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How coconut oil could help reduce the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes
MEDIA RELEASE:
08 Sep 2009
A new study in animals demonstrates that a diet rich in coconut oil protects against ‘insulin resistance’ in muscle and fat. It also avoids the accumulation of body fat caused by other high fat diets of similar calorie content – although can cause fat build up in the liver. These findings are important because obesity and insulin resistance are major factors leading to the development of Type 2 diabetes.
Will bitter melon in a bottle live up to its promise?
MEDIA RELEASE:
21 Jan 2009
Diabetes researchers at Garvan have received nearly $300,000 in Commonwealth funding to advance their research into the therapeutic properties of bitter melon, a vegetable and traditional Chinese medicine.
A tonne of bitter melon produces sweet results for diabetes
MEDIA RELEASE:
22 Mar 2008
Teams from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica pulped roughly a tonne of fresh bitter melon and extracted four very promising bioactive components that explain why it is has been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. It now promises to be an effective treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
