Metabolic disease

Low levels of sugar entering into pancreatic cells may be the culprit behind insulin secretion defects in early-onset diabetes.

Taking meal timing into account in dietary recommendations could radically alter our approach to food consumption, metabolism and health.

It’s not only high-sugar diets that we should be concerned about, but also the timing of when we eat them, finds a study in the emerging field of chrononutrition.

Mutations in the gene HNF4A impair liver and pancreas development, indicating that maturity-onset diabetes of the young starts much earlier than initially thought.

The long-held theory that Toll-like receptor 4 could be the link between obesity and inflammation is now being challenged