Faster Walks Benificial for Diabetics

In an article published in the journal Diabetes Care, researchers asked diabetics who took daily walks to pick up their pace by 10%. At the end of the 12-week study period, researchers concluded that those diabetics who followed the faster walking regimen for 30 minutes each day lost a significantly higher amount of weight and enjoyed healthier blood sugar maintenance.

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Arsenic Exposure Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Arsenic exposure linked to type 2 diabetes

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to low-to-moderate levels of inorganic arsenic in drinking water and food may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study released Tuesday, which found that individuals with diabetes had higher levels of arsenic in their urine compared to individuals without diabetes.

High chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic is a documented risk factor for diabetes, but the effect of lower levels of exposure is unknown, Dr. Ana Navas-Acien, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues note in the Journal of the American Medical Association for August 20.

The researchers examined urine samples taken from 788 U.S. adults 20 years or older.

They found that subjects with type 2 diabetes had 26 percent higher total arsenic levels than subjects without diabetes. The likelihood of diabetes occurrence was more than 3.5-fold higher in subjects with higher urine arsenic levels relative to those with lower arsenic levels in urine.

The primary sources of inorganic arsenic are contaminated drinking water due to naturally occurring arsenic in rocks and soils, and food, the researchers point out. In the U.S., roughly 13 million people live in areas where the concentration of inorganic arsenic in the public water supply exceeds EPA-established standards, primarily in the West, Midwest and Northeast regions. Dietary intake of inorganic arsenic in the U.S. ranges from 8.4 to 14 micrograms per day for various age groups.

"Given widespread exposure to inorganic arsenic from drinking water worldwide, elucidating the contribution of arsenic to the diabetes epidemic is a public health research priority," Navas-Acien and colleagues conclude.

Drs. Molly L. Kile and David C. Christiani, at Harvard University School of Public Health in Boston, advise in a commentary published with the study: "It is prudent to minimize arsenic exposure while its effect on metabolic diseases continues to be researched."

SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, August 20, 2008.


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Natural Foods and Supplements Can Keep Your Vision Healthy

Nearly everyone who has diabetes is concerned at some time or other about managing their sight. Whole Foods Market magazine offers some helpful natural ways to stave off eye disease that seems to accompany aging. Below are some tips on eye health:

Diabetic Retinopathy - usually a complication of advanced diabetes where blood vessels of the are damaged.

• Follow a low-fat diet, as recommended by the American Diabetes Association
• Some animal trials suggest that a 2 percent increase in omega-3 fatty acids could cut disease severity in half.
• In addition researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that users of vitamin C and E had decreased risk of diabetic retinopathy.
  

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Coffee before breakfast boosts blood sugar - UPI.com

Coffee before breakfast boosts blood sugar - UPI.com

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I came across a great online magazine I thought I would share with you. The magazine is called the Diabetic Gourmet. If you want to treat your family to some tasty and fun meals check this mag out. It is free, has a monthly giveaway, a recipe article archive, forums, contests, tools and calculators and much more. Take a look.

PS: I don't get any revenue from the magazine. I just think it is a great user-oriented resource.

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Eggs may Raise the Risk of Mortality in Those With Diabetes

THURSDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that consuming more than six eggs a week seems to raise the risk of dying from all causes.

And diabetics seem to face an even higher mortality risk, according to the study that was limited to men.

Djousse and his team analyzed egg consumption and mortality data among more than 21,000 men who had participated in a Physician's Health Study that explored heart disease and cancer prevention among American male doctors.

Participants ranged in age from 40 to 86. Over an average of 20 years, all the doctors completed annual written questionnaires on daily egg consumption, stroke and heart attack incidence, diabetes status, cholesterol levels, alcohol and smoking habits, and general dietary information.

Overall, egg consumption wasn't found to be associated with heart attack or stroke risk. And consumption of up to six eggs a week also wasn't found to be associated with a higher risk of death from all causes.

Even more striking was the finding that mortality risk was much higher among those doctors with diabetes. Consuming seven or more eggs a week doubled their risk of death from all causes, compared with diabetic doctors who ate just one egg each week.

The findings were published in the April issue of
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and elevated LDL ("bad") cholesterol is a prime risk factor for cardiovascular trouble. And while eggs are rich in cholesterol -- and circulating cholesterol is related to the risk of cardiovascular disease -- the relationship between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol is complex.

On the other hand, eggs are a source of minerals, folate, B vitamins, protein and monounsaturated fats -- all of which have the potential to lower overall risk. And it's one of the cheapest sources of protein as well. There are some good things in the yolk as well.

To explain the finding on diabetic men, the researchers theorized that diabetics might somehow convert dietary cholesterol more readily into blood cholesterol than people without diabetes.

In an accompanying editorial published in the journal, Dr Robert H. Eckel, a professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado and co-chair of both the Cardiometabolic Health Congress and the Committee on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, echoed some of McNamara's comments and called for more research to validate the study findings.

For additional information on nutrition and diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association.

My note: The article mentions that egg whites are one of the best sources of protein. Personally, I eat egg whites with just a bit of yolk for coloring. Or you can just scramble egg whites and spinach in olive oil or one of the new omega-3 margarines.

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Tea May Help Diabetes. More Research Scheduled.

DRINKING tea could help combat diabetes, Scottish scientists claim. The potentially therapeutic properties in black tea have been discovered by scientists at the University of Dundee.

Green tea too has long been held to possess various health benefits.

Dr Graham Rena, of the university's Neurosciences Institute, said his team's research into tea compounds is at a pre-clinical, experimental stage, but added: "There is definitely something interesting in the way these naturally occurring components of black tea may have a beneficial effect, both in terms of diabetes and our wider health."

People with diabetes should continue to take their medicines as directed by their doctor, Dr Rena said.

He added: "This is something that needs further research and people shouldn't be rushing to drink masses of black tea, thinking it will cure them of diabetes – we are still some way from this leading to new treatments or dietary advice."

They have discovered that several black tea constituents, known as theaflavins and thearubigins, mimic insulin action.

"What we have found is that these constituents can mimic insulin action on proteins known as FOXOs," said Dr Rena. "FOXOs have previously been shown to underlie associations between diet and health in a wide variety of organisms including mice, worms and fruit flies. The task now is to see whether we can translate these findings into something useful for human health."

Source: The Scotsman Digital Archive

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