Skin secretions from a south-american frog may prove to be a useful area of research in treating type 2 diabetes. This story - republished on the bbc website was covered at a recent Diabetes Uk conference. A compound isolated from the frog, which grows to 27cm as a tadpole before shrinking to 4cm in adulthood, stimulates insulin release. Please.. no toad licking jokes!!

The best-known effect of smoking is that it causes cancer. But smoking can also aggravate many of the problems that people with diabetes already face, such as heart and blood vessel disease. And there are more reasons to quit..

According to the CDA, Caffeine does not appear to affect blood sugar when consumed in moderate amounts. However this story teaches you why to be careful with your coffee consumption.. I dont know about you.. but I could drink the stuff all day.. Did you know drinking large amounts of coffee can make you feel like you have hyperglycemia - high blood sugar?

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