Diabetes 6
The Festive Way to Burn Christmas Calories
Christmas is synonymous with hearty eating and indulgence, but the extent of our excesses can be shocking. The average person will consume 6,000 calories on Christmas day – around three times your recommended daily intake – and gorging usually continues until the New Year. Thankfully, we’ve put together a simple festive guide to help you […]
Weight loss surgery helps prevent type 2 diabetes
Obesity rates across the UK, Europe and North America have been steadily rising for several decades, and predictions are the situation is only going to get worse. With this comes a rise in associated medical conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a condition which normally develops in […]
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 […]
Improve your diabetes with an app
Using our very own app tester, we wanted to find out how well a smartphone app can help someone manage their diabetes.Smartphone apps. They’re pretty smart. On my phone I have an app which allows me to instantly pay my housemates when I inevitably owe them money and a weather app that could tell me—without […]