Dealing with Diabetes2 and remembering Goldi Community Group
A support group for individuals with Type2 diabetes. Encouragement, empathy, advice, and personal experiences from members dealing with the illness. A friendly environment with compassion and support as our main objective.
When a cure comes its something simple and cheap
rather than some drug costing thousands and available only to a few
I was just listening to a radio program about research indication that certain foods need a certain bug in the gut to digest and this could be the cause of some people developing diabetes.
but I have heard about everything from popcorn to pizza as the cause
The worry is that diabetes is the biggest money spinner the pharmaceuticals have would they want to kill the golden goose!
How fatty food triggers diabetes: Scientists believe discovery paves way for Type 2 'cure'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 7:21 AM on 15th August 2011
Fatty food trips a genetic switch in the body that can trigger diabetes, a study has found.
Understanding the biological pathway could lead to a potential cure for the disease, say scientists.
The discovery helps explain why Type 2 diabetes is so often linked to obesity.
Prime suspect: The new research has finally established why diabetes is often linked to obesity
In studies of mice and humans, researchers found that high levels of fat disrupted two key proteins that turn genes on and off.
The 'transcription factors' FOXA2 and HNF1A activate a pancreatic enzyme that in healthy people prevents diabetes developing.
More...
'I was so fat I couldn't walk without a stick... now I've lost 8st and I'm the new gym teacher'
When the proteins stop working, the enzyme is shut down, which in turn upsets the ability of insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas to monitor blood sugar levels. Without this glucose sugar-sensing mechanism, blood sugar cannot be regulated properly.
Diabetes: Fatty foods can trigger the condition. Here someone injects themselves with insulin
Study leader Dr Jamey Marth, from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in the U.S., said: 'Now that we know more fully how states of over-nutrition can lead to Type 2 diabetes, we can see more clearly how to intervene.
'The identification of the molecular players in this pathway to diabetes suggests new therapeutic targets and approaches towards developing an effective preventative or perhaps curative treatment.
'This may be accomplished by beta cell gene therapy or by drugs that interfere with this pathway in order to maintain normal beta cell function.'
The research is published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Experiments in mice showed that preserving the function of the enzyme affected by FOXA2 and HNF1A blocked the onset of diabetes, even in obese animals.
Diminished glucose sensing by beta cells was an important factor in both the development and severity of the disease.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2025953/Fatty-food-triggers-diabetes-Scientists-believe-discovery-paves-way-Type-2-cure.html#ixzz1V5YfOGp7
rather than some drug costing thousands and available only to a few
I was just listening to a radio program about research indication that certain foods need a certain bug in the gut to digest and this could be the cause of some people developing diabetes.
but I have heard about everything from popcorn to pizza as the cause
The worry is that diabetes is the biggest money spinner the pharmaceuticals have would they want to kill the golden goose!
How fatty food triggers diabetes: Scientists believe discovery paves way for Type 2 'cure'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 7:21 AM on 15th August 2011
Fatty food trips a genetic switch in the body that can trigger diabetes, a study has found.
Understanding the biological pathway could lead to a potential cure for the disease, say scientists.
The discovery helps explain why Type 2 diabetes is so often linked to obesity.
Prime suspect: The new research has finally established why diabetes is often linked to obesity
In studies of mice and humans, researchers found that high levels of fat disrupted two key proteins that turn genes on and off.
The 'transcription factors' FOXA2 and HNF1A activate a pancreatic enzyme that in healthy people prevents diabetes developing.
More...
'I was so fat I couldn't walk without a stick... now I've lost 8st and I'm the new gym teacher'
When the proteins stop working, the enzyme is shut down, which in turn upsets the ability of insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas to monitor blood sugar levels. Without this glucose sugar-sensing mechanism, blood sugar cannot be regulated properly.
Diabetes: Fatty foods can trigger the condition. Here someone injects themselves with insulin
Study leader Dr Jamey Marth, from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in the U.S., said: 'Now that we know more fully how states of over-nutrition can lead to Type 2 diabetes, we can see more clearly how to intervene.
'The identification of the molecular players in this pathway to diabetes suggests new therapeutic targets and approaches towards developing an effective preventative or perhaps curative treatment.
'This may be accomplished by beta cell gene therapy or by drugs that interfere with this pathway in order to maintain normal beta cell function.'
The research is published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Experiments in mice showed that preserving the function of the enzyme affected by FOXA2 and HNF1A blocked the onset of diabetes, even in obese animals.
Diminished glucose sensing by beta cells was an important factor in both the development and severity of the disease.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2025953/Fatty-food-triggers-diabetes-Scientists-believe-discovery-paves-way-Type-2-cure.html#ixzz1V5YfOGp7
Go Ben :-)))
Interseting reading Lost thanks.
I also hope that when the cure is found I can afford it.