Seen that? - Improve Blood Sugar in 10 Seconds

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Improve Blood Sugar in 10 Seconds Daily Diabetic

What can you do in ten seconds? Sneeze a few times, take off your shoes, scroll through several TV channels? Did you know you can also improve your blood sugar in that short span of time? A new study has found that a mere 10 second sprint after exercise can control low blood sugar in Type 1 diabetics. A 10-second maximal sprint immediately following the moderate-intensity exercise stopped a further decline in blood [...] Read More


Cinnamon May Improve Blood Sugar Levels Daily Diabetic

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4290477 Consuming three grams of cinnamon a day may improve people's control of blood glucose levels. Such were the findings of Scandinavian scientists. Ingesting the spice led to reductions in blood insulin levels, the hormone responsible for controlling blood sugar levels, and increased levels of a peptide reported to work by delaying the emptying of the stomach (gastric emptying). Despite the increases in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), no effects [...] Read More


Higher Blood Sugar Lowers Brain Function In Diabetics Daily Diabetic

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 7366461 As average blood sugar levels in diabetics rice, a drop in brain functioning has been found. Such were the findings of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. According to Jeff Williamson, M.D., M.H.S., principal investigator for the study at the Wake Forest clinical site: "The tests used in the study measured several aspects of memory function. For example, we tested one's ability to switch back [...] Read More


Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Improve Alzheimer's Disease Indices The Biotech Weblog

In animal trials, researchers found that umbilical cord blood cell therapy improved the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. According to a report: Following a series of low-dose infusions of human umbilical cord blood cells into mice with Alzheimer's-like disease, the amount of amyloid-ß and ß-amyloid plaques-hallmarks of Alzheimer's pathology in the brain-was markedly reduced. Amyloid-ß induces an inflammatory response in the brain associated with the interaction of CD40 [...] Read More


Dieting and Blood Sugar Straightfromthedoc

If you are one of those yo-yo dieter, you may want to read the issue discussed at Med Journal Watch. Try to lose weight and you may end up heavier than before; it seems that you must avoid low blood sugar levels in order to prevent the yo-yo. This is the conclusion of two Canadian studies about blood sugar levels and weight gain. Read it all at Med Journal Watch. [In Photo: The [...] Read More