Regular consumption of sugar is considered harmful to our health, including increasing the risk of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. However, there is one natural sugar that is an exception. It has even been found to benefit cardiovascular health and blood sugar control, and it is honey. Honey Contains Polyphenols That Protect the Cardiovascular System…

If you have Type 2 diabetes, you likely know about or have taken an anti-hyperglycemic medication–but did you know that diabetes medications may affect your risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS)? Diabetes May Harm Your Brain Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurologic and autoimmune disease that affects the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves and…

The phrase “men and women are different” is not only reflected in appearance: the human bodies of different genders also respond differently to unhealthy lifestyles. Studies have found that prolonged sitting and high-sugar diets are more harmful for men than for women in the short term. Prolonged Sitting and High-Sugar Diets Hurt Men More in…

 If you’re constantly burning the midnight oil, you may be setting yourself up for Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. When compared with folks who go to bed early and wake with the sun, night owls are more likely to be insulin-resistant, a new study finds. When the body doesn’t respond well to the hormone…

People with diabetes have a problem with blood sugar. Their blood sugar, or blood glucose, can climb too high. Having high levels of sugar in your blood can cause a lot of trouble. Diabetes raises your risk for heart disease, blindness, amputations, and other serious issues. But the most common type of diabetes, called type…

Intermittent fasting might help people with type 2 diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, a new study has found. People with diabetes who restricted their eating to within a daily 10-hour window wound up with blood sugar levels in the normal range for about three hours longer than when they ate whenever they pleased,…

A systematic review by the University of Nottingham on Ayurvedic treatments suggests that natural medicine—original to India—may be effective in treating symptoms of type 2 diabetes (T2D), particularly in regulation of blood sugar. “Current evidence suggests the benefits of a range of Ayurvedic medicines in improving glycemic [blood sugar] control in type 2 diabetes patients,”…

A Danish study conducted by the University of Copenhagen has found that some common types of cancers increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), with elevated risks of mortality for patients that do develop T2D following a cancer diagnosis. “Our study demonstrates that there is an elevated risk of developing diabetes if a…

A study by Oregon State University may have found a reason behind why some obese people develop type 2 diabetes but not all, indicating a difference in gene activity as well as modulation by a bacteria called Oscillibacter valericigenes (OV). The team’s study suggests that the activity of a gene named Mmp12; a gene regulated…

Drinking a little wine with dinner may help lower risks of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Researchers examined the effect moderate drinking may have related to new-onset type 2 diabetes among nearly 312,400 adults from the UK Biobank who self-reported themselves as regular alcohol drinkers. During an average of nearly 11 years of…