New research out of the UK says that middle-aged British men are more likely to become Type 2 diabetic than their female counterparts. Over 92,000 men have diabetes, compared with about 47,000 women.

The study, from charity Diabetes UK, confirmed that men “35 to 54 are almost twice as likely to have diabetes as women.” Overall, the poor diet and health habits are blamed for this discrepancy. Still, these figures struck me as odd, since poor lifestyle generally happens with both men and women. If a household is generally sedentary, it usually means everyone in …read more

Every once in a while I get this question from one of our readers:
What is the cause of Type 1 Diabetes?
With Type 1 Diabetes, (which used to be called “Juvenile Diabetes” because it most commonly hit people under the age of 30) the body no longer produces insulin. As you saw in the video the other day here, we need insulin in order to move the food (carbs, sugar) from our body into our cells. That’s how we live and have energy and function.
According to one source, “Doctors say it could be caused by a virus or an …read more

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If you have diabetes, you may develop problems with arthritis at some point. New research suggests a connection between the two diseases.
There are a couple reasons for this. As this article mentions, one is that if you are overweight you are more likely to get both diabetes and arthritis.
But there’s an even more interesting link. Type 2 diabetes is “thought to be related to the most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, by chronic inflammation.” There’s also a link with Type 1 diabetes which can cause “high uric acid levels, which …read more

Reading through all the diabetic news today, I saw a trend. There are apparently 10 billion things that cause or increase your risk for diabetes. I always take what I read with a grain of salt. Here are two examples of what I found.
They are now saying that sunlight, vitamin D, helps prevent the occurrence of type 1 diabetes among children.  Which means the opposite, children living in higher altitudes, will have an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
Ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure triggers photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the skin. This form of vitamin D also is available through …read more