Weight Loss Surgery Leads to Type 2 Diabetes Remission

Weight Loss Surgery Leads to Type 2 Diabetes Remission One of the ongoing debates in type 2 diabetes treatment, specifically in obese and morbidly obese patients, is weighing lifestyle intervention versus bariatric surgery. Past smaller studies have shown the excellent short-term benefits of bariatric surgery on obese and morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes including better glycemic control and...

Is it Time to Stop Reheating Food with Plastics?

Is it Time to Stop Reheating Food with Plastics? The chemical compounds, di-isononyl (DINP) and di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP), are used in things such as plastic wrap, soap, cosmetics, and processed food containers; basically almost anything we put our food in. What may make matters worse are these two chemicals took the place of di-2-ethylhexylphlatate (DEHP), which was removed from these products for...

Exercise in a Needle

Exercise in a Needle Researchers believe they have developed a molecule that mimics the effect of exercise, as a result can play a key role in fighting diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers from the University of Southampton manufactured the molecule, compound 14, and their research showed that it could lead to a chain reaction that ends in the activation...

Movement Improves Heart Health and Waistline

Movement Improves Heart Health and Waistline Researchers in Australia surmise that standing can improve your blood sugar, fats in the blood, and cholesterol levels. “We found that time spent standing rather than sitting was significantly associated with lover levels of blood sugar and blood fats. Replacing sitting time with stepping was also associated with a significant reduction in waistline and...

Economic Instability Leads to Poor Diabetes Treatment

Economic Instability Leads to Poor Diabetes Treatment With U.S. government-mandated universal healthcare, it is believed that everyone will have the opportunity to better manage their health. Although that maybe the case, what about the additional means for one’s health outside of healthcare, particularly for someone with diabetes, that doesn’t fall under the umbrella that the Affordable Care Act? Researchers...