Diabetes

Luseogliflozin effective for T2DM with low-carb, high-carb diet

(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), the SGLT2 inhibitor luseogliflozin has similar efficacy when meals contain 40 to 55 percent total energy from carbohydrate (TEC), according to a study published online ...

Health

Revisiting dietary fat guidelines

Researchers here at ESC Congress are calling for a reconsideration of global dietary guidelines in light of new data presented today on fat intake and cardiovascular risk and mortality.

Diabetes

Pot smoking linked to some metabolic changes

(HealthDay)—Regularly smoking pot is associated with visceral adiposity and adipose tissue insulin resistance, but not other metabolic changes such as impaired β-cell function or hepatic steatosis, according to a study ...

Oncology & Cancer

Starch intake may influence risk for breast cancer recurrence

Researchers have linked increased starch intake to a greater risk for breast cancer recurrence, according to results presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

Health

New international dietary guidelines released

Food choices and excess body weight have now overtaken smoking as the most important preventable cause of disease. Newly updated dietary advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) on fat and carbohydrate intake is welcomed ...

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