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Blackberry Lattice Pie
Prep: 10, Cook: 45
Calories: 259 | Protein: 1.4g
Fat: 8.0g | Cholesterol: 21mg
Calories from Fat: 27
Fiber: 4.0g
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Diet and Lifestyle Improve Diabetes

Vitamin D improves insulin sensitivity, astaxanthin may help manage blood sugar, and healthy lifestyle changes reduced diabetes, in three new studies.

In a vitamin D study, doctors explained that insulin, the natural hormone produced by the pancreas, helps convert sugar in the bloodstream to energy. About 80 women, aged 23 to 68, who were insulin resistant— meaning their bodies didn’t use insulin properly—and whose vitamin D levels were low, took 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day or a placebo. After six months, while the placebo group had not improved, women in the vitamin D group were able to use insulin more effectively, meaning they had better insulin sensitivity and less insulin resistance.

In a glucose lab study, researchers said that chronic high blood sugar causes oxidative stress which can...

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