While metformin may have potential as an aid for people needing to maintain weight loss in future, the study reminds us that in the original 1-year trial, the most successful weight-loss treatment was the diet and exercise plan.
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To coincide with World Diabetes Day, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, is announcing action to end the current variation patients in some parts of the country are facing to access Freestyle Libre.
The wearable sensor does away with the need for inconvenient and sometimes painful finger prick blood tests by relaying glucose levels to a smart phone or e-reader.
The study shows the big impact that factors like smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes can have on the chances of having a heart attack.
While the risk increases for women are bigger than for men, the risk increases for men are still substantial. The study underlines the importance of not smoking and of keeping blood pressure and diabetes under control, for both women and men.
A healthy diet is likely to improve diabetes control, but this study does not show convincingly that a vegan diet is superior to other healthy diets for people with diabetes. And you don't have to go vegan to improve the quality of your diet.
This study adds to evidence that keeping healthy during pregnancy, with a good diet and plenty of exercise, can give the baby a head start when it comes to its own health.
There's a pervasive myth that women need to "eat for 2" while pregnant, but that's not true.
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While these findings warrant further study, they are not proof that titanium dioxide causes diabetes. With so few samples tested, any differences between samples with and without diabetes could be due to chance.
Even if it is confirmed that levels of titanium dioxide are higher in people with diabetes, this doesn't necessarily mean titanium dioxide caused the condition.
And even if future evidence suggests titanium dioxide may be a risk factor for diabetes, there is no evidence that toothpaste is to blame.
Dietary factors are of paramount importance in the management and prevention of type 2 diabetes. Despite progress in formulating evidence based dietary guidance, controversy and confusion remain. In this article, we examine the evidence for areas of consensus as well as ongoing uncertainty or controversy about dietary guidelines for type 2 diabetes.
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This study is valuable in improving our understanding of diabetes. For example, the researchers found that people who had cluster 2 or 3 diabetes had a higher risk of kidney disease or vision problems (retinopathy) than people in the other clusters.
However, the diagnosis and management of diabetes isn't going to change overnight. Further research is needed to see whether these 5 clusters hold true for non-Scandinavian populations.
While the Mail Online largely reported the story accurately, it was somewhat over-optimistic about the results – the study was too small and too short to show that a vegan diet prevents diabetes. Also, none of the participants, in either group, had diabetes by the end of the trial.
Few studies have examined the causal relationships between lifestyle habits and obesity. With a focus on eating speed in patients with type 2 diabetes, this study aimed to analyse the effects of changes in lifestyle habits on changes in obesity using panel data.
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Editorial. Write up by Dr Sarah Hallberg following her TEDx talk in Purdue in 2015.
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The study generally shows that lifestyle weight management programmes can help obese people lose weight and improve their diabetes control. However, it highlights a "real world" problem of how many people would be willing to stick to the rules of the programme. In this study less than 10% of people referred successfully completed it and experienced benefits over the 3 years.
The dietary approach definitely shows promise, but there are several reasons to be cautious at this stage. This sort of intensive calorie restriction wouldn't be suitable for everyone and should only be conducted under careful medical supervision. One person also developed severe abdominal pain, related to gallstones, thought to be caused by the intervention. The diet needs further study to ensure it's safe and suitable for widespread adoption.