Eating when we experience stress is a normal behaviour to meet increased energy needs. But sometimes our relationship with food becomes strained in the process.
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Type 1.5 diabetes has features of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
High-carb diets, especially of ultraprocessed foods, create blood sugar spikes, while diets high in leafy, green vegetables and whole grains are absorbed more slowly and produce smaller fluctuations.
Alarmingly, there are influencers suggesting glucose should never ‘spike’ and should always remain within a very tight range, even immediately after meals.
Here’s a TikTok trend actually worth adopting: go for a walk after dinner, and let out your gas. You might be surprised how much good it’s doing you.
People with diabetes are about twice as likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19 compared with those who don’t have diabetes.
Sugar is an important substance for our body and brain to make energy. Here’s what happens when we eat a lot of it.
Freezing bread can not only cut down on food waste, it may also have modest benefits for your health.
Type 2 diabetes is not uniform; it’s a mosaic of conditions, each with its own characteristics. Understanding these subtypes may improve treatment plans and help people manage their condition better.
Oats have many health benefits – including keeping our bowels regular and healthy.
Healthcare workers in South Africa aren’t always well equipped to treat diabetes. This has devastating consequences for patients.
All carbs need to be broken down by our digestive enzymes to be absorbed. Digestion of complex carbs is a much slower process than simple carbs, leading to a more gradual blood sugar increase.
Fruit bats can eat up to twice their body weight in fruit a day. But their genes and cells evolved to process all that sugar without any health consequences − a feat drug developers can learn from.
Spices have been prized commodities for centuries. Today, ‘warm’ flavors boost our health and spirits in fall and winter.
There are two main types, with pros and cons for each. One thing’s certain though. Don’t rely on your watch to monitor your blood sugar levels.
Researchers successfully treated diabetes in mice by engineering cells to make insulin in response to the music of Queen.
About one in six pregnant women in Australia are now diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Rates have more than doubled since the thresholds for diagnosis were changed.
For parents, encouraging healthy family diets for children from the time they are babies is one way to keep children’s blood sugar levels in check. The Indonesian government can do more to help too.
A breakthrough study from Israel showed why one-size-fits all diets simply don’t work.
Ageing and other health conditions can both complicate matters when it comes to managing this condition.
Top contributors
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Visiting Academic, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Professor of Psychology, NeuroHealth Lab, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead in Nutrition, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Appleton Institute, HealthWise research group, CQUniversity Australia
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Professor Health Behaviour Dynamics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Medical Science School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Lecturer, School of Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Fellow & Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, UCL
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NHMRC CDF Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Head Metabolic Crosstalk Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University
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Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health
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University of California, San Francisco
