Impaired insulin receptors in the blood vessels between the blood and the brain may contribute to the insulin resistance observed in Alzheimer’s disease.
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In Canada, 14.4 per cent of South Asians have Type 2 diabetes, the highest prevalence of any other ethnic group in the country. Why is this population so disproportionately affected by diabetes?
The rapid rise in diabetes mustn’t be overlooked, as it could have devastating health and economic effects. Most national health systems are already struggling with infectious diseases.
A recent research study found that cheese reduced insulin resistance in prediabetic rat models.
Too much refined sugar in your diet is not just a risk factor for obesity and diabetes, it also increases your chances of heart disease.
Health care providers often recommend exercise to overweight people as a way to lose weight, but that often does not work. Injuries can occur, and frustration can mount. Can walking with them work?
Losing weight is an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, as well as a prudent preventive measure. Beliefs that it’s harder to lose weight when diabetic are unfounded.
Researchers have found evidence of the same brain pathologies in dolphins that are present in the brains of humans who died with Alzheimer’s. What might this suggest about Alzheimer’s in humans?
Rats were less able to find food after only three days on a diet high in sugar and saturated fat. So could a bad diet also be affect the human brain?
Top contributors
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Chair of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow
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Professor, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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Coordinator of Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Scientist, University of Florida
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Professor of Neuroscience, University of Florida
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Research Associate, Nutrition, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Public Health researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Agricultural Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta
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Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council, Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate, Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University
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Associate professor, Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University
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Professeur, Université Laval
