[What is the place of artificial sweeteners in the food of our diabetics?]

Artificial Sweeteners are food additives increasingly developed by the food industry. Study of the consumption of sweeteners in diabetic patients. This prospective cross study performed using a questionnaire to 100 patients recruited at random outpatients of the National Institute of Nutrition. Data on the BMI,the blood sugar were found in clinical records. 94% of diabetics have at least heard of sweeteners and 50% use it regularly. Sweetener table are the most consumed sweeteners, in order of frequency Saccharin, Sucralose and Aspartame, used to sweeten coffee and tea. The trade products "light" are consumed by 29% of patients. Yet consumers have no real information on these products. There was no statistically significant correlation between the consumption of sweeteners and BMI, balance and diabetes evolution. A statistically significant correlation was found between consumption and socio-economic and cultural development of patients. The education of diabetic patients should include information of patients on these sweeteners, their interest, their against-indications and adverse reactions

[Malitus diabetes of elderly patients: therapeutic recommendations]

In the elderly diabetic patient, therapeutic decision is very delicate because of the psycho-social pathological ground at this age. The emergence of new concepts of ageing and frailty made it possible to re-examine the plasma glucose goals and to build strategies of prevention and treatment adapted to the clinical and biological profiles of elderly subjects

[Blood pressure and type 2 diabetes mellitus: impact of the insulin therapy]

The incidence of arterial hypertension is by 2-3 times with diabetics than with non-diabetics. Ethiopathogenesis of arterial hypertension in type 2 diabetes is multifactorial insulin-resistance, obesity, hyperlipoproteinemia, age, smoking and probably method of treatment [insulin therapy]. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate, over 5 years period, the level of blood pressure and the frequency's progression of arterial hypertension in 35 type 2 diabetes patients treated with insulin. Comparison of 35 type 2 diabetes patients treated with insulin to 35 controls treated with oral hypoglycemic agents. No significant differences were found over 5 years period in mean systolic blood pressure, mean diastolic blood pressure and frequency of arterial hypertension. However, frequency of arterial hypertension was correlated with mean dose of insulin. Our study confirms the long-term results found in the literature reading effects of insulin therapy on blood pressure in diabetic patients

Protective role of polyunsaturated fatty acids epsilon-3 in age related macular

Many studies showed a protective role of omega -3 polyunsaturated fatty acids [AGPI epsilon S] against diseases related to aging, including cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the retina. Docosahexaenoic acid [DHA], the AGPI epsilon 3 having the most significant biological effect, has anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties on the photoreceptors and could have beneficial effects on the occurrence of age-related macular degeneration. An increase in the consumption of AGPI epsilon 3-rich food [fish, nuts..] could be of interest in decreasing the incidence of this very frequent retinal disease