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...David Jenkins at the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital and his colleagues report that a low-glycemic-index diet - including foods such as fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, flaxseed and quinoa - is better at lowering blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes than a high-fiber diet. Patients in the study who were assigned a low-glycemic diet reduced their blood glucose levels, as measured by the amount of hemoglobin A1C in their blood, by 0.50%, compared to an 0.18% drop in similar patients eating a diet high in cereal fiber. (See the top 10 food trends...
Although the overall blood-sugar reductions were small, "this is a very important trial," says Dr. David Ludwig, director of the Optimal Weight for Life Program at Children's Hospital in Boston. Many previous studies in the field have been underpowered, involving small numbers of subjects, Ludwig says, but this trial was large and looked at important endpoints. "Its results carry additional weight compared to many of the past trials," he says...
...Canadian team analyzed data from 210 diabetes patients, all of whom were taking medication to control their blood sugar. Because the medical management of diabetes still leaves patients with two to four times the average risk of heart disease, the study's authors wanted to explore whether a stricter diet could reduce that risk. The theory is that foods that break down quickly in the gut and flood the blood with glucose - high-glycemic foods - put an exceedingly heavy burden on the body to churn out enough insulin to process the sugar, leading to diabetes. Low-glycemic foods, which take...
...After a few days he passed blood and was brought to the hospital, where he was treated and then brought back to the station...
...come with it.Later tracks show even greater development. “You’ll Need Those Fingers for Crossing,” possibly the tightest and most affecting song the band has yet composed, is about bulimia. When Gareth Campesinos! sings “I can taste the blood on your lips and on your tongue / I can see your teeth turn pink / Your gums fade to white,” it is hard to believe that this band was originally labelled as twee. Likewise, “Miserabilia” is a harrowing tale of failed love affairs...