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Monday, October 31, 2011

Using Muffins To Detect Diabetes


October 31st, 2011 by Ryan Luce No Comments

written by Michael O’Leary
“Fast all night and eat a muffin in the morning,” might be your doctor’s orders for testing whether you have type 2 diabetes someday according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
That’s what a subset of 73 women taking part in a menopausal hormone therapy trial, were told after a 10-hour fasting blood draw to assess their two-hour glucose levels. (Link to published site)