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Home Science Monthly News Letter Department of Food and Nutrition Friday, 22 July 2016 I am Nutri Genie, your news reporter and will visit you every month here onwards. I will bring to you exciting Scientific and Commercial news from the world of Food & Nutrition. I will also talk about innovations, recent trends, opportunities and a lot more related to our department. Sometimes I will play with you by bringing funny facts, jokes, quizzes and similar stuffs. Contribution from: Faculties and Ph. D. Scholars, Dept. Food and Nutrition.

Research Spotlight: Low-Calorie Diet and Type 2 Diabetes……Page 2.

Before putting food in your trolly ……understand the label…….Page 2

Dept. of Food and Nutrition

Very interesting research from University of Newcastle suggests that Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can be cured in just eight weeks by diet alone. To give a bit of background to this, let me tell you that in 2013, Diabetes UK, the leading charitable organisation in the field of diabetes, awarded one of the largest ever research grant of 2.4 million British pounds to Prof. Roy Taylor (Newcastle University) and team to investigate the impact low-calorie diet on Type 2 diabetes. Recently this research group of Prof. Taylor put forth their findings. Generally T2DM is regarded as an irreversible chronic condition. However, through recent breakthrough publication in the leading journal Diabetes Care (Volume 39, May 2016, pages: 808-815) this team demonstrated that even patients who have had T2DM for up to 10 years can reverse their condition. In the scientific community this research findings are being regarded as one crucial step forward in showing evidence that people with T2DM who successfully lose weight can reverse their condition because fat is removed from their pancreas, returning insulin production to normal. In this study, 30 volunteers with T2DM embarked on the same diet of 600 to 700 calories a day. The study involved participants going on an extreme low-calorie diet under close medical supervision for eight weeks. Study participants also had MRI scans to measure the fat in their liver and pancreas. As fat levels in the liver and pancreas returned to normal so did their blood glucose levels. At the end of the study, 87% of the people with

diabetes less than four years successfully reversed their diabetes as did 50% of the people with type 2 diabetes for more than eight years. The study demonstrated that the longer a person had type 2 diabetes the less chance they had of reversing it. However, all participants showed significant improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Reference: Very Low-Calorie Diet and 6 Months of Weight Stability in Type 2 Diabetes: Pathophysiological Changes in Responders and Nonresponders; Sarah Steven, Kieren G. Hollingsworth, Ahmad Al-Mrabeh, Leah Avery, Benjamin Aribisala, Muriel Caslake, Roy Taylor; Diabetes Care, May 2016, 39 (5) 808-815; DOI: 10.2337/dc15-1942 Diet Plan of Volunteers from the given research paper:

1) 3 diet shakes per day and 240 grams of non-starchy vegetables taking in between 600 and 700kcal a day for 8 weeks

2) volunteers then gradually returned to eating normal food over the next two weeks with very careful instruction on how much to eat

3) volunteers were seen once a month and supported with an individualized weight maintenance programme over the next 6 months

4) to keep weight steady after the weight loss, they were eating around one third less than before the study

Research Spotlight: Low-Calorie Diet and Type 2 Diabetes

Before putting food in your trolly ……

(Understanding the Food Label)

Reading food labels and interpreting all the information on-pack can be a daunting task. Here are some pointers to help you read and interpret the information on food labels.

1) 5g fat is equal to one teaspoon of fat (picture a teaspoon of butter). If a food says it has 30g fat per serve, that’s equivalent to eating about six about teaspoons of butter! That’s a lot of fat in one serve, so look for a lower fat version

2) Buy ‘low fat’ or ‘reduced fat’ dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt, custard and ice cream. Low fat yoghurt like or low fat fruit yogurt is another good choice as it has a substantially reduced calorie content along with goodness of fruits.

3) 5g sugar is equal to one teaspoon of sugar. If a can of soft drink has 40g sugar - that’s like eating eight teaspoons of sugar. Consider another type of drink or a diet soft drink if you are trying to watch your calorie intake

4) Foods with 3 g of dietary fibre means that they are a source of dietary fibre and that with 6 g per 100 g means that they are high in fibre.

5) Don’t assume that all foods displaying the word ‘light’ are low in fat or kilojoules/calories. The term ‘Light’ or ‘Lite’ on a food label may also mean the food is light in fat, light in salt, light in colour, or even light in taste. The characteristic which makes the food ‘light’ must be stated on the label, so take a closer look to see what it really means before putting it in the trolley

The past of eat is ………….ATE 🍔 🍕 🍟

The future of ate is…….WEIGHT 📟 👻

And the most funny part, 🙈 😁 people realise it when it is…..LATE ⌛

Hence, eat wisely….. 📢

with love,

NutriGenie