Diabetes 3
A cure for diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition which, if left unchecked, can become a serious threat to health. Now, US scientists have made a breakthrough that could revolutionise treatment for this disease. What is type 1 diabetes? Sufferers of type 1 diabetes have dangerously high levels of glucose (blood sugar) in the blood due to […]
Diabetes and weight loss
Diabetes is a growing problem in the UK. While type 1 diabetes is something that develops in childhood – hence its other name of early-onset diabetes – type 2 can be brought on by certain lifestyle choices, most notably excess weight. Recent data has shown that: Adults carrying large bellies increase their chances of developing […]
Don’t let sugar get the best of you
It seems everyone agrees; there needs to be a reduction in the amount of sugar people consume. The question is, how much is too much? For years, studies have shown that overdoing it on the sugar front can lead to a host of health complications, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.The knock-on […]