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Gene discovered linking high-fat diet to diabetes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A team at the University of California at San Diego has identified a gene that produces an enzyme that enables cells in the pancreas to recognize glucose and secrete insulin. Furthermore, a high fat diet suppresses the enzyme. |
Researchers discover how a high-fat diet causes type 2 diabetes (EurekAlert!)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a molecular link between a high-fat, Western-style diet, and the onset of type 2 diabetes. In studies in mice, the scientists showed that a high-fat diet disrupts insulin production, resulting in the classic signs of type 2 diabetes. |
Diet Web site drops fee (UPI)
CINCINNATI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- SparkPeople.com, a diet and health Web site, announced Wednesday that it will begin offering its services to consumers for free. |
UCSD Team Discovers Diabetes Trigger in Fatty Diet (Newswise)
A new study reports the discovery of a molecular link between a high-fat, or Western-style, diet, and the disruption of insulin production, explaining how a high-fat diet causes type 2 diabetes. |
Study Links High-Fat Diet, Type 2 Diabetes (Local6.com Central Florida)
Researchers have found more evidence linking diet to type 2 diabetes. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, teamed with Japanese researchers to find a molecular link between a high-fat, or Western-style, diet, and the onset of type 2 diabetes. |
How fatty diet may cause diabetes (BBC News)
Researchers say they have discovered how a high-fat Western-style diet may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. |
Bestselling diet is 'recipe for trouble' (Guardian Unlimited)
Dec 29: A fat-busting diet that knocked Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code off the top of Australia's bestseller list has been criticised by science journal Nature. |
CSIRO diet author responds to criticism (Sydney Morning Herald)
An author of the best selling CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet has rejected criticism of the science behind the diet saying commercial success will always spark objections from the establishment. |
Authors defend CSIRO diet book (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
TONY EASTLEY: The authors of the CSIRO's Total Wellbeing Diet have defended their book against criticism from the world's leading science journal Nature . |
Diet author responds to criticism (The Australian)
ONE of the authors of the best selling CSIRO "Total Wellbeing Diet" has rejected criticism of the science behind the diet, and has said that commercial success will always spark objections from the establishment. |
Criticism 'no suprise' to CSIRO diet authors (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
An editorial in this month's edition of Nature questions the research behind the diet. It says the marketing of the book as "scientifically proven" is "decidedly unsavoury", and criticises the CSIRO for attaching its name to a diet book. |
Diet can reduce blindness risk (BendBulletin.com)
A diet high in beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and zinc may substantially reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
LANCASTER VOWS NOT TO DIET (ContactMusic)
ROD STEWART's fiancee PENNY LANCASTER is refusing to diet following the birth of new son ALASTAIR WALLACE, despite her upcoming wedding to the ageing rocker. |
