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 are a great source of fibre, which can help you stay full after eating.
Vladislav Noseek/ Shutterstock
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 have honed their sweet tooth through adaptive evolution.
Keith Rose/iStock via Getty Images Plus
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.
Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and other gingerbread spices.
Almaje/iStock via Getty Images
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.
Regular exercise and heathy diets, including low consumption of processed foods, are important to prevent diabetes.
Pexels/Gustavo Fring
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.
We’ve discovered a new protein produced by the liver, and found it helps control blood sugar levels in mice. This could revolutionise the way we treat type 2 diabetes in the future.
The participants were able to eat almost 3000 calories worth of pizza on average in one sitting.
Dean Drobot/ Shutterstock
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health Economics, Wellbeing and Society, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University