Scott over at Health and Men offers up … Diabetes is a wide spread and ever so growing disease. In fact more that 21 million Americans (lets not forget the rest of the world too) suffer from diabetes. I know what your saying, “Diabetes doesn’t effect me…but what can I do to help or make a difference?”. Or thats what I’m hoping your saying. Here is what you can do. Go online to diabetes.org/stepout or call 1-866-605-STEP.

Ruth at Eating Fabulous shares… Looking for a place to dine out where you can have healthy meals? Try searching for a restaurant participating in the Healthy Dining Program using the Healthy Dining Finder

Sara finds this tid bit interesting at Healthbolt… It’s making for lots of buzz, but it’s unlikely. Though stem cells infected with adenovirus have been shown to convert to fat cells (in the lab), this hasn’t been proven in humans and the chance that this would play a legitimate role in skyrocketing obesity rates is, um, slim. (Adenovirus-36 causes the common cold and eye infections.)

And finally we have a great mental health blog here at b5media, Mental Health Notes. Alicia has so much to offer and since we know that diabetes and depression goes hand in hand, go check the site out.

Then there is our newest site here at the science and health channel… Breaking the Mirror, which has little to do with diabetes but everything to do with eating disorders. Julie is our newest blogger and I welcome all that she has to share. She is a very powerful writer so refer her, read her or just go browse around. You will enjoy and learn all at the same time!

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b5media Science And Health Links That Are Useful To Diabetics

When placed on a high-fat diet, the B6 mouse,white fat, develops severe obesity, high blood glucose and insulin resistance with extremely high insulin levels. By contrast, the 129 mouse, brown fat, gains on average 30 to 50 percent less weight on either a high-or low-fat diet than the B6 mouse and has been considered resistant to dietary induced obesity and glucose intolerance. In the new study, Dr. Kahn and his colleagues showed that this difference is due to the higher basal energy expenditure in the 129 mouse. When searching for the source of the energy expenditure, the researchers found unexpected clusters of brown fat cells stuck between bundles of muscle fibers in the leg of the mouse. In this case, the 129 mouse had over 100 times more brown fat in muscle than the B6 mouse.

Can we assume that the same is true in humans? Let’s hope so. If the study does correlate to humans, would scientists be able to produce a magic drug to stimulate the good ol’ brown fat and aid in the prevention of diabetes? I know my fingertips would appreciate it!

via eMaxHealth

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Could The Production Of A Certain Type Of Fat Help Prevent Diabetes?