Antidiabetic Properties of Stevia Detected in Rat Models
Stevia fed rats demonstrated up to a 64% reduction compared to elevated blood glucose levels
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Glucose & Insulin
Diabetes Self-Management: Can Beta Cells Be Healed?
Can Type 2 or Type 1 diabetes be not only reversed, but cured? Can beta cells start producing enough insulin? Can the liver store glucose better, and can body cells learn to handle glucose more efficiently?
New Evidence That Green Coffee Beans Help Control Blood Sugar Levels
Scientists today described evidence that natural substances extracted from unroasted coffee beans can help control the elevated blood sugar levels and body weight that underpin type 2 diabetes.
DiabetesHealth: Five Simple Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar
Here are five simple ways to lower your blood sugar. The list doesn’t including the most obvious choices (medication) because you know them already.
DiabetesMine: HIGH? What Your Glucose Meter May Know, But Isn’t Sharing
If and when you see a message on the screen alerting you to a “High” blood sugar, the meter probably knows more than it’s telling you, as in the exact numerical value associated with that warning. But the device makers decided that we don’t need that information…
Apple cider vinegar: a diabetic’s best friend?
Pure, raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) — not white vinegar —has been shown by several studies to help lower glucose levels.
Artificial Pancreas Bluetooth Based at JDRF T1 Now Conference
It watches your blood glucose and that gives micro blouses if you are trending high, or micro-suspends the pump to stop delivery of insulin in you are trending low.
Novo Nordisk Creates Insulin Pill
Novo Nordisk, in conjunction with Danish manufacturer Merrion Pharmaceuticals Plc., have tested oral insulin and successfully completed early stages trials.
DiabetesHealth: Are very low-carb diets safe for children? Is it something you recommend?
It’s been shown that children with elevated blood sugars (usually due in part to high carbohydrate intake) have diminished brain volume and lower IQs.
DiabetesMine. Dario: Turning Your Smartphone Into a Glucose Meter
Have you heard of Dario, the new smartphone-compatible glucose meter that’s about to debut over in Europe and will hopefully be heading for the U.S. market within the next year?
Study shows dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements in TI
In a study of patients with type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers found that dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements. These findings, which appeared in the April edition of Diabetes Care, have major implications for the management of type 1 diabetes.
Unique diabetes study shows how insulin pumps impact quality of life
Being treated for diabetes with an insulin pump, an aid that is attached to the body to provide a continuous supply of insulin, has a strong impact on a person’s quality of life. The pump can be a lifeline, but also a bothersome shackle.
J&J Recalling All OneTouch® Verio®IQ Blood Glucose Meters
Johnson and Johnson’s LifeScan, Inc. unit is recalling all OneTouch® Verio®IQ blood glucose meters following reports that the device is failing to provide accurate readings at very high blood glucose levels.
DiabetesHealth: Can you please explain the dawn phenomenon, and how best to manage it?
Dawn phenomenon is the situation where the liver removes insulin from the blood in the morning hours, which causes morning blood sugars to go up, even if breakfast is skipped.
No More Needles: Insulin Pill Successful in Test
Novo Nordisk’s oral insulin successfully completed an early-stage study bringing what would be the first product of its kind a step closer to market.
Ask D’Mine: Discovering Your Active Insulin Time
Is there a good way to figure out what your actual active insulin time should be?
$1M grant will help researchers develop “smart insulin” as a safer option for TI
The insulin is being developed in the lab of Dr. Michael Weiss, the chairman of the department of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University. He’s been studying insulin for some 35 years and even spun out a company, Thermalin Diabetes
DiabetesMine: Why Less Costly Diabetes Supplies Might Not Be Good News
Have you heard about the new move by Medicare to slash prices of diabetes supplies by up to 72% this July, making a vial of test strips in many cases just $10.41 out-of-pocket?
Research: Type 1 diabetes testing becomes cheaper and faster
Work by researchers at The University of Western Australia could revolutionise testing for Type 1 diabetes around the world.
Bluetooth Glucose Monitor
It is the first meter to send, automatically, blood glucose results wirelessly via Bluetooth technology to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using the OneTouch Reveal mobile app.