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ISSN 1811-6515

THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF

Diabetes & vascular disease

Corresponding Editor

DR L LOMBARD

Netcare, Kuilsrivier Hospital,

Cape Town

Consulting Editors

PROF J-C MBANYA

Dr FA MAHOMED

National Editorial Board

DR A AMOD

Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and

Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,

Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban

SR K BECKERT

Diabetes Nurse, Paarl

PROF F BONNICI

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health

Sciences, University of Cape Town and

President of Diabetes South Africa

PROF R DELPORT

Department of Family Medicine,

University of Pretoria

DR L DISTILLER

Director of the Centre of Diabetes

and Endocrinology, Houghton,

Johannesburg

DR F MAHOMED

Department of Internal Medicine,

Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg

PROF WF MOLLENTZE

Head of Department of Internal

Medicine, University of the Free State,

Bloemfontein

PROF CD POTGIETER

Specialist Nephrologist, University

of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,

Pretoria

PROF K SLIWA

Associate Professor of Medicine and

Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,

University of the Witwatersrand,

Johannesburg

PROF YK SEEDAT

Emeritus Professor of Medicine and

Honorary Research Associate,

University of Natal, Durban

International Editorial Board

PROF IW CAMPBELL

Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,

Scotland, UK

PROF PJ GRANT

Professor of Medicine and head of

Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular

Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and

Health, University of Leeds; honorary

consultant physician, United Leeds

Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

PROF J-C MBANYA

Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of

Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,

University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

and President, International Diabetes

Federation

PROF N POULTER

Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular

Medicine, Imperial College, School of

Medicine, London, UK

DR H PURCELL

Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,

Royal Brompton National Heart and

Lung Hospital, London, UK

VOLUME 12 NUMBER 1 • JULY 2015

www.diabetesjournal.co.za

CONTENTS

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From the Editor’s Desk

Editorial

4

The cardioprotective diet – carbohydrates versus fat

FJ Raal

Reviews

5

Lifestyle and diet

LH Opie

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Novel cardiovascular risk markers in women with ischaemic heart disease

D Pop, A D

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dârlat, D Zdrenghea

12 Stem cell therapies for neuropathic pain

SMR Gillani, BM Singh

19 Diabetes mellitus and male reproductive function: where do we stand?

MG Alves, PF Oliveira

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