Nutrition counseling is associated with less sarcopenia in diabetes: A cross-sectional and retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Muscle is crucial for blood glucose regulation. There is a need to prevent and treat sarcopenia in diabetes mellitus (DM). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia and evaluate the association of nutritional counseling with the development of sarcopenia for people with DM.

Folic acid inhibits endothelial cell proliferation through activating the cSrc/ERK 2/NF-κB/p53 pathway mediated by folic acid receptor.

Folate is important for normal cell division. Folate deficiency has been implicated in various diseases, including atherosclerosis, neural tube defects, and cancer. However, the effect of folate on angiogenesis was unclear.