Diet for Type 2 Diabetes (DiRECT) (Part 2)
There has been much interest in the DiRECT diet – the low calorie intervention for putting type 2 diabetes (T2D)
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Diabetes
Diet for Type 2 Diabetes (DiRECT)
Other than finding a cure for cancer, there is probably no greater prize in healthcare than curing Type 2 Diabetes.
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Type 2 diabetes WILL get worse without lifestyle change
We’re returning to the omnipresent topic of type 2 diabetes this week because there was a study published on 11th
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Reversing diabetes (type 2)
On 5th December 2017, we woke up to the headlines: “A cure for diabetes: Crash diet can REVERSE Type 2
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Increasing Australia’s grain fibre intake could save the economy $3.3 billion a year
We’ve got a corker to dissect this week. The title of this note was the verbatim title of a press
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World Diabetes Day
Tuesday November 14th is World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as follows: “Diabetes is a chronic
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Diabetes UK & low carb diets
In 2009, I was at a meeting in London when the subject of dietary guidelines for diabetics cropped up. One
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Statins, PCSK9s, diabetes and heart disease
There were two interesting statin stories this week. On Friday March 17th 2017, the front page of the UK Express
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10 foods account for half of heart & diabetes deaths?
It seems that the number 10 is the new nice round number. Not 5-a-day, but 10-a-day last week. This week
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Dietitians, diabetes & carbohydrates
A very interesting paper was published on 7th November 2016 called “Dietitians’ practice in giving carbohydrate advice in the management
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