Carbohydrate News and Research

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Carbohydrates from Okra plant can improve quality of food products

Estonian-born Katerina Alba's research at the University of Huddersfield could help to improve the quality of some of the most popular emulsion-based food products - such as butter, mayonnaise, yoghurt and fruit drinks - and she is starting to gain an international profile for her work.

11 Jul 2014

New gene therapy may be effective for fighting fungal infections in cancer patients

Sleeping Beauty and fungal infections - not two items one would normally associate together, but for immunocompromised cancer patients they may prove to be a helpful combination.

9 Jul 2014

Lack of leisure-time physical activity linked to increased obesity, particularly in young women

Sedentary lifestyle and not caloric intake may be to blame for increased obesity in the US, according to a new analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

8 Jul 2014

Researchers find novel inhibitor that prevents cholera toxin from binding to carbohydrates

Cholera against cholera: a novel inhibitor prevents the cholera toxin from binding to carbohydrates found on the surface of intestinal cells.

7 Jul 2014

Insulin pumps better than injections for glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes

Patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve better glycaemic control with insulin pumps than multiple insulin injections, show the findings of the OpT2mise randomised trial.

4 Jul 2014

Fatty acids in nuts help reduce risk of CHD in people with type 2 diabetes

Findings from a new study published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases show that the fatty acids in nuts have the potential to help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in people with type 2 diabetes.

25 Jun 2014

Alcoholic liver disease: an interview with Dr Vinood Patel, University of Westminster

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and also in the UK. As its name indicates this disease arises due to consuming excessive amounts of alcohol (80 g/day) over an extended period, normally 10-20 years.

24 Jun 2014

70% of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use blood glucose self-monitoring devices to download historical data

Almost 70 percent of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use their blood glucose self-monitoring devices or insulin pumps to download historical data about their blood sugar levels and insulin doses-information that likely would help them manage their disease better.

23 Jun 2014

Bionic pancreas device controls blood sugar in patients with type 1 diabetes

The latest version of a bionic pancreas device has been successfully tested in two five-day clinical trials - one in adults, the other in adolescents - that imposed minimal restrictions on patient activities.

16 Jun 2014

Risk of breast cancer recurrence associated with carbohydrate intake

Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor.

13 Jun 2014

Findings provide new strategy for developing safe, effective vaccine against strep throat

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the genes encoding a molecule that famously defines Group A Streptococcus (strep), a pathogenic bacterial species responsible for more than 700 million infections worldwide each year.

12 Jun 2014

Reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence

Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor. The study, "Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Associated with Carbohydrate Intake and Tissue Expression of IGFI Receptor," will appear in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.

11 Jun 2014

Carbohydrate News and Research

Latest Carbohydrate News and Research

Carbohydrates from Okra plant can improve quality of food products

New gene therapy may be effective for fighting fungal infections in cancer patients

Lack of leisure-time physical activity linked to increased obesity, particularly in young women

Researchers find novel inhibitor that prevents cholera toxin from binding to carbohydrates

Insulin pumps better than injections for glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes

Fatty acids in nuts help reduce risk of CHD in people with type 2 diabetes

Alcoholic liver disease: an interview with Dr Vinood Patel, University of Westminster

70% of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use blood glucose self-monitoring devices to download historical data

Bionic pancreas device controls blood sugar in patients with type 1 diabetes

Risk of breast cancer recurrence associated with carbohydrate intake

Findings provide new strategy for developing safe, effective vaccine against strep throat

Reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence

New app for smartphones automatically calculates carbohydrate content of meal

New study suggests that blue light exposure may increase hunger, alter metabolism

Swim times are significantly faster when swimmers recover with chocolate milk

Specific low-carbohydrate diet may reduce weight and risk of heart disease

Research shows sugar has direct effect on cardiovascular risk-factors independent of weight gain

Carbohydrate-binding proteins fill in gaps in immune defenses

uEtG accurately detects alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients

Low-carbohydrate diet reduces inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes

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