Sugary drinks - DANK calls on the German government to act!

22-Aug-2024 - A market study by foodwatch shows just how overloaded with sugar children's drinks are in Germany. Of the 136 products tested, 86% contained more than five grams of sugar per 100 milliliters - an amount that has already led to a manufacturer's levy in the UK. With just one 250-milliliter glass of ...

Looking to boost your heart health? Try a baked potato

Nutrition sciences professor Neda Akhavan's recent study suggests spuds as a potential superfood for those with Type 2 diabetes

13-Aug-2024 - The potato is small enough to fit inside a person’s hand yet contains enough nutrients to whittle waistlines and lower blood sugar in adults with Type 2 diabetes. Yet, despite the fact that potatoes – particularly the skins – are packed with health-boosting nutrients, they routinely get a bad rap ...

Father's Diet Before Conception Influences Children's Health

Father's body weight influences the weight of the children and their susceptibility to metabolic diseases

07-Jun-2024 - A recent study conducted by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research provides new insights into how fathers' diets and overweight can affect their children's health even before conception. The findings of the study can help develop preventive health measures for men wishing to ...

Food labels: How to recognize sugar traps

Hearty dishes can also contain sugar

29-May-2024 - Up to 22 grams of sugar can be found in 100 milliliters of a commercially available salad dressing, says the Bavarian Consumer Association. This corresponds to more than seven cubes of sugar. The example shows: The sweetness is cleverly hidden in food. The pharmacy magazine "Diabetes Ratgeber" ...

An avocado a day may improve overall diet quality

26-Mar-2024 - Eating one avocado per day may improve overall diet quality, according to a team led by researchers in Penn State’s Department of Nutritional Sciences. Poor diet quality is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, and many American adults have poor diet quality and do not meet ...

New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions

High fat impairs immune, intestinal, and brain health

05-Jan-2024 - A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year’s resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk. While other studies have examined the effects ...

Scientists spread festive cheer as research reveals Christmas dinner can be healthy

20-Dec-2023 - In less than a week’s time, families around the country will be sitting down to tuck into their traditional Christmas dinner. While the festive season is often a time of overindulgence, could parts of a festive banquet actually help improve our health? Experts at Newcastle University, UK, have ...

Health effects of highly processed foods

Type 2 diabetes and diet: when the ready-made snack ruins the metabolism

31-Oct-2023 - Anyone dealing with type 2 diabetes cannot avoid the topic of nutrition - after all, a diet that is too rich and not very balanced is considered one of the main risk factors for the development of the metabolic disease. Highly processed foods are particularly problematic: they often contain too ...

Adipose tissue as a culprit: How obesity leads to diabetes

Researchers surprised: a single enzyme upsets the entire sugar metabolism in a high-fat diet

11-Apr-2023 - A research team at the University of Basel has discovered that a high-fat diet alters the function of adipose tissue, thus impairing its ability to regulate blood sugar. This explains why a high-fat diet poses a significant health risk, particularly for diabetes. Diabetes is a medical condition ...

Dairy products in moderate amounts may protect against type 2 diabetes – but red and processed meat raise risk, Italian research suggests

19-Sep-2022 - New research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept) shows that dairy products, especially low-fat ones and yogurt, are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Red and processed meat ...