Diabetes
There is no doubt that the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children is increasing at an alarming rate. According to a study published recently in Diabetes Care, the number of children under five...
View ArticleBeing ‘Fat But Fit’ Carries No Additional Heart Disease Risk
You’ve heard the message a thousand times … ‘fat is fatal’. Being overweight or obese inevitably raises your risk of heart disease, diabetes and other serious health problems. Or does it? Just because...
View ArticleBerries Help Control Weight And Blood Sugar
Anyone who has been to Scandinavia, or has simply visited an Ikea store, will know that lingonberries are something of a staple food in those northern lands. These distant relatives of the cranberry...
View ArticleValproic Acid For Fatty Liver Disease – Another Bad Idea!
In 1962, a French researcher discovered by accident that a chemical called valproic acid prevented convulsions in laboratory rats. Within ten years, valproic acid, along with its salt sodium valproate,...
View ArticleArtificial Sweeteners Play Havoc On Your Gut And Affect Blood Sugar Levels
You’ve decided to make some healthy changes to your diet and begin to replace those sneaky teaspoons of sugar in your tea, coffee and over your breakfast cereal with a ‘healthy’ sugar alternative like...
View ArticleStaying Up Late Or Working Shifts Increases Risks Of Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes
As I explained in an earlier blog post here, getting a good night’s sleep is an important factor in blood sugar control. Studies have shown that going short of sleep reduces insulin sensitivity and...
View ArticleThe Truth About Pre-Diabetes
Pre-diabetes is one of those ‘invented’ medical conditions, based on a set of symptoms that are entirely avoidable (and reversible) through lifestyle changes. However, instead of driving the message...
View ArticleTraffic Noise Linked To Central Obesity
Do you have a spare tyre? Central obesity, commonly referred to as ‘middle-age spread’, does indeed increase with age and is more often seen in men than in women (who tend to accumulate fat on their...
View ArticleNutrition: Why A Varied Diet Is Good For Your Health
The way that we eat has changed out of all recognition in the last 100 years. The growth of the food processing industry has shifted our eating habits from home-prepared meals based on fresh...
View ArticleWhy Diet Fizzy Drinks Should Not Be Considered A Weight Loss Aid
Recently researchers of a study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, have gone so far as to say that diet fizzy drinks “reduced weight more than water”. For the study, the researchers...
View ArticleVitamin D Could Extend Your Lifespan And Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Now that summer is here again (in theory, at least!), it’s time for more good news about the “sunshine vitamin”, vitamin D, which we make when our skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays. As regular...
View ArticleObesity Alters Sweetness Perception
Most of us have something of a sweet tooth, but if you are at risk of obesity your sweet tooth could pose a serious health risk. Sweet foods are naturally attractive, since in nature sweetness is...
View ArticleMore Ways To Help Control Blood Pressure Without Drugs
I told you in my last blog post about a Japanese ultrasound device that can effectively reduce high blood pressure in people with type 2 diabetes. And there are also other ways to bring down your blood...
View ArticleObesity And Type 2 Diabetes
As I mentioned in my last blog post, a new study of identical twins – while showing no link between BMI and heart disease – confirms the long-held view that being overweight or obese increases the risk...
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