Study strengthens yogurt type 2 diabetes prevention link

DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 24, 2014 – A analysis of data from three large populations studies with nearly 290,000 participants seems to confirm that consuming yogurt daily was associated with an 18 per cent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. The study  was published in the British medical journal, BMC Medicine.

Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health pooled the results of three large cohort studies that followed the medical history and lifestyle habits of health professionals. These studies were the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study (HFPS), which included 51,529 US male dentists, pharmacists, vets, osteopathic physicians and podiatrists, aged from 40 to 75 years; Nurses' Health Study (NHS), which began in 1976, 

Not all people with type 2 diabetes benefit from exercise

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DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 20, 2014 – If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and exercise regularly but see no improvement in your blood sugar control, you are not alone. 

A study in the current issue of the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism shows that as many as 20 percent of people with type 2 diabetes do not see any improvement in blood sugar management even when they take part in supervised exercise.

Study shows burning brown fat could be key to weight-loss

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DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 17, 2014 – If you want to lose weight, you might try exercising in the cold. More research is out this week showing that the key to weight-loss is burning what is called brown fat, or more technically, brown adipocytes.

When you are cold the nervous system activates receptors on the surface of brown fat cells to stimulate glucose uptake from the bloodstream. Brown fat tissue is able to take up large amounts of glucose from the bloodstream to use as fuel to generate body heat. 

Coffee component that may reduce type 2 diabetes risk identified

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DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 11, 2014 – Researchers have identified the chemical compound in coffee that may prevent the harmful effects of obesity. 

Previous research has shown that coffee may lower the risk of some chronic diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. Consequently researchers are looking at the chemicals found in coffee to see which of them may be providing the beneficial effect.

Weight loss surgery may substantially reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 10, 2014 – With many studies showing that weight-loss surgery in obese patients can cure them of type 2 diabetes, many researchers are now looking to see if the surgery for overweight and obese people can prevent type 2 diabetes.

Noting that more than 80 percent of adults with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese, British researchers led by Martin Gulliford, professor of Public Health at King's College, London, used medical records to see if people