Blood sugar surges — after-meal glucose “spikes” — can be life-threatening for the 29 million Americans with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney failure, and retinal damage. Now a new Tel Aviv University study, published in “Diabetologia,” suggests a novel way to suppress these deadly post-meal glucose surges: the consumption of whey protein concentrate before breakfast.
Diabetics know all too well that needle sticks are a routine part of managing their disease. Insulin injections have been part of the diabetes standard of care for decades. And in recent years, a new class of injectable drugs have emerged to help patients regulate their blood sugar levels.
Around 32 million people in the EU have diabetes and the number is growing. The curve for the chronic disease must be broken as it has not only great economic consequences, but also generates social inequality, experts stress.
Around 9.3% of the total health budget of the EU is spent on diabetes, a chronic disease linked to heart disease and stroke.
Speaking at a conference organised by the European Diabetes Leadership Forum on Tuesday (4 March), Health Commissioner Tonio Borg stressed the importance of prevention to fight the disease.
Le diabète de type 1 (DT1) résulte d'une destruction (à médiation immunitaire) des cellules bêta du pancréas, conduisant à une perte de production d'insuline et à une hyperglycémie. La prévalence globale du DT1 a été rapportée comme étant de 1,7/1000 mais elle a continué à croître régulièrement jusqu'à 5,3% par an aux Etats-Unis et en Europe, avec un doublement du nombre de nouveaux cas durant ces 25 dernières années.
