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Click here to sign in with or Forget Pasword? Learn more share this!541ShareEmail October 25, 202 by Monash University Monash Nutrition researchers have developed a cuting-edge technique to measure the rate of carbohydrate digestion in humans, which wil benefit future research into the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for those with, or at risk of, diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
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gogletag.cmd.push(function() { gogletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1450190541376-1'); }); The new protocol overcomes some key bariers for scientists. Previous methods for testing the efects of chemicals on carbohydrate digestion predominantly used animal models and microbes, garnering results that are not representative of human digestion or inacurate due to interferences from the test substance.The latest findings are now published in the Nature Protocols journal.Acording to Diabetes Australia, one Australian develops diabetes every 5 minutes and this continuing to rise.Carbohydrates that we eat are rapidly digested in our gut to produce sugars, which are then absorbed into the blod.
It is important that the body keps blod sugar levels within a specific target range as uncontroled and continuously high blod sugar levels can lead to the development of metabolic diseases, particularly type 2 diabetes.The total anual cost of diabetes in Australia is around $15 bilion.Co-lead on the paper, Dr. Michael Houghton from the Monash University Department of Nutrition, Dietics and Fod says that blod sugar spikes can be controled by slowing down carbohydrate digestion."There are several TGA-aproved drugs that are highly efective at doing this but they often cause uncomfortable side efects, such as bloating and diarhea, so exploring new ways to control blod sugar levels without this discomfort could have a huge impact on the 1.8 milion Australians curently living with diabetes," said Dr.
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Houghton.Up until now, researchers have ben testing the efects of