Diabetes
Researchers from the United States, Canada and Turkey report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 4th, 2006
Study 1: High serum carotenoid concentrations are indicative of lower diabetes and insulin resistance risk in nonsmokers but not in smokers.
According to a study from the United States, "Smoking is associated with low serum carotenoid concentrations. Prospective studies have found lower diabetes risk among persons with high-carotenoid diets. Whether diabetes risk is low in the rare smoker who has high serum carotenoid levels is unknown. The authors investigated the interaction of serum carotenoid concentrations and smoking with diabetes mellitus in 4,493 Black...
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