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Mediterranean diet may also help stop …

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LONDON (Reuters)-A Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables--already known to protect against heart disease--also appears to help ward off diabetes, Spanish researchers said on Friday

Mediterranean diet diabetes boost

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Sticking to a diet which includes fruit, vegetables, fibre and healthier fats could protect against type two diabetes, a study suggests. More than 14, 000 Spanish volunteers were quizzed about …

Low-carb diets work for overweight diabetics

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health)-Overweight people with type 2 diabetes can keep their weight and blood sugar under control over the long term by following a low-carbohydrate diet, Swedish researchers report

New cereal to boost bowel health

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A BREAKFAST cereal with a specially designed starch which could reduce bowel disease and benefit diabetics is expected to hit the supermarket shelves next year. Plant scientist and CSIRO research …

Cocoa can be 'boost to diabetics'

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A cup of enriched cocoa may help improve the working of blood vessels in diabetic patients, research suggests. Doctors prescribed three mugs of specially formulated cocoa a day for a …

Diet, exercise can delay diabetes for …

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LONDON (Reuters)-Drinking less alcohol, eating more vegetables and exercising can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, researchers said on Friday in a study showing that lifestyle changes can make …

Diet, exercise can delay diabetes for …

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LONDON (Reuters)-Drinking less alcohol, eating more vegetables and exercising can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, researchers said on Friday in a study showing that lifestyle changes can make …

Diet and the link to disease

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Professor David Jenkins from the University of Toronto, Canada, talks about his research into nutrition and conditions such as colon cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. Transcript This transcript …

Tough job: Volunteers needed for choco…

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LONDON (Reuters)-Calling all chocoholics: British researchers recruiting volunteers willing to eat a bar of chocolate daily for a year, guilt-free and all in the name of science

Chocolate 'may cut diabetes risk'

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Scientists are to investigate whether eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes. Volunteers-postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes-will be asked to eat a bar …

Diet, exercise changes cut diabetes ri…

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health)-Quite small changes in lifestyle help reduce abdominal obesity and the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome, reports Dr. Pirjo Ilanne-Parikka, of the Finnish Diabetes Association in Tampere

Warty fruit brings hope to diabetics

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A WARTY green fruit famed in China for its medicinal benefits is showing promise as a powerful new treatment for type 2 diabetes, Australian scientists say. In an unusual experiment …

Tea could help combat diabetes

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Drinking black tea could help prevent diabetes, according to new findings by scientists at Dundee University. The researchers said black tea may have the potential to combat type 2 diabetes …

Starches raise diabetes risk in blacks…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters)-Starchy foods such as white rice and bread raise the likelihood of diabetes for both black and Chinese women, but adding some whole-grain foods may reverse the risk, researchers …

Aztec-derived grain may cut heart risk…

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health)-People with type 2 diabetes may lessen their cardiovascular risk by eating a whole grain originating from the ancient Aztecs, researchers from the Canadian researchers suggest

Omega-3s fight diabetes

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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters)-A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop …

Omega-3s fight diabetes

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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters)-A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop …