Poll Reveals Consumer Confusion about Healthy Fats 
U.S. consumers are more aware today that not all fat is bad. Many realize that there are “good” and “bad” fats, but how many can identify that polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats belong to the former category?
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Metformin and Exercise Together are Less Effective in Glucose Control
The participants in the study spent six hours in the lab on days 27 and 28 performing various physical tests, including 40 minutes of physical activity on day 28 of the study.
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Eating Quickly Associated With Increased Weight Gain
A study conducted at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has found that middle-aged women who consume meals at a slower rate are much less likely to become overweight than women of the same age who eat quickly.
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New Drug May Reduce Insulin Injection Dependence in Type 1 Diabetics
Scientists are currently performing tests on a new drug that may lead to the end of insulin injections for Type 1 diabetics. The drug is being developed with the intention of stopping the process that causes the immune system to attack the pancreas i...
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SIRT3 Enzyme May Provide New Key to Diabetes Treatment
A research team at the Joslin Diabetes Center has discovered that an enzyme located in cell mitochondria is less common in the skeletal muscle of diabetes. The discovery could pave the way for the development of medications that increase the enzyme’s...
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Eplerenone Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Failure in Diabetics
Eplerenone Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Failure in Diabetics: The trial treated patients who had suffered NYHA class 2 systolic heart failure with eplerenone, an aldosterone blocker.
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Death Rate Higher for Hispanic Diabetics
According San Antonio Heart Study's latest paper, published in the Annals of Epidemiology, diabetes is more deadly in Mexican Americans than in Anglos.
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Meta-analysis Reveals Dark Chocolate and Cocoa Reduce Cholesterol
A meta-analysis of ten clinical trials has revealed that the consumption of dark chocolate and cocoa products, both of which are rich in polyphenol, may reduce total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. However, consumption of these products has no effec...
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Healthier Young Adulthood Leads to Longer Life
A new study took into account the activity levels of 25 year olds, as well as their smoking and alcohol consumption, the researchers found that being overweight was linked to a 28% higher chance of dying at a younger age.
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Wonder Drug to Treat Diabetes
This news comes from research regarding a family of drugs based on a miracle ingredient called Reservatrol, the compound found in red wine that lowers the risk of developing heart disease and cancer.
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