Tracking glucose numbers in real time is an increasingly popular wellness trend, but monitoring a constant stream of data can lead to confusion and needless anxiety.
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A weight-loss drug more effective than Ozempic and Wegovy has recently been approved. Here’s how it works and how it compares with Ozempic.
Alarmingly, there are influencers suggesting glucose should never ‘spike’ and should always remain within a very tight range, even immediately after meals.
Our blood is red because of something called haemoglobin, which helps carry oxygen around our bodies.
Sugar is an important substance for our body and brain to make energy. Here’s what happens when we eat a lot of it.
A higher consumption of sugar leads to worse health outcomes, so we need to be mindful of the added sugar we eat.
Trees – and all plants – harvest sunlight to gain the energy they need to live and grow.
Fruit bats can eat up to twice their body weight in fruit a day. But their genes and cells evolved to process all that sugar without any health consequences − a feat drug developers can learn from.
Centenarians tend to have lower levels of glucose, creatinine and uric acid from their sixties onwards.
Improving diabetes care in South Africa requires strong will and support from health authorities, introduction of clinical information systems, the use of technology and digital solutions.
Studies show that most people who are overweight or obese are also chronically dehydrated.
It sounds too good to be true. But the science on how different types of foods affect your glucose levels has been known for a long time.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces.
Sugar gets a bad rap, but exactly which sugar is meant? Nutrient-dense sweet ripe fruits are a far cry from refined table sugar – and their differences can have big health implications.
Kids often crave processed sugary foods. But research shows that consuming too many treats during childhood and adolescence may lead to behavioral and emotional problems.
The average person is likely to be able to survive on a hunger strike for two months, provided they are drinking water. Here’s how the human body can manage for so long without food.
The charred remains of root vegetables found at Border Cave help us understand how early humans survived and thrived.
Sugar triggers dopamine “hits” in the brain, making us crave more of it. Sugar also disrupts memory formation.
People with a sweet tooth can (partly) blame their genes for their sugar habit. New research shows how the brain also gets involved.
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Physical activity researcher, Deakin University | Lecturer in science communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Principal Research Scientist in Human Nutrition, CSIRO
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Healthy Ageing, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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Professor of Food Science, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Nutrition & Research Director for the Food and Nutrition Flagship, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Associate Professor in Cancer Research, University of Leeds
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PhD Student, Metabolic and Vascular Physiology, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Head, Metabolic and Vascular Physiology NHMRC, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Theme Leader, Nutrition and Metabolism, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Postdoctural Research Fellow in Nutritional Biochemistry, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Brunel University of London