Obesity and Diabetes

By: Agatha Carlsson

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The number of diabetes patients is increasing day by day. Diabetes disorder happens when body cells fail to take up glucose from the blood. Glucose starved cells are forced to use their own proteins. Here we have discussed about obesity and diabetes.

 

While we start eating food, our body begins producing insulin. There are two types of diabetes.

1. Type 1 diabetes typically starts early in life and is the result of the resistant system destroying cells in the pancreas that form diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is not affected by obesity.
2. Type 2 diabetes, on the other hand, is noticeable by the slow but sure growth of insulin resistance. As a result, the body's tissues do not act in response as strongly to insulin, causing them to not soak up as much sugar as they in general would. And then the blood sugar levels rise. Type 2 diabetes is the kind that can result from obesity.
   
   

How are Obesity and Diabetes Related?

Consistent with the American Heart Association, one of the ways obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes is throughout the progress of insulin resistance. Not only has the American Heart Association observed a strong association between insulin resistance and obesity, but obesity also possibly leads to other circumstances that cause insulin resistance. Overweight people also habitually have high blood pressure and problems with lipid levels in their blood like high amounts of cholesterol. These conditions also cause changes throughout the body that endorse insulin resistance. Even more convincing is that results from some studies that the American Heart Association has done reveal that weight loss in obese patients also significantly cures their insulin resistance.

Tips to Control Obesity and Diabetes

In planning a new useful guide to help to treat obese and overweight patients, we can see relevant treatment strategies designed for weight loss. Advices to cure diabetes highlight the potential helpfulness of weight control using many intrusions and strategies including:

1. A low calorie diet with a less of 500 to 1000 calories a day is suggested for weight loss.
2. Diabetes patients should start physical activity for 30-45 minutes, 3–, 5 days per week, and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of physical activity if possible on all days.
3. Behavior therapy is a helpful addition when included into treatment for weight loss and weight maintenance.
4. Weight loss surgery is an opportunity for cautiously selected patients with clinically severe obesity when less invasive methods of weight loss have been unsuccessful and the patient is at high risk for obesity-associated illness or death.

It is also advised that diet therapy, physical activity, and behavior therapy be used together for the maximum success. These methods promote long-lasting weight control and stop weight gain as well.

Change in lifestyle that goes ahead to weight loss, reduce the occurrence of diabetes and hypertension is very important. But preventing obesity, diabetes, and hypertension will need primary changes.

About the Author

 Agatha Carlsson is a medical practitioner based in Sweden. Apart from being a physician, Agatha is also a Diabetes Educator who does lifestyle and food counseling for diabetic patients

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