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Milk after Exercise Promotes Weight Loss

Posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010

A new study suggests that women who want to lose weight should drink fat-free milk and not sugar-based energy drinks.

Diabetes Costs More than $218 Billion and Expected to Rise

Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010

According to Timothy M. Dall of the Lewin Group in Falls Church, Va., the annual average cost per patient was $9,975 for diagnosed diabetes and $2,864 for undiagnosed disease, "The burden of diabetes to society is even higher when one considers intangible costs from reduced quality of life," the researchers wrote online in Health Affairs.

Eating Processed Meats Can Raise Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010

Eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers said in a study that identifies the real culprits at the meat counter.

People with Type 2 Genes Overeat and Gain More Weight

Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010

In the first study of its type, Australian researchers have shown that healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts, when eating the exact same foods.

Whole Grain, Bran Reduces CV Mortality in Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2010

Women with Type 2 diabetes who ate more than 9 g of bran per day had a 35% lower risk for death from cardiovascular disease and a 28% lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with women who ate less bran, according to new study findings.

Grapes Reduce Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, May 09, 2010

Findings show grape consumption lowered blood pressure, improved heart function and reduced other risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome.

Metformin-induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Presenting as a Peripheral Neuropathy

Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Chronic metformin use results in vitamin B12 deficiency in 30% of patients. Exhaustion of vitamin B12 stores usually occurs after twelve to fifteen years of absolute vitamin B12 deficiency.

IOM Recommends FDA Set New Standards for Salt in Foods

Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010

As widely expected, the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) is advising the FDA that it should set stricter federal standards for the amount of salt that food manufacturers, restaurants, and food-service companies can add to their products.

Bariatric Surgery Can Just Mask Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Bariatric surgery may appear to cure diabetes based on measurements such as fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c, but postprandial glucose can still be elevated say researchers.

Soy Supplements Show No Diabetes Benefit

Posted: Sunday, April 18, 2010

Adding soy supplements to the diet may not improve blood sugar control in older women who are at high risk of or in the early stages of Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.