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Here is a piece of information for you; about 7% of the American population is diabetic. Surprised? Well, it is a fact and with the ever-increasing number of obese people, it should not come as a surprise to you.
Mainly, there are two forms of diabetes, Type I and Type II; while Type I is more common among children, Type II is the one more common among adults and it is the result of improper diet and an unhealthy lifestyle.
This form of diabetes results when our body does not produce enough insulin. The function of insulin is to enable our cells to utilise the sugar to produce energy. However, because of insulin deficiency, our body is not able to use sugar to produce energy. The result is a rise in the level of blood sugar while our body remains deprived of energy.
It is not something new; you probably already know that when your body is not able to produce or utilise insulin, diabetes results.
Insulin helps your food become energy in your cells. Thus, not only will your cells be low on energy, the energy source, that is, glucose will accumulate in your blood.
This high level of glucose will cause damage to your major organs including eyes, heart and kidney.
The American Diabetes Association says that 6.3% of the American population are diabetics. Now, that is a staggering number.While Type I is more common among children, Type II is common among adults. However, even children are developing Type II diabetes because of being obese.
What types are there?
There is the Type I, in which there is total insulin lack and mostly children have this type. The other is Type II, in which there is not enough insulin production or proper insulin usage. This is more common and most often develops in adults.
A major US doctors’ study says that a little bit extra weight and physical inactivity can become the cause of higher risk for heart failure.
The study has been published in the Journal Circulation, Dec.23 issue. Dr. Satish Kenchaiah, who led the study, says in a news release that men who can’t be counted as obese, but are little bit overweight have a higher risk for heart failure.
LONDON – People who eat hastily till feel full, have more chances to be overweight, a problem added by the penetration of fast food, Japanese researchers said.
Eating styles, alone, can contribute to an obesity epidemic fueled by the spread of Western-style, spreading all over the world. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal.
According to the WHO, around 400 million people are obese, among them 20 million are under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases, like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems.
For study purpose, Hiroyasu Iso at Osaka University asked 3,000 Japanese volunteers aged 30 – 69 about their eating habit. Half of the men and almost half of the women said they ate until full. About 45 percent men and 36 percent women ate quickly.
A study says that daily use of chamomile tea may prove helpful to avoid the complications of type2 diabetes including nerve, vision and kidney damage.
The researchers form UK and Japan gave a chamomile extract to diabetic rats and they found that the extract seemed to reduce blood sugar levels and hampered the activity of an enzyme that was linked with diabetic complications.
But Charity Diabetes UK warned the patients against acting on the findings until the results of further study. Read the rest of this entry
