This article is republished from Knowable Magazine. “It’s really alarming,” says Luisa Rodriguez, a paediatric endocrinologist who studies type 2 diabetes and obesity in children at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. “And that’s probably why they develop type 2 diabetes.” One analysis, which looked at type 2 diabetes trends from 2002 to 2018, identified the …
This is Explainer, a column that answers questions we all have. Eating candy, especially sugary candy, before a workout can have benefits, depending on the type of exercise you’re doing, says Rachel Trotta, a certified personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist who has been coaching clients for almost a decade. Although you don’t really need to reach for a Twizzler …
Those little discs and black patches that you see on the back of the arms and triceps of celebrities and influencers are continuous glucose monitors, medical-grade devices that are used by the severely diabetic to monitor their blood sugar levels. It is an Abbott continuous blood glucose monitor that’s packaged by HealthifyMe along with with a couple of information cards. …
You avoid mithai, say no to dessert and don’t even take sugar with your coffee. “Sugar is added to seemingly healthy items such as yogurt to boost flavour and to act as a preservative by inhibiting microbial activity,” says nutritionist Ushma Chheda. Other names used for sugar content in packaged foods include corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, rice syrup, …
