From Deseret News archives:
Diabetes study focusing on fatty acid
Can it keep at-risk babies from getting the disease?
"We really believe that the key to curing type 1 diabetes is going to be preventing it," says Dr. Mary Murray, principal investigator at the University of Utah for the Nutritional Intervention to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes Pilot Trial (NIP). She is also medical director of Primary Children's Medical Center's diabetes program and an associate professor at the U.
The NIP pilot, taking place at nine centers nationwide as a subset of the international Diabetes TrialNet collaboration, is a double-blinded, randomized trial to see if Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intervenes in the disease process for babies most likely to develop type 1 diabetes later. DHA is an omega-3 fatty acid found in pumpkin seeds, cold-water fish, soybeans, walnuts, eggs and other foods.
Over time, diabetes can wreak havoc on the heart, the kidneys, the eyes and more.
Previous research has shown that people at risk for type 1 diabetes have an inflammatory autoimmune process that can destroy the pancreas' ability to produce insulin. DHA is thought to suppress or inhibit that destructive process, Murray says.
The researchers will measure a major inflammatory cytokine and see if it can be reduced by the omega-3.
Type 1 diabetes often develops early, with the first peak around 5-7 years and another at about age 15. But Murray says a growing number of children are being diagnosed the biggest increase is in kids under 5. People with type 1 must take insulin and monitor their glucose closely.
Women who are pregnant or nursing will take the oil-or placebo-filled capsules or add it to formula if they're bottle-feeding baby. Babies who qualify will be seen every three months until about 18 months, then every six months. The pilot is funded for two years but was built so it can be expanded to other centers and extended two years.
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