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Oral Insulin May Prevent Diabetes
University of Florida researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in people at risk for the disease.

The trial is being conducted at 14 medical centers around the nation, the University of Florida said Friday in a release.

An earlier trial suggested that oral insulin might delay type 1 diabetes for about four years in some people with islet cell autoantibodies in their blood.

Some scientists think that introducing insulin via the digestive tract induces tolerance, which is a quieting of the immune system. Source

Abbott Receives European CE Mark Approval For FreeStyle Navigator® Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Abbott announced [June 11, 2007] that it received European CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for the FreeStyle Navigator® Continuous Glucose Monitoring System for people with diabetes.

The FreeStyle Navigator System is designed to discreetly measure glucose levels once per minute without the recurring pain and hassle that can accompany conventional blood glucose testing. With early warning alarms that alert the patient to potential highs and lows, and by providing glucose information once per minute, the FreeStyle Navigator system provides a more complete picture of where the person’s glucose level is, and where it is going up or down. For people with diabetes, less time spent in either a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic state has been correlated with better diabetes management and reduced risk for a number of serious short- and long-term diabetes-related complications. Source

Sweet as a daisy: Coca Cola files to use stevia in its US products
Stevia is a member of the daisy family, and Coca Cola teamed with Cargill to bring it onboard as a new sweetener in their family of products.

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Coca-Cola has filed 24 patent applications for the product, which has been tentatively named Rebiana. It plans to use the sweetener in some of its beverages. Stevia is only approved in the United States as a dietary supplement, not as a food additive. The extract is claimed to be the world’s only all-natural sweetener with zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index.  Source: Diabetes Blog

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Resources:
About Diabetes.com
American Diabetes Association

Diabetes; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes