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Chromium Picolinate Reduces Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

Researchers in a new study found that taking chromium picolinate may help lessen inflammation associated with diabetic nephropathy.

Diabetes Risk Falls as Magnesium Intake Increases

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Getting enough magnesium in your diet could help prevent diabetes, a new study suggests. Consuming 200 milligrams of magnesium for every 1,000 calories reduces risk of diabetes by 47%.

New Nutritional Scoring System: NuVal Rating

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

Consumers' growing demand for nutritional guidance spurred the creation of NuVal. NuVal's labeling system evaluates foods based upon more than 30 nutritional attributes, including positive ones such as fiber and negative ones such as saturated fat. It uses a mathematical formula to assign products a score on a scale of 1 to 100.

Simple Blood Test Predicts Who Might Develop Type 2 Diabetes Among Healthy Women

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

Doctors may have identified a new and simple way to predict risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. The result of a simple blood test may be the earliest alert to doctors and patients to implement lifestyle changes that may delay or prevent the onset of the disease.

Long-Term Metformin Raises Risk for B12 Deficiency

Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010

That metformin use is associated with lower blood B12 levels has been observed previously.

Antioxidants Increase Insulin Sensitivity

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

A diet high in antioxidants may help increase insulin sensitivity and enhance the effects of metformin, according to a small study.

Vitamin E Reduces Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals with Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010

The study shows that individuals with both diabetes and the Haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 genotype can benefit from using Vitamin E, increasing life expectancy by 3 years.

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.

FDA Reports 17 Food Companies Have Misleading Product Labels

Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010

The FDA warned 17 food makers -- including POM and Nestle -- that their "misleading" product labels violate federal law. The warning letters say the firms face having their products pulled from grocery shelves if they don't make changes.

Increasing Vitamin D Can Reduce Type 2 Diabetes by 55 Percent

Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010

People who get plenty of vitamin D can cut their chance of developing Type 2 diabetes by 55 percent, according to the review of over 100,000 people in 28 studies.