Fighting Diabetes, Proactively!

A new study suggests that the Mediterranean diet may help ward of Diabetes Type 2. It is all over the news[Follow the links below].

The Mediterranean diet consisting mainly of Vegetables, Fruits, Olive Oil, Fish and less animal products, and as you see the food items you can see that it is actually very healthy, and the particular diet is long known to be good for fighting cardiovascular diseases, but the recent study suggest that it can ward of diabetes.

I would say that this diet would actually prevent Diabetes, and this is something that I have been been trying follow religiously, not knowing that it could be the Mediterranean diet.

I have always espoused the following of a healthy diet plan, and a healthy lifestyle to ward of Diabetes. When your food mainly comprises of Fruits, vegetables, Olive Oils and Fish (with Omega-3 fatty acids), this will actually help you control your weight as well, and if you can fight obesity, that is half the battle won against the fight for Diabetes.

And this study has strengthened my belief in a healthy lifestyle for the prevention of Diabetes.

My thought is reflected by some other expert here,

“This study reminds me of a comment I once heard someone else say — ‘Research simply confirms what we already know or suspect,’ ” said Lona Sandon, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

And yes, switch to Olive Oil.
Taste great and it is healthy, what more can you ask for?
Take a packet of mixed vegetables, the frozen kind that you get in supermarkets, with peas, beans, Broccolli, carrots and such like. Defrost the whole Packet.

Heat a table spoon of olive oil.
Chop a small onion and add it to the oil.
Add two cloves of crushed garlic.
Add the vegetables and stir fry for 5 minutes.
Add pepper and salt to taste.

I absolutely love this.

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[The Independent]

For patients with type 2 diabetes, a condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may be an important risk factor for diabetes-related chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study in the August Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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In another breakthrough, Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found a vaccine that reversed Type-1 Diabetes in Mice. Though, it doesn’t imply that it will work on Human, this certainly is a very optimistic development. Clinical Trials on Humans will begin soon says the report.

An experimental vaccine has prevented and reversed type 1 diabetes in laboratory animals, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh reported Wednesday.

The vaccine has not been tested in humans, but researchers hope to begin clinical trials late next year. [source]

Another Diabetes Awareness event.

Students at Ecole Mariale took steps Friday to bring awareness and raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

But their walk also had personal meaning as students pounded the pavement for one of their own - nine-year-old McKayla Pharand who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006.

Let me know any Diabetes Events.

Gastric bypass surgery can actually prevent diabetes, says doctors. Gastric surgery or Bariatrics, popularly known as obesity surgery just adjust the size of your stomach by using various techniques. This treatment which is a very popular treatment for weightloss helps in the reduction of blood glucose levels, and thus helps fight diabetes in turn.

Doctors say weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, works because it leads to long-term weight loss, which helps lower blood sugar levels. Some of the latest research shows that diabetes goes away in many patients who undergo gastric bypass even before they start losing significant amounts of weight.[Via]

I never thought of this, but Diabetes can actually be controlled by a strict diet plan. and by doing a bariatic bypass, you are actually enforcing a strict diet, and yes this can actually work.

The doctor goes on to say that 89 percent of his patients were cured. He calls it suppression rather than cure.
Even though this can be a very effective cure for Diabetes, problem is that not every one can undergo this surgery. The NIH has some eligibility criteria on who actually can go for this surgery. Looks like, ONLY the morbidly obese should undergo this surgery.