The glycaemic index concept (the G.I. factor) was first developed in 1981 by Dr David Jenkins, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto, Canada, to help determine which foods were best for people with diabetes. At that time, the diet for people with diabetes was based on a system of carbohydrate exchanges or [...]

Many people feel that if only there were some way to have insulin that didn’t involve a needle, life with diabetes would be very much better. We know that insulin cannot be swallowed as a medicine or capsule, because insulin is destroyed in the intestines before it could be absorbed. Are there any other possibilities? [...]