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Simple Diet Changes After a Diabetes Diagnosis
Being diagnosed with diabetes can feel overwhelming at first. There is a lot to learn, and it is normal to have questions and worries about your long-term health. The good news is that focusing on a few simple dietary changes can make a big difference. These first steps don’t need to be complicated, and they...
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Metabolic Surgery as a Tool for Diabetes Remission: What the Studies Show
Although the exact cause is not known, type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity. For people who are very obese or unable to lose weight, bariatric surgery for obesity, often called metabolic surgery, can achieve weight loss and may improve diabetes control and sometimes put it into remission. This means that blood sugar levels will...
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The Impact of Menstrual Cycles, Menopause, and Hormones on Blood Sugar
Hormones do more than regulate reproductive health. They also significantly influence how your body uses insulin and manages blood sugar. Whether you’re menstruating, going through menopause, or living with diabetes, understanding how hormonal shifts affect glucose can help you manage your health. Menstrual Cycle: A Monthly Shift in Blood Sugar The menstrual cycle typically lasts...
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How Well Will a Particular Drug Work for You?
Before most new drugs are approved by governments for the treatment of diabetes (or any disease for that matter) they need to be tested in large numbers of patients within randomized controlled trials. For diabetes, these trials compare the effect of taking these drugs versus a placebo or an alternative drug on glucose levels, hypoglycemic...
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Can We Truly Prevent or Just Delay Both Type 2 and Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes: Since 2001, more than 20 well-done, large, randomized and controlled trials have shown that a variety of inexpensive approaches can reduce the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and older individuals with prediabetes. Therapies that have been proven effective include modest weight loss (approximately 5% of body weight), modest physical...