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A brand new diet may be the key to reversing the effects of diabetes, and its a surprisingly simple one that anyone can do, according ot a new study published in the journal Cell. This fasting diet triggers the pancreas to regenerate itself and start working again to control blood sugar levels, and it was shown to work in animal experiments, reversing the symptoms of diabetes.

Its an exciting find to be sure, and it could be a new treatment for the debilitating disease, but researchers are advising diabetics not to try it without medical advice. So far, scientists have only demonstrated it in mice, according to a statement from the University of Southern California.

The diet works by putting people for five days on a diet that is low in calories, protein and carbohydrates, but high in unsaturated fat, similar to that of a vegan diet with a lot of nuts and soups that tops out at 1,100 calories per day. After that five day period, they can spend 25 days eating what they want.

The statement from the university follows below.

A diet designed to imitate the effects of fasting appears to reverse diabetes by reprogramming cells, a new USC-led study shows.

The fasting-like diet promotes the growth of new insulin-producing pancreatic cells that reduce symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in mice, according to the study on mice and human cells led by Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

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WATERLOO After a night of freezing rain and snow, Crossroads Center was the perfect place to walk Saturday morning.

But the determined army of pedestrians circling the second floor wasnt the regular crew of mall walkers. These people were marching to end type 1 diabetes.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundations One Walk was held at the mall, marking the 10th annual Cedar Valley fundraising event for the organization. Teams outfitted in matching T-shirts, often organized around someone diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, collected pledges in advance and walked every second floor hallway at Crossroads 12 times to reach the three mile goal.

JDRF is the leading global organization funding research into the disease. Walks like the one at Crossroads are the foundations biggest fundraiser.

Cedar Falls resident Lena Simmons, one of the volunteer organizers, said there were at least 31 teams and almost 1,000 participants at Saturdays event. She estimated that 22 teams and about 300 people participated during the first local walk in 2008.

Organizers set a goal of raising $103,200 this year and announced at the event they had reached $79,341. Fundraising will continue in the coming months at the local level. Id love to blow that (goal) out of the water, said Simmons.

For people who spend time every day monitoring their blood-sugar, insulin intake, food consumption and activity levels as well as for those who care about them it was a good morning. That was the case with Ellas Entourage, the team formed around 11-year-old Ella Milby.

She fights diabetes every day, but today actually feels like a special day for her, said her mom, Tessa. They came from Stillwater, Minn., after recently moving away from the Cedar Valley area. Its a good time; her friends come out and support her.

Randy Milby, Ellas father, said it reminds them she is not alone in the fight. He noted the Waterloo organizers do a lot to support those with the disease. They put on a nice event for the families, and the kids have a lot of fun.

Along with the walk, a fun fair was set up on Crossroads main level. It featured a bouncy house, a hole of mini golf, and a ring toss as well as booths for face painting, colorful hair sprays and crafts.

Type 1 diabetes strikes children and adults suddenly. It is unrelated to diet or lifestyle. The pancreas of those with the disease stops producing insulin, a hormone essential to turning food into energy.

Shes had diabetes for about 5 1/2 years, Tessa Milby said of her daughter. Before we even left the hospital (after getting the diagnosis) we were guided toward the JDRF group. Theyve participated in the walk ever since.

Thats also the case with the family of 10-year-old Allie Anfinson of La Porte City, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about four years ago.

Its a blast, we love it. We look forward to it every year, said Jodi Lickteig of Cresco, Anfinsons aunt. Our whole family comes from all across Iowa.

Originally, the girl received injections of insulin to maintain her blood-sugar level, but last year she got a pump. So, now shes going on 11 and shes mastered it, said Lickteig.

Simmons said the insulin pump her 19-year-old son, Dylan, uses is literally his lifeline. The device looks like a pager and has a cartridge filed with insulin thats regularly delivered to his bloodstream through a tube. He also wears a continuous glucose monitor that sounds an alarm if insulin levels go out of range.

When we started this (walk), the idea of a continuous loop glucose monitor was only whispered, said Lyle Simmons, Lenas husband.

Its fundraising dollars like this that make such a big difference, said Lena Simmons.

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Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Centers community wellness program, Wellness U, now offers tai chi classes for all ages and levels and will kick off another 16-week National Diabetes Prevention Program on Feb. 28.

Tai chi classes are scheduled throughout the week in Salida and at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort. A beginner class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon, while an intermediate class meets from 10-11 a.m.

Both classes are held at Yoga Olas, 1548 G Street, Salida. Cost is $80 for 12 weeks.

All levels are welcome to attend tai chi at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort. Sessions are held on Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and include a 30-minute soak following class. Cost is $108 for 12 weeks.

The 16-week National Diabetes Prevention Program will be offered every Tuesday, Feb. 28-June 13, from 5:15-6:15 p.m. This healthy eating and exercise program is taught by certified instructors and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The goal of the program is to help people lose five percent of their body weight and increase daily exercise. Classes will be held in HRRMCs second-floor conference rooms, 1000 Rush Dr., Salida. Cost is $50, which is fully refundable after attending 60 percent of the classes.

If you have questions about any Wellness U classes or programs or would like to register for any of the programs above, contact HRRMC Wellness Supervisor Jon Fritz at 530-2057. Info is also available at hrrmc.com.

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Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

In 2012, 9.3 percent of the population in the United States had diabetes, according to American Association of Diabetes.

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By Serena Gordon

HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- You'd probably be surprised if your dentist said you might have type 2 diabetes. But new research finds that severe gum disease may be a sign the illness is present and undiagnosed.

The study found that nearly one in five people with severe gum disease (periodontitis) had type 2 diabetes and didn't know it. The researchers said these findings suggest that the dentist's office may be a good place for a prediabetes or type 2 diabetes screening.

"Be aware that worsened oral health -- in particular, periodontitis -- can be a sign of an underlying [condition], such as diabetes," said study author Dr. Wijnand Teeuw. He's the chief of the periodontology clinic at the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

"Early diagnosis and treatment of both periodontitis and diabetes will benefit the patient by preventing further complications," Teeuw added.

Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic. In 2010, it was estimated that 285 million adults worldwide had diabetes. By 2030, that number is expected to rise to 552 million, according to the study authors. It's suspected that as many as one-third of people who have diabetes are unaware they have the disease.

Untreated, diabetes can lead to a number of serious complications, such as vision problems, serious kidney disease, heart trouble and infections that take a long time to heal, according to the American Diabetes Association.

Periodontitis -- an infection that causes inflammation of the gums and destruction of the bones that support the teeth -- is often considered a complication of diabetes, Teeuw said.

The current study included more than 300 people from a dental clinic in Amsterdam with varying levels of periodontitis or healthy gums. Approximately 125 had mild to moderate periodontitis and almost 80 had severe periodontitis. The rest had healthy gums.

The researchers tested blood sugar levels in all of the study participants using a test called hemoglobin A1c. This test provides an average of blood sugar levels over two to three months.

In people who had never been diagnosed with diabetes, the researchers found that 50 percent of the group with severe gum troubles had prediabetes, and 18 percent had type 2 diabetes. In the mild to moderate group, 48 percent were found to have prediabetes and 10 percent learned they had type 2 diabetes.

There were even significant numbers of people in the healthy gums group that had prediabetes -- 37 percent had prediabetes and 8.5 percent had type 2 diabetes, the study revealed.

Dr. Sally Cram, a periodontist and a spokeswoman for the American Dental Association, said she sees what the study found in her practice every day.

"I see quite a few patients who don't know they have diabetes, and when they don't respond normally to periodontal therapy, I have to say, 'Go to your doctor and get tested for diabetes,'" she said.

And, on the other side, she explained that people with uncontrolled diabetes often see improvement when their gum disease is under control.

"People with diabetes aren't as able to fight inflammation and infection," Cram explained.

Diabetes specialist Dr. Joel Zonszein said frequent or slow-to-heal infections are important signs of diabetes.

"People often come in with severe infections in the skin, and I think it's probably the same for infections in the mouth. People have been living for years with high blood sugar, and even if they go to the dentist, they don't get their blood sugar checked," Zonszein said.

"The relationship between diabetes and gum infections goes two ways. When you improve one, you also improve the other," he added. But it's not clear which comes first, and this study didn't prove a cause-and-effect relationship, only an association, Zonszein noted.

But the findings do show the importance of collaboration between health care providers, according to Zonszein, who is the director of the Clinical Diabetes Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

Cram noted that basic prevention goes a long way toward preventing gum disease.

"Ninety-nine percent of dental problems and disease are preventable. Brush your teeth twice a day and floss once, and see your dentist periodically," she recommended.

Warning signs of gum disease include bleeding gums, receding gums, sensitive teeth, loose teeth, bad breath or a bad taste in the mouth.

The study was published online Feb. 22 in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.

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SOURCES: Wijnand Teeuw, D.D.S., M.Sc., chief, periodontology clinic, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sally Cram, D.D.S., P.C., periodontist, Washington D.C., and spokeswoman, American Dental Association; Joel Zonszein, M.D., director, Clinical Diabetes Center, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City; Feb. 22, 2017, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, online

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Researchers have been able to reverse symptoms of diabetes and restore pancreas functions in mice by putting them on a version of the fasting-mimicking diet.

The diet tricks the body into a fasting mode for a few days a month, even while carefully selected foods are still being eaten, and it could be enough to reboot the organ's key functions and restore insulin production, scientists say.

Diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot make insulin (type I) or is damaged by insulin resistance (type II), and the team from the University of Southern California says the diet reversed symptoms of both types of diabetes in mice.

"By pushing the mice into an extreme state and then bringing them back... the cells in the pancreas are triggered to use some kind of developmental reprogramming," says the head of the research team, Valter Longo.

In humans, the fasting-mimicking diet has been credited with helping people lose weight more effectively, and previous studies have also linked it to reducing risk factors for diseases like heart disease and cancer.

The diet has also been credited with reducing the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, so it's earning quite a reputation amongst scientists. In each case starving the body seems to reset the production of healthy cells.

In the latest study, mice were put into the artificial fasting mode for four days a week over a period of several months.

Scientists found this was enough to regenerate beta cells in the pancreas, responsible for storing and releasing insulin. Damaged cells were replaced by working ones.

The team also experimented on pancreatic cell cultures from human donors with type I diabetes. Here too, simulated fasting produced more insulin and more of the Ngn3 protein required for normal pancreatic function.

In other words, the signs are good that this could work in humans too.

However, we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves just yet the study so far only covers tests on mice, as well as human cells in lab conditions, and the researchers warn against trying this at home to treat diabetes.

What's more, the diet requires carefully measured levels of calories and types of foods to be effective, so medical evidence will still be required as well.

In the future, though, it may be possible to adapt the fasting-mimicking diet to help treat diabetes and restore pancreatic function, all without relying on medication.

"Scientifically, the findings are perhaps even more important because we've shown that you can use diet to reprogram cells without having to make any genetic alterations," says Longo.

The next step is to set up a clinical trial in humans, and preparations for that are already underway.

"The amazing thing is that this system has probably always been there," says Longo. "Now that we've discovered it, we can find ways to work with it and utilise it for benefits to human health."

The findings have been published in Cell.

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People with diabetes have to think about their condition and make treatment decisions constantly and all that extra work and worry can lead to psychological distress at times.

"Diabetes distress" isn't the same as depression, diabetes experts note. It's a condition unique to the 24/7 demands that come with diabetes, particularly for people dependent on insulin.

"The day you develop diabetes, it's like the universe just handed you a new full-time job that you have to do in addition to whatever else you're doing. It's a special job that has a big impact on the rest of your life. There's no pay and no vacation," said William Polonsky, president of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute in San Diego.

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Alicia McAuliffe-Fogarty, vice president of lifestyle management at the American Diabetes Association, put it this way: "Diabetes distress is the extra burden that people with diabetes have to carry. They have to do everything that other people do take care of work, family, finances and in addition they have to make sure to check their blood sugar, remember to take their medicine and/or adjust their insulin doses, count carbohydrates when they eat.

"It's a day-to-day and minute-to-minute burden. It's doing everything 'right' and still seeing your blood sugar levels go up," she added.

Diabetes distress is a range of different emotional responses that come with dealing with the burdens of caring for diabetes, Polonsky explained.

"It's being fed up and overwhelmed with the demands and concerns of diabetes. It's feeling powerless in the face of diabetes. It's knowing that despite your best actions, sometimes those [insulin] numbers go up and down and it seems beyond your ability to influence. And it can negatively influence one's quality of life," he added.

The phenomenon hasn't been well-studied Polonsky said he and his colleagues are in the middle of a study on diabetes distress that will hopefully answer some questions about the condition that affects an estimated 30 percent of people with diabetes at some point in their lives.

"It's not everybody, and it's not all the time, but it's pretty darn common, and a whole lot more common than depression" among those with diabetes, Polonsky added.

Diabetes distress and other psychological conditions are common enough that the American Diabetes Association added a section to its guidelines, published recently in the journal Diabetes Care, suggesting that providers screen all of their diabetes patients for these mental health concerns.

Juggling job with no breaks

There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.

People with Type 1 diabetes don't make enough insulin, a hormone the body needs to use the carbohydrates in food for fuel. Because of this, people with Type 1 rely on insulin injections or insulin delivered through a tiny catheter inserted under the skin and then attached to an insulin pump worn outside the body. People with Type 1 diabetes using shots may need five or six insulin injections daily.

In people with Type 2 diabetes, the body is no longer able to use insulin properly. Most (95 percent) of diabetes cases involve the Type 2 form. Sometimes, people with Type 2 diabetes also need to use insulin injections.

Using insulin is a difficult balancing act too much or too little can cause problems, even life-threatening ones. When blood sugar levels drop too low from too much insulin, people can become disoriented, and if levels drop even further, they may pass out. Blood sugar levels that are too high and left untreated over time can cause complications such as kidney troubles, eye problems and heart disease.

To keep track of blood sugar levels when using insulin, most people rely on glucose meters and a lancing device that pricks the finger to draw out a drop of blood. This may be done as few as 4 times a day, or as many as a dozen or more times daily, depending on how blood sugar levels are fluctuating.

Many factors besides insulin can influence blood sugar levels. Food, alcohol, physical activity, emotions such as stress, and illness all can cause unpredictable changes in blood sugar levels.

Strength in numbers

Both Polonsky and McAuliffe-Fogarty said it's important to recognize and treat diabetes distress because it can have a negative impact on blood sugar management.

"In some studies, diabetes distress can impact diabetes care more than depression," McAuliffe-Fogarty said.

Antidepressants aren't likely to help someone with diabetes distress, according to Polonsky.

McAuliffe-Fogarty suggests checking in with your health care provider so you can go over your current diabetes management regimen. It's possible that changes in your management might help, she said.

Or, it might help to have a visit with a diabetes educator to go over some of the basics again, she recommended. Many people with Type 1 diabetes are diagnosed as children, and as adults may not realize they're missing some of the basics of diabetes education.

"Maybe pick one or two things that would make the most impact on your management and focus on those one or two small things, and you'll likely achieve those goals. Then set one or two more goals and move along like that not everything needs to happen at once," McAuliffe-Fogarty said.

Both experts agreed that support is an important component of treating diabetes distress. "You don't want to do diabetes alone. If you have someone who's rooting for you, that really helps," Polonsky said.

He said parents or spouses can give a person with diabetes a break by taking over the management of the disease for a little while. It gives them a "diabetes vacation."

For some, distress can get more serious. McAuliffe-Fogarty said about one in every four or five people with diabetes will experience depression at some point.

She said signs that suggest you need to speak with a mental health professional include: changes in appetite and sleep patterns, having no interest in activities you once enjoyed, social isolation, feeling persistently sad or hopeless, and having a down mood on more days than not.

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ROCKINGHAM In North Carolina in 2015, the diabetes mortality rate (number of deaths in a population) was 22.2 per 100,000 while the rate of diabetes prevalence (number diagnosed) was 9.8 percent. The rate of prediabetes prevalence (diagnosed as pre-diabetic) was 5.1 percent.

During the same period, the mortality rate of Richmond County (population approximately 46,600) was 54.8 percent per 100,000, its diabetes prevalence rate was 22.9 percent and its rate of prediabetes prevalence was 6.8 percent.

FirstHealth of the Carolinas will approach these alarming statistics with a program funded by a two-year $263,109 grant to its Community Health Services department from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. The funds will address pre-diabetes in both Richmond and Montgomery counties (another community with high diabetes and pre-diabetes rates) by offering glucose screenings in non-traditional locations.

Individuals with a pre-diabetes glucose result will be referred to an evidence-based pre-diabetes education curriculum developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A structured lifestyle change program developed specifically to prevent type 2 diabetes, the program is designed for people who have pre-diabetes or are at risk for type 2 diabetes, but have not developed full-blown diabetes.

A trained lifestyle coach will work with participants to help them change certain aspects of their lifestyle, including eating healthier, reducing stress and getting more physical activity. Participants in the program, which will meet one time a week for 16 weeks, bi-monthly for the following two months and then once a month for the rest of the year, also get group support from others who share similar goals and struggles.

We have very strong partners in our 2020 Task Force groups in these two counties, Roxanne Elliott, policy director for FirstHealth Community Health Services, said. Our health programs team will coordinate the pre-diabetes project, and we will work with our partners to help refer into the program and assist with promoting and scheduling the glucose screenings.

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust was established in 1946 as the legacy of the late Kate Gertrude Bitting Reynolds, who was married to William Neal Reynolds, chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Its mission is to improve the quality of life and the quality of health for the financially needy of North Carolina.

We are very grateful to the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for providing the funding that will help us address a health issue of great concern in Richmond County, John Jackson, president of FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham and Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet, said. Type 2 diabetes affects too many people in our community. We hope this program, which is geared toward people who are at risk for diabetes but have not yet developed the disease, will make an enormous difference in their lives as well as in the health and well-being of the Richmond County community.

For more information about FirstHealths pre-diabetes program, contact Roxanne Elliott, of FirstHealth Community Health Services, at 910-715-3487.

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