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I haven’t posted any diabetes related posts lately – bad Jo! I’ve gotten too wrapped up on the politics going on with the presidential race to congress’ bailout crap. Going to have to remember what is important. Me.

So here we go.

Formerly forbidden snack that takes down diabetes
As evidenced by snake charmers and “Survivor” contestants, the world has all kinds of nuts. And they (meaning the kind you eat) can do far more than satisfy a midafternoon snack attack. Large studies have shown that an ounce of nuts a day decreases the incidence of heart disease by 20 percent to 60 percent. And newer research has found that eating a handful of nuts or a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter five times a week can lower your risk of Type 2 diabetes. That’s huge, because more than 24 million people have diabetes right now, and the numbers keep going up.

But nuts have their own hierarchy (and we’re not talking about who gets voted off the island first). You want them to be raw, fresh and unsalted. That’s because nuts lose up to 15 percent of their healthy oils when they’re roasted (roasting at high temps may also cause the formation of chemicals that promote aging).

I love nuts! No cashews please, but for the most part any type of nut is fine by me. But they are so expensive! And just what do they do to them before they go in the little blue can? Fresh is the best, if you click on the link and read the whole article.

New Target For Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes
Building on mounting evidence that implicates infection-fighting cells found in obese fat tissue in the growing problem of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine have identified a particular subset of cells that are linked to obesity-associated insulin resistance, and that offer a promising new target for the treatment of diabetes. They showed that depletion of these cells, called CD11c-positive, in obese mice resulted in a reversal of obesity-associated insulin resistance.

Okay, that’s great … but what about us diabetics that weren’t obese to begin with? Not all obese people are diabetics.

Have a great day everyone!