Increased Dietary Protein Modifies Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis in Adult Women during Weight Loss

"This study demonstrates that consumption of a diet with increased protein and a reduced CHO/protein ratio stabilizes blood glucose during nonabsorptive periods and reduces the postprandial insulin response."

The American Society for Nutritional Sciences J. Nutr. 133:405-410, February 2003

Source: nutrition.org

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Fat that may benefit Diabetics reduces weight, blood sugar

"COLUMBUS, Ohio – Supplementing the diet with a certain fatty acid may lead to better weight control and disease management in diabetics, a new study suggests.

Diabetics who added an essential fatty acid called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) to their diets had lower body mass as well as lower blood sugar levels by the end of the eight-week study. Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, is a hallmark of diabetes.

Researchers also found that higher levels of this fatty acid in the bloodstream meant lower levels of leptin, a hormone thought to regulate fat levels. Scientists think that high leptin levels may play a role in obesity, one of the biggest risk factors for adult-onset diabetes."

Full article: Ohio State University

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May be possible to stay slim and eat what you want

"The researchers, headed by C. Ronald Kahn at the Joslin Diabetes Center, reported on their experiments with mice that have been genetically altered to have no insulin receptor in fat. These so-called FIRKO mice were able to eat all they wanted and remain lean. In fact, even when they were stimulated to overeat, they failed to gain any extra weight. What's even more important is that these mice live longer than brother/sister controls that ate the same amount of food but did not have this genetic knockout."

Full article: Harvard Gazette

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A human time bomb

By Jerome Burne
A 35-40in waist means greater risk of diabetes and stroke

ANTONY WORRALL THOMPSON, the celebrity chef, has been worrying about his waist. It is a bit more than 40in (101cm), which means that he is at risk of a newly identified disorder that is causing concern among health experts. The condition already affects 25-30 per cent of the population and, if left untreated, can lead to diabetes, heart disease and stroke. It has also been linked with poor memory and a shrunken hippocampus — the area of the brain involved in memory formation.
Worrall Thompson is the face of a new campaign to “measure your mate”, which aims to raise awareness about the condition, known as insulin resistance syndrome (IRS). If your mate — or any male who lets you wrap a tape measure around them — measures more than 40in, they are at risk of IRS. The red-light figure for women is 35in.

IRS, which is also known as metabolic syndrome, glucose intolerance and Syndrome X, has been dubbed a “medical time bomb” because it could lead to an explosion of disease in years to come. And not only among those facing midlife spread. Derriford Hospital in Plymouth last month reported that 30 per cent of 300 children between the ages of 5 and 16 were showing signs of it. Diabetes now affects about 4 per cent of the population.

The key to all this is the way that your body handles glucose. Until recently this was considered a specialised medical problem reserved for diabetics. But this comforting division is an illusion; our sedentary lifestyle, coupled with a taste for sugar and refined carbohydrates, is playing havoc with the subtle balance between glucose and insulin in our bloodstreams.

Full article: Times Online [This site requires registration]

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The correct way to treat diabetes

The numbers of people contracting diabetes is increasing rapidly all over the industrialised world. Children are now getting Type-2 diabetes, which normally only affects people over the age of forty. Something has gone drastically wrong. This series of papers looks at the reasons for this phenomenon, shows how conventional medicine is making the situation worse, and presents practical advice for both the treatment and prevention of diabetes.

The introduction and Parts 1 to 6 are mainly concerned with adult onset or Type-2 diabetes. Most of the advice and, certainly, the general principles are common to both types of diabetes. But as there are significant differences with between Type-2 and Type-1, Part 7 looks at other factors that affect those with Type-1.

Full articles: Second Opinions - Barry Groves, PhD

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