Omega-3 fatty acids in found to improved nerve damage in mice with type 1 and type 2… Approximately 50 percent of patients with diabetes suffer from nerve damage, or neuropathy. No cure exists, and the most effective treatment, keeping blood sugar in control, only slows neuropathy. But a new study …

Elevated blood glucose caused increase in amyloid beta leveles in the brain… While many earlier studies have pointed to diabetes as a possible contributor to Alzheimer’s, the new study – in mice – shows that elevated glucose in the blood can rapidly increase levels of amyloid beta, a key component …

Researchers study effects of calorie restriction and physical activity as separate and combination weight-loss methods… In a new study, Saint Louis University associate professor of nutrition and dietetics Edward Weiss, Ph.D, and colleagues found that, though people often think of the benefits from exercise, calorie restriction and weight loss as …

Study finds low-income shoppers who used list made higher quality food choices and had lower body weight…

Italian study suggests that a daily pill may boost dieting efforts in those already low in the nutrient…

Children born to mothers who drank caffeine-laden drinks during pregnancy were 89% more likely to be obese… In-utero exposures through adverse fetal programming are emerging as an important contributing factor to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Researchers at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, examined the impact …

Lack of trained staff, equipement and policies complicates diabetes management for children…

Parents diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension found to negatively impact children’s glycemic control… It is common knowledge that childhood obesity has been on a drastic increase for the last 20 years. The TODAY trial (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) was a large randomized clinical trial …

Scientists saw dramatic effects on risk factors for colon cancer when American and African volunteers swapped diets for just two weeks… Western diets, high in protein and fat but low in fiber, are thought to raise colon cancer risk compared with African diets high in fiber and low in fat …

GLP-1 drug shows potential to treat both diseases… Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of chronic liver disease in America which affects approximately 30% of the population, is known to contribute to prediabetes and diabetes due to the liver’s important role in the regulation of blood sugar …