December 2008

Eating more sugar causes diabetes or not?

Published on: 31st December, 2008

Here I want to explain a basic doubt which will arise in the minds of diabetic or non diabetic people that eating more sugar causes diabetes or not ?

Answer:
First of all what is diabetes and how it is caused? Diabetes can be genetically or acquired (in the sense non-genetic), in the body when we take [...]

Adopt eastern diet to check diabetes: Expert

Published on: 21st December, 2008

An expert from America revealed  that diabetes type 2 can be kept easily under control by simply avoiding the “western” food.
The fact he said clearly is – “Westernisation of the diet has led to a serious health crisis.
He also said that we an easternisation of dietary practices all over the world,” Dr Neal [...]

Diabetes and Obesity

Published on: 18th December, 2008

Diabetes is spreading worldwide as an epidemic. Diabetes is a disorder in which the body cells fail to take up glucose from the blood. Wasting of tissues is seen as glucose-starved cells are forced to consume their own proteins. Diabetes is the cause for blindness, kidney failure and amputation in adults. Individuals with diabetes lack [...]

History and Statistic

Published on: 6th December, 2008

Diabetes is not a new disease and it known from ages. Many of  French  and Greek physicians worked on that and made us aware of the disease patterns and all. In 1870s, a physician from France found the relationship between the diabetes and diet.

In 1900-1915 Diabetic diet was known to [...]

Gene causing diabetes in youth identified

Published on: 1st December, 2008

India: RESEARCHERS identified a gene that is responsible for the diabetes in youth .
This study group was led by a famous diabetologist from India dr.Mohan.

Six subtypes

MODY is monogenic form of the diabetes characterised by mutated HNF1alpha gene.
Out of the six subtypes, researchers focussed on the most commonly prevalent MODY 3.
The findings [...]