Thousands of people with type 2 diabetes are being enrolled into an NHS trial of ‘soups and shakes’ diet which has been proven to reverse the illness A total of 5,000 patients in England have been signed up to trial the radical 12-month diet programme to slim them down and restore their health. Volunteers will … Read more
Losing weight can reverse most cases of type 2 diabetes because the condition is more likely to be caused by obesity than genetics, a study has found. Researchers looked at almost 500,000 people in the UK and if they had genes tied to the disease. They also measured their body mass index (BMI). Those in … Read more
A ‘potentially life-saving’ treatment for coronavirus patients with diabetes will begin human trials in Britain this week. Doctors will test an AstraZeneca-made drug called AZD1656 to see if it can reduce the risk of serious illness or death for infected diabetics. Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes face up to three times the … Read more
Could THIS be a cure for diabetes? Scientists create insulin-making pancreatic cells that escape the disease’s attacks and can be transplanted into patients Researchers created clusters of beta-like cells that are produced in the pancreas from stem cells Adding two proteins to the cells ‘turbo-charged’ them to produce insulin and kept the immune system from … Read more
Covid-19 could lead to type 1 diabetes, researchers fear after witnessing a spike in cases of the disease among infected children. Academics at Imperial College London looked at how many youngsters had been diagnosed at five paediatric units across the capital. Around 30 children were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between March 23 and June … Read more
DJ Neil Fox says lockdown has inspired him to beat diabetes by going on a strict no carbs diet and has already lost 3kg in three weeks By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 09:56 BST, 11 August 2020 | Updated: 09:56 BST, 11 August 2020 DJ Neil ‘Dr’ Fox says lockdown has inspired him to … Read more
Heel-prick blood test could predict which children will develop type 1 diabetes, say scientists who can spot early warnings of the condition in the genes and chemicals in the body UK and US researchers said up to 75% of cases could be spotted using the test Average child is in their mid-teens by the time … Read more
Not for nothing has type 2 diabetes been dubbed ‘a 21st Century epidemic’. Year after year, numbers continue to spiral upward. At the last count, one in ten Britons over 40 are living with a diagnosis – and this condition eats up a tenth of the annual £134billion NHS budget. And, over the past decade, … Read more
Eating plenty of cinnamon could help people with high blood sugar levels stave off diabetes, a new study has revealed. The fragrant spice, taken from the bark of trees, improves blood sugar control in people with early diabetes signs and could slow the progression to type 2 diabetes. In experiments in the US, cinnamon supplements … Read more
Is eating a banana the same as swallowing six teaspoons of sugar? It would seem intuitive to say no, of course not – a banana is a fruit, and sugar is, well, just sugar. But a while back I came across a set of detailed charts on Twitter that made this claim. And it wasn’t … Read more