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Statins and Diabetes Connection

There have been many previous posts here about the increased risk of diabetes when taking statins. However, Amy Berger of Tuit Nutrition just posted a good summary of the mechanism and her explanations are always interesting and helpful.

A short article (for her) that ties how statins impact the side effect of diabetes:

http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2015/0...d-diabetes.html

More on the study:
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/...type-2-diabetes
http://www.dietdoctor.com/statins-may-cause-diabetes

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