Researchers found that one class of diabetes drugs can help both diabetes patients and non-diabetes patients alike lose weight.…
Read More »Good Carbs and Bad Carbs
A diet with a low-glycemic load may have benefits for overweight and obese individuals who are otherwise healthy.…
Read More »Pharmacies Can Help Keep Diabetes Patients on Track
Having pharmacies blow the whistle when patients’ diabetes medication adherence sagged was helpful in keeping them on the right track.…
Read More »Obesity Rates Remain Unchanged
Little changed in U.S. obesity rates in recent years, but we cannot let down in providing information and programs….
Read More »Flavonoids Helps to Prevent Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Women
Dietary flavonoids found in foods such as berries and chocolate may reduce the risk of women with type 2 diabetes developing heart disease.…
Read More »Sucralose Does Not Affect Blood Sugar or Insulin Resistance
Sucralose did not raise levels of blood sugar or increase the likelihood of insulin resistance in a study comparing the body’s response to sucralose and sucrose….
Read More »Birth Factors Predict Teen Metabolic Syndrome
Looking at a combination of three factors — low birth weight, small head circumference at birth, and parental overweight or obesity — proved a good predictor of the likelihood that the child would develop metabolic syndrome later.…
Read More »Soda Increases Fat Deposits
Drinking a liter of regular cola every day increases the amount of fat in the liver and in the muscles and surrounding the organs in the belly.…
Read More »Eating More Often Tied to Less Weight Gain
Girls who ate frequent meals and snacks put on fewer pounds and gained fewer inches to their waistlines over the next decade than those who only ate a couple of times each day.…
Read More »Gastric Bypass Provides More Rapid Weight Loss than Gastric Banding
According to the findings of a case-matched study, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) provides superior, more rapid weight loss than gastric banding (GB) and results in lower long-term complication and comorbidity rates, although it is associated with a higher early morbidity rate….
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