Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! We might just have a new type of oral diabetes treatment. It is derived from yeast and yes, that did make me giggle since yeast is in bread and bread is carbs and carbs turns to sugar and… you get my point.
It is called glucose tolerance factor, GTF, and is essential in understanding how your body builds a resistance to insulin and can use it an ineffective way at different parts of the day or in differing situations.
The results indicate that GTF acts similarly to insulin in the rats, lowering the level of glucose, …read more

Researcher’s are hoping that in the next 5-10 years they will have a way to grow cells in a laboratory and implant them back into ones eye to restore eyesight.
Scientists have found a type of cell, known as a Muller glial cell, that plays an important part in regenerating retinal damage.
This would be great news for diabetics that live with poor or no eyesight every day. Diabetes and glaucoma combined account for about 3/4 of all blindness in the UK.
Wouldn’t this be grand? Here’s to tweaking the research from rat’s to human’s. Let’s get it …read more