Taking probiotics during pregnancy could reduce the risk of gestational diabetes for two thirds of women, according to a New Zealand study published in the British Journal of Nutrition. Researchers from the University of Otago in Wellington studied the impact of a probiotic, lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001, which is used to produce fermented milk products such [...]
NEW ORLEANS — The microbes that live in your gut may play a surprising role in your blood sugar levels, a small new study from Canada finds. The study involved people who were following the DASH diet, which is recommended for people with high blood pressure. The people on this diet who also consumed probiotics, [...]
Imbalance of gut bacteria can cause insulin resistance, experts believe Insulin resistance is the cause of type 2 diabetes, and can also trigger high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases Two bacteria in the gut found to influence insulin resistance, study shows Could help experts develop new treatments for type 2 diabetes A daily dose [...]
Very low calorie diets and probiotics may both help prevent Type2 diabetes and a scientific trial to investigate this will be underway in Auckland this year. University of Auckland diabetes researcher, Dr Rinki Murphy has received a Health Research Council NZ grant for $149,000 to study probiotics for pre-diabetes. Preventing the progression from prediabetes to [...]
Adding probiotics – good bacteria – to an infant's feedings in the first month of life may reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes for those genetically predisposed to getting the disease, new research suggests. Read More ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s in your supplement? What ProbioticsEtc.com can do for you: Not all probiotics are created equal. If [...]
