The Blood Sugar Solution is a book written by Dr. Mark Hyman. This post features notes from the book describing the results of some of the studies cited in the book. The book’s website is located at http://www.bloodsugarsolution.com/
• People with pre-diabetes are four times more likely to die of heart disease.
• People with diabetes have a fourfold increase of dementia.
• Women who take insulin are 53 percent more likely to develop depression.
• A study examining 123,205 deaths showed that people with diabetes died an average of six years earlier than nondiabetics.
• A study showed that a very low-glycemic, low-calorie, plant-based diet helped reverse advanced type 2 diabetes in just one week.
• A study found that approximately two-thirds of all patients admitted to the emergency room with heart attacks have pre-diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes.
• A review of fourteen major studies involving 34,000 patients found little or no benefit to taking statins.
• An analysis of five clinical trials involving statins found that patients on the highest doses of statins were at the highest risk of developing diabetes.
• A study showed that surgery and angioplasty for diabetics with heart disease work no better than medication in reducing heart attacks and death.
• Neuroimaging research shows that high-sugar and high-fat foods cause a response in the brain similar to opiates.
• An analysis of data from 91,249 women found that those who had one sugar-sweetened soft drink per day had an 82 percent higher risk of having diabetes over 4 years.
• A review of 30 studies showed that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages leads to weight gain.
• A study found that drinking water before meals increases weight loss by 44 percent.
• A review of 206 studies found that studies funded by the food industry were eight times more likely to have results favorable to the food industry.
• A study found that artificial sweeteners slowed down metabolism and increased appetite in rats.
• A study found that rats preferred artificial sweeteners over cocaine.
• A study found that high fructose corn syrup can contain toxic levels of mercury.
• Research has discovered that vitamin D, chromium, magnesium, zinc, biotin, omega-3 fats, and alpha lipoic acid can help reduce diabetes and obesity.
• A study found that eating rye led to beneficial changes in gene expression, whereas eating other grains (such as oats, wheat, and potatoes) led to changes in gene expression indicative of disease.
• Insulin resistance decreases testosterone levels.
• Gluten is linked to fatigue, depression, hypothyroidism, and acne.
• Research shows that people with a high level of C-reactive protein have a 1,700 percent increased probability of developing diabetes.
• A study found that obese children had levels of C-reactive protein three times higher and IgG antibodies two and a half times higher than normal-weight children.
• A study showed that ADHD was improved after implementing an elimination diet based on IgG food-sensitivity testing.
• A study of blood samples found a 400 percent increase in celiac disease over the past 50 years.
• A study found that gluten sensitivity increased the risk of death by 35 to 75 percent.
• Research indicates that viruses such as adenovirus may be linked to obesity and insulin resistance.
• Exercise reduces inflammation.
• Research shows that taking a multivitamin helps reduce inflammation.
• Research shows that metabolic endotoxemia from harmful gut bacteria can promote obesity and insulin resistance.
• A study found that bisphenol A increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver.
• An analysis of data found links between diabetes and blood levels of organic pollutants (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and organochlorines).
• A study found that arsenic exposure increases the risk of diabetes.
• Research on Vietnam War veterans found that hose who had been exposed to dioxin had a much higher risk of diabetes.
• A study showed that rats who were given toxic chemicals had 36 percent more body fat than rats not exposed to toxins, even when eating the same amount of calories.
• Research in genetics and metabolic analysis shows that toxins harm thyroid function.
• Research found that first-degree relatives of people with diabetes have mitochondria that are 50 percent less active than the mitochondria of people without a family history of diabetes.
• Research shows that high-intensity interval training improves mitochondrial function.
• A review of diet studies found that a low-glycemic-load higher-protein diet was the most effective for weight loss.
• A study found that eating wild meat (deer, elk, kangaroo) may reverse diabetes and obesity.
• A glass of milk can make insulin levels increase by 300 percent.
• Vitamin D3 influences more than 200 genes that can prevent and treat diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
• Alpha lipoic acid improves the clearance of glucose from the blood by up to 50 percent.
• Biotin enhances insulin sensitivity, lowers triglycerides, and improves glucose metabolism.
• Cinnamon and green tea catechins help control blood sugar and improve insulin sensitivity.
• Polyglycoplex helps improve blood sugar and promotes weight loss.
• Iso alpha acids (aka selective kinase response modulators) in acacia and hops improve insulin sensitivity and fat metabolism.
• Fenugreek, bitter melon gourd, and gymnema leaf help in treating diabetes and obesity.
• Coenzyme Q10 helps lower blood pressure.
• Hawthorn leaf extract lowers blood pressure in people with diabetes.
• Nattokinase helps maintain blood flow and support natural clotting processes.
• Lumbrokinase maintains blood thinning and coagulation.
• Resveratrol improves insulin function.
• Research shows that branched chain amino acids improve mitochondrial function and improve insulin sensitivity.
