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Women with type 2 diabetes may be able to lower their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by adding bran, a key component of whole grain foods, to their diet. Eating plenty of bran-containing whole-grain foods may help diabetics to reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Lu Qi, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues studied …
Healthy people who are genetically predisposed to develop type 2 diabetes are also predisposed to weight gain. Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, have found that healthy people who are genetically predisposed to develop type 2 diabetes are more likely to gain weight than their non-genetically-predisposed peers. Professor Lesley Campbell …