It’s been official since 2002 when the ban on sugar, previously the evil of all evils, was lifted from the diabetic diet. Sugar even appears on the Diabetes Food Pyramid. Doctors and scientists agreed ...

The contemporary American diet figures centrally in the pathogenesis of numerous chronic diseases– 'diseases of civilization'–such as obesity and diabetes. We investigated in type 2 diabetes whether a ...

Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common chronic illnesses, affecting more than 38 million Americans, according to the ...

Eggs contain mostly protein, fat, and water, with very little carbohydrates Eggs have a low glycemic index, meaning they don't raise blood sugar levels significantly after eating. Eggs can be part of ...

Drinking diet soda may increase the risk for proliferative diabetic retinopathy — a severe type of diabetic eye disease that can lead to blindness — according to a study published online in the ...

Formulas developed to estimate diet-dependent net acid excretion (NAE) generally agree with measured values for typical Western diets. Whether they can also appropriately predict NAE for ...

One of any doctor’s first orders after a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a change in diet. However, many newly diagnosed diabetics have little to no idea of what a ...

A vegan diet is one that physicians may want to consider for their patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, according to a recent review. Diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) often incurs pain that is ...