Continuous glucose monitoring has become a major health fad among those who don’t have diabetes but want to use the data to inform their lifestyle choices.
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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Continuous glucose monitoring has become a major health fad among those who don’t have diabetes but want to use the data to inform their lifestyle choices.
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More than 400m people around the world have diabetes, and many control the condition using insulin. But science writer Gary Taubes believes it’s this very treatment that is behind the current epidemic. Does his controversial case for a diet-based alternative to medicine have any bite?
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Walking at a certain pace is linked to a significantly lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
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True causes of illnesses such as heart disease, obesity and diabetes are complex and researchers are still trying to untangle them. They are not the result of personal failure.
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Even those with a high genetic risk of type 2 diabetes can benefit.
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The diabetes medication has gained attention for its dramatic weight loss effects — but doctors worry that it can go too far.
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Lifestyle changes and weight-loss surgery can lower weight and lead to reversal of Type 2 diabetes for some people.
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The global rise of type 2 diabetes may be due to eating too much red and processed meats and refined instead of whole grains, according to a new modeling study.
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Those exposed to more light in hours before sleep appear more likely to develop gestational diabetes, researchers suggest
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As more patients turn to diabetes medications for other uses, a shortage has taken hold. But doctors say going off these drugs can take a toll.
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Resistance training does much more than build strong muscles. Research has confirmed that resistance training affects metabolism, too.
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More than 20,000 Australians with type 2 diabetes became lower limb amputees between 2010 and 2019, new research shows.
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We asked more than 830 older Australians about their awareness of 12 factors that help reduce dementia risk.
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Being predisposed to being a night owl may put you at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease than being a morning person, a new study found.
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Unreported World is in Chiapas, Mexico, the town that drinks the most sugary drinks in the world.
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Here in Chiapas, one of the poorest states in Mexico, people drink two litres of sugary drinks a day, and Coca-Cola is king. As health officials declare a diabetes emergency, we meet the families in the thick of a diabetes crisis, a deadly mix of Covid and sugar sending people to early graves.
Reporter: Guillermo Galdos
Director: Nick Blakemore
Series Producer: Andy Lee
Executive Producer: Ed Fraser
Production Company: Channel 4 News
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Getting up and moving after you eat -- even if it's only for two minutes -- can help control blood sugar levels, a new study says. If you can't do that, try standing. It helps, too.
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Careers, fitness, character development in Marvel movies: things we often think have linear progression. But life doesn't work like that, Megan Whelan writes in this week's Diabetes and Me.
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A new paper suggests that it takes far less exercise than was previously thought to lower blood sugar after eating.
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Here are ways to handle aches and pains, bunions and hammertoes, calluses and corns, and other issues with your feet.
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Sleep duration was added to the American Heart Association's "Life's Essential 8," a questionnaire that measure's a person's heart health.
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Sleeping with the lights on, even if they were dim, was associated with poor heart health and an increased risk for diabetes, a new study found.
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Scientists are exploring whether the onset of diabetes may in some cases herald the existence of one of the most deadly of all cancers.
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Some obese people lack the classic metabolic risk factors of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar linked with obesity. But are they still at risk for heart disease and diabetes?
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Just over 10% of the world’s adults now live with diabetes and the COVID pandemic saw many people sitting down for longer periods – but small daily changes can improve health.
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Type 2 diabetes doesn't have to be progressive, but weight management must become a primary goal to optimise its treatment says University of Melbourne expert.