Once your cells become insensitive to insulin, your risk of type 2 diabetes climbs. Can exercise help? In a recent study, Danish researchers randomly assigned 188 sedentary overweight or obese…
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Whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, and beans. All are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and all are rich in magnesium. What’s more, people who get more…
Lowering your diabetes risk may be as easy as walking to work. Researchers in Japan studied roughly 8,600 middle-aged men who were working for the same company. The men had…
Many studies that track healthy people for years have reached the same conclusion: “People with higher levels of vitamin D have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in…
While soda may boost your diabetes risk, coffee may lower it. When researchers followed 96,000 women and 27,000 men for four years, those who upped their coffee intake by about…
“The data are pretty compelling that we should basically cut out sugar-sweetened beverages,” says Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health. Sugary drinks—soft…
A diabetes tsunami is headed our way, say experts. One in three adults—and nearly one in two men—already have prediabetes. The chief culprits: two-thirds of adults (and one-third of children)…
Does a diet that’s high in carbs—or high in the wrong carbs—raise your risk of diabetes? The answers are still murky. When two large European studies pitted higher-carb diets against…
“Low T” ads promise men a vibrant, new lease on life with prescription testosterone gels and patches. And dozens of over-the-counter supplements claim to boost or “support” testosterone levels. Testosterone…
“Rediscover your youthful DNA…reawaken youthful activity with this revitalizing, age-defying regimen.” To listen to the ResVitále company describe its resveratrol supplement, you’d think that turning back the clock was just…