MP Stella Creasy tells unborn child to ‘hang on in there’ as she battles gestational diabetes 

Pregnant Labour MP Stella Creasy, 44, urges her unborn child to ‘hang on in there’ and says she’s ‘fighting her body as hard as she can’ as she reveals she has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes Labour & Co-op MP for Walthamstow, 44, is expecting her second child  On Monday she shared a 4D image … Read more

Health: diet plan tailored to your own gut microbiome could lower risk of obesity and diabetes

Diets rich in healthy plant-based foods are linked to gut microbes that are associated with a lower risk obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a study said. An international team of researchers led from London analysed the diet, health and gut microbiomes of more than 1,100 participants from the UK and the US. The … Read more

Health: Hoarders at higher risk of chronic obesity, diabetes and other life-shortening conditions

Hoarders suffer from more than just a messy house — they are also at a higher risk of chronic obesity, diabetes and other life-shortening conditions US researchers polled more than 20,000 adults exhibiting hoarding symptoms They determined that 2,616 of the study’s respondents had ‘hoarding disorder’  Prevalent conditions among this group included chronic pain and sleep … Read more

Pet lovers share the same risk of developing type 2 diabetes as their canines

How your DOG could signal you have diabetes: Pet lovers share the same risk of developing the condition as their pooches… because they lead similar lifestyles Study also suggested that people often have similar eating habits to their pets Research, published in British Medical Journal, analysed 175,000 dog owners It compared their health records to … Read more

Public Health England was ‘too focused on diabetes and obesity before the pandemic’

Public Health England was ‘too focused’ on diabetes and obesity before the coronavirus pandemic, claim former Government advisers Mark Walport, former chief scientist, said PHE ‘switched’ away from infections Former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill said it was ill-equipped for Covid-19 crisis PHE is due to be dismantled next year and absorbed into new department By … Read more

One egg a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by 60%, study warns 

Eating just one egg a day increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 60 per cent, according to a new study.  Australian researchers who studied a sample of 8,545 Chinese adults found a positively correlation between higher egg consumption and high blood sugar levels in Chinese adults.   Eggs are versatile and nutritious and are … Read more

Model Bambi Northwood-Blyth raises awareness for Type 1 diabetes

Model Bambi Northwood-Blyth raises awareness for Type 1 diabetes – after revealing she at first found her diagnosis ‘daunting’ and kept it secret By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:48 GMT, 6 November 2020 | Updated: 12:48 GMT, 6 November 2020 Bambi Northwood-Blyth discussed her Type 1 diabetes for the first time in 2018, … Read more

Coffee before breakfast could give you diabetes, experts warn

Coffee before breakfast could give you diabetes: Drinking caffeine first thing in the morning can raise blood sugar by 50%, experts warn Regularly drinking coffee before breakfast may raise the risk of type 2 diabetes University of Bath researchers asked volunteers to drink coffee after waking up Found their blood sugar was 50% higher than when … Read more

People who struggle to sleep are a fifth more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, study

People who struggle to get a good night’s sleep are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, even if they are a healthy weight. A review of more than 1,000 scientific studies into diabetes found insomniacs were at a 17 per cent risk compared to good sleepers. Type 2 diabetes is linked in most … Read more

High blood pressure and diabetes ‘can impair thinking and memory’

Diabetes and high blood pressure cause ‘structural changes’ in the brain that make people’s thinking slower and their memory worse, scans show Sufferers had ‘structural changes’ in the brain’s grey and white matter When these individuals did a memory test they performed worse than others High blood pressure was associated with mental decline in mid-life, … Read more