Suffer from diabetes? A hearty
breakfast can help!
The importance of breakfast cannot be stressed enough. The
saying, breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like pauper holds
true not only for an overall good health but according to a new study, also for
controlling type 2
diabetes. The study published in the journalDiabetologia, claims
that when compared to low energy breakfast and a high energy dinner, blood
sugar levels in type 2 diabetes are better controlled by a high energy
breakfast and a low energy dinner.
The study was conducted on 18 individuals (8
men, 10 women) in an age range 30-70 years, with type 2 diabetes of less
than 10 years duration, body mass index (BMI) 22-35 kg/m2. They
were treated with metformin and/or dietary advice (eight patients with
diet alone and 10 with diet and metformin).
The
study revealed that post-meal glucose levels were 20 percent lower
and levels of insulin, C-peptide and GLP-1 were 20 percent higher in
participants on the B diet compared with the D diet. Despite the diets
containing the same total energy and same calories during lunch, lunch in the B
diet resulted in lower blood glucose (by 21-25 percent) and higher insulin (by
23 percent) compared with the lunch in the D diet.
Prof. Oren Froy, one of the authors of the study from
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said that the observations suggest that a
change in meal timing influences the overall daily rhythm of post-meal insulin
and incretin and results in a substantial reduction in the daily post-meal
glucose levels. It may be a crucial factor in the improvement of glucose
balance and prevention of complications in type 2 diabetes and lend further
support to the role of the circadian system in metabolic regulation.
Prof. Daniela Jakubowicz Jakubowicz concluded that high
energy intake at breakfast is associated with significant reduction in overall
post-meal glucose levels in diabetic patients over the entire day. The dietary
adjustment may have a therapeutic advantage for the achievement of optimal
metabolic control and may have the potential for being preventive for
cardiovascular and other complications of type 2 diabetes.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
26.02.2015
Wisdom teeth may prevent one from
going blind
A wisdom tooth doesn’t make you wise but it
definitely more helpful when treating blindness. A new study says that stem
cells from a wisdom tooth can help treating diseases affecting the corne. The
researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have
managed to coax stem cells from the dental pulp of wisdom teeth to turn into
corneal cells of the eye. This research paves ways to develop therapies to
treat corneal blindness.
Senior investigator James Funderburgh said that
corneal blindness affects millions world wide and it is generally treated with
transplants of donor corneas. He further explained that his research is
promising as patient’s own stem cells could be used for the treatment,
which would diminish the problems associated with donor tissue rejection.
The researchers extracted stem cells of the dental
pulp, obtained from routine human third molar, or wisdom tooth, could be turned
into corneal stromal cells called keratocytes and then injected them
into the corneas of healthy mice, where they integrated without any signs of
rejection. They also used the cells to develop constructs of corneal stroma
akin to natural tissue.
The study appeared in the journal Stem Cells
Translational Medicine.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
26.02.2015
Only he who can see the invisible can do the
impossible
Frank L.Gaines
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