Over 12 weeks, 30 people with type 2 diabetes took 500 mg of metformin plus one gram of fenugreek seed powder three times daily while 30 took metformin alone. Both groups improved fasting and postprandial blood sugar and HbA1c, but the fenugreek group improved more.
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Diabetes and Chronic Pain Banished After Drinking This for 28 Days
Mercola describes a film following eight people with 22 chronic conditions between them through a 28-day juice fast. All eight lost weight, felt energised and saw symptoms drop sharply; one person's diabetes and another's chronic pain resolved completely.
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Type 2 diabetics should cut calorie intake
Fifty-seven middle-aged obese Korean women cut 422 calories a day for 12 weeks, losing 2.7 kg/m2 of BMI, 10.2 percent of body fat and 5 percent of waist circumference. Blood pressure, cholesterol, fasting glucose and insulin fell while insulin sensitivity rose.
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Vitamin D helps diabetes mellitus
A review of studies in people aged 30 and over concluded that vitamin D supplementation lowered HbA1c in African Americans with type 2 diabetes. It found no association with LDL or HDL cholesterol or triglycerides.
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Anti-diabetic Activity of Ayurveda Herbs – A Review
Ayurveda researchers in Rajasthan review herbs with hypoglycaemic properties described in classical texts such as the Charaka and Sushruta Samhita, noting that existing hypoglycemic drugs do not control blood glucose over long periods and carry many side effects.
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Vegan diet better than doctors proscribed diet for type 2 diabetes mellitus
A report in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition finds low-fat vegan diets controlled blood sugar better than American Diabetes Association diets in type 2 diabetes, and that vegan dietary portfolios improved blood lipids more than National Cholesterol Education Program diets.
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Spice turmeric helps type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Sixty type 2 diabetes patients on metformin took 2 grams of turmeric daily or placebo for four weeks. The turmeric group showed lower fasting glucose, HbA1c, lipid peroxidation and hsCRP, plus higher total antioxidant levels and an improved LDL/HDL ratio.
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Trans fat linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus - new study
Among 3,076 adults free of diabetes in the Cardiovascular Health Study, those with the highest trans fat intake were 49 percent more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than those with the lowest, according to a Harvard-led study published in Circulation.
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Coffee lowers risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
A Diabetes Care meta-analysis pooling 1,109,272 participants found each extra daily cup of caffeinated coffee linked to 9 percent lower type 2 diabetes risk, decaf to 6 percent, and six cups to 33 percent. The authors stress this is a correlation; no trial has shown coffee causes the drop.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk lower in those eating fruit, vegetables
Among 2,332 Finnish men followed 19 years, those in the highest quartile of fruit, berry and vegetable intake were 24 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and the highest berry intake carried 35 percent lower risk. No significant association appeared for fruit, juices or vegetables alone.
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Diabetes Rates Increasing
Diagnosed diabetes among US adults rose 69 percent over 20 years while undiagnosed cases fell, suggesting better screening, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine analysis of national survey data. Many patients, especially blacks and Mexican Americans, still lack glucose control.
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Red meat, particularly processed red meat raises risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
An Pan and Frank Hu write in Future Medicine that the evidence tying higher red meat consumption to type 2 diabetes is convincing, and recommend limiting red meat, especially processed, in favour of vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains, low-fat dairy, fish and poultry.
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Meat-Eating is a Risk Factor for Developing Diabetes
A JAMA Internal Medicine review of 39 studies found vegetarian diets were associated with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure than omnivorous diets, which the authors say supports a dietary approach to preventing hypertension.
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Even Modest Amounts of Meat Increase Risk for Diabetes
Among 4,384 Taiwanese Buddhists, women who avoided all meat were about 33 percent less likely to have diabetes and men about 50 percent, even though the omnivores ate mostly plants with little meat or fish. The vegetarians also ate more fiber, folate and whole grains.
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Inorganic arsenic can raise type 2 diabetes mellitus risk
Pooling 17 studies, researchers led by Dongfeng Zhang found people exposed to high inorganic arsenic in drinking water were 75% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those with the lowest exposure, with each 100 ug/L increment linked to a 13% higher risk.
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Ginger powder helps type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a randomised, double-blind trial of 88 people with type 2 diabetes, three 1-gram ginger powder capsules daily for eight weeks lowered fasting blood sugar 10.5%, while the placebo group's rose 21%. HbA1c also fell, and insulin measures differed significantly between the groups.
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Eating fish to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Among 2,212 Finnish men followed 19.3 years, those in the highest quartile of intake of EPA, DHA and DPA had 33 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Dietary ALA, fish and hair mercury showed no significant link, and the piece cautions this was not a trial.
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Red wine compound resveratrol fights type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a 45-day trial, type 2 diabetes patients taking one gram of resveratrol daily alongside standard medication showed lower systolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, HbA1c, insulin and insulin resistance, and higher good cholesterol, compared with baseline. Liver and kidney markers did not change.
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