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Taking Naps May Raise Diabetes Risk

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

NAPA midday snooze on the couch sounds like a good idea – feels like one too – but making a habit out napping could be harmful.

Writing in the journal Sleep, researchers say individuals who nap four to six days out of the week are more likely to have diabetes.

The study involved 20,000 Chinese adults, ages 50 and older.

When accounting for other factors – such as exercise, age, and diagnoses of hypertension or cardiovascular disease – frequent naps were still linked to higher diabetes risk.

For both men and women, taking naps four to six days per week increased their risk of diabetes by 36%; napping appears to impair fasting glucose levels.

Unless you work a demanding job with crazy hours, you should probably stop napping after kindergarten anyway.

Via Reuters.

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Family History of Diabetes Doubles Women’s Risk

Monday, February 8th, 2010

DIYou can’t escape your genes. No matter how healthy you are, your family history is always a factor. Thanks mom and dad! Ugh.

That even includes things like diabetes risk.

A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that women with diabetes in their family have double the risk of developing the disease.

Researchers examined data on 73,227 women spanning a 20 year period, where 5,101 developed type-2 diabetes.

Findings showed women with at least one parent or sibling with diabetes had more than two-fold the risk of type-2 diabetes.

Via Reuters.

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Diet for Diabetes Effects Different Ethnicities Differently

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

SKMaybe we’re not all the same after all–at least when it comes to diet and health.

Because new research claims meat and fat heavy diets for controlling diabetes actually raises the risk of diabetes, but the effect varies among ethnic groups and gender.

Writing in the journal Diabetes Care, experts found that Japanese and American women in the study had a higher risk of developing diabetes on a high fat diet than their Hawaiian counterparts.

Hawaiian women showed no strong association between a high fat diet and diabetes.

For the study, a high fat diet included things like meat, cheese, eggs, and refined grains.

Men did not fair so well. Men with the highest consumption of high fat foods were 40% more likely to get diabetes, even after considering other factors like age, weight and exercise habits.

And to make the whole issue even more confusing, diets rich in vegetables help protect Japanese and white men from diabetes, but not native Hawaiian men.

But despite the schizophrenic results, scientists still recommend consuming more fruits and vegetables than foods in the high fat group.

Via Reuters.

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U.S. Diabetes Costs to Triple by 2034

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

DBSure, it’s a long way off, but it’s not like 2034 will show up and BOOM diabetes spending will skyrocket.

It’ll be a scary climb until then.

A new report in the journal Diabetes Care says the number of diabetes cases in the United States will double by 2034.

And the cost will triple!

Experts claim over the next 25 years, individuals with diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes will jump from 24 million to 44 million people.

And the hit to the wallet is horrifying. Right now, diabetes related spending is $113 billion a year, but in 2034, the cost will top $336 billion each year.

It’s already pretty daunting. To date, 11% of people in the U.S. have diabetes, a lot of that is type-2 diabetes, linked to obesity.

So scientists are calling for more weight interventions to curb obesity rates, citing previous studies that show losing weight lowers risk of diabetes.

Dietary intervention does help to reverse the “un-curable” type-2 diabetes.

For example, a much-hyped program called Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes In 30 Days has demonstrated success through raw foods.

Via Reuters.

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