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30 grams of walnuts/day delivering substantial amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acid improved the lipid profile of patients with type 2 diabetes. Increasing HDL and lowering LDL by 10%.

High doses of vitamin E have no beneficial effects on endothelial or left ventricular function in patients with long-standing type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

6000 steps a day significantly reduces risk of death, and 8000-10,000 a day promotes weight loss.

The role of autonomic neuropathy as the pivotal event in sudden cardiac death in diabetic patients needs revision. New research suggests that heart and kidney disease play bigger roles.

2 tablespoons of vinegar before a meal even as part of a vinaigrette salad dressing—will dramatically reduce the spike in blood concentrations of insulin and glucose that come after a meal. A Spoonful of Vinegar Helps the Sugar Go Down Carol Johnston is a professor of nutrition at Arizona State …

Diabetic children respond differently to acute hypoglycemia than diabetic adults.

A new study adds potentially fatal blood infections to the list of health risks from diabetes.

Substituting Polyunsaturated for Saturated Fat Can Reduce Cardiovascular and Overall Mortality Dietary fat quality seems more important than fat quantity in the reduction of cardiovascular mortality.

Only about one-third of eligible women are receiving cholesterol-lowering agents.

Folic acid fortification of flour does not overcome the increased risk of open neural tube defects (NTDs) in the offspring of overweight mothers.