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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have made some interesting discoveries about type II diabetes. It seems that beta carotene which is a precursor of vitamin A, reduces the risk of diabetes, while another vitamin (gamma tocopherol, ie vitamin E) may increase the risk of diabetes.
Investigators arrived at these conclusions after analyzing the relationship between gene variants underlying genetic predisposition to diabetes and high levels of certain substances in the blood that are found in patients with diabetes. It seems that patients with increased genetic risk of diabetes mellitus have low levels of beta carotene in the blood while gamma tocopherol level is high.
http://www.doctortipster.com/12556-...erol-may-influence-type-2-diabetes-onset.html
Investigators arrived at these conclusions after analyzing the relationship between gene variants underlying genetic predisposition to diabetes and high levels of certain substances in the blood that are found in patients with diabetes. It seems that patients with increased genetic risk of diabetes mellitus have low levels of beta carotene in the blood while gamma tocopherol level is high.
http://www.doctortipster.com/12556-...erol-may-influence-type-2-diabetes-onset.html