Diabetes has
reached epidemic proportions
The
fastest growing disease in the world today is not an infectious disease. Three
million people die a year from this disease and 6 million people a year get this
disease for the first time. It has increased in the last twenty years by 767%
and continues to rise.
Diabetes Mellitus
is without a doubt the fastest growing disease in the world and it can be
stopped but not by some fancy vaccination yet. Half of all the people in the
world who have diabetes don’t even know it.
When left untreated, the effects of this disease include blindness,
amputated limbs, and heart disease.
Experts say that
it is because of over-eating and incorrect carbohydrate consumption which
usually causes type II diabetes. But they also say that it is because of
inactivity as people generally are leading more sedentary lifestyles.
Obviously genetics
has an important role to play in the chances of you becoming diabetic. Science
says that in order to become diabetic you need to have inherited chromosomes D3
and D4 from your parents. But having these genes and knowing that you have
these genes does not stop you getting diabetes.
New scientific
research has revealed the possibility of the little known substance called
leptin which plays a significant if not primary role in heart disease, obesity,
diabetes, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, reproductive disorders, and
perhaps the rate of aging itself.
High leptin levels
affect the way that your body responds to inflammation, and leptin also helps
to mediate the manufacture of other very potent inflammatory chemicals from fat
cells that also play a significant role in the progression of heart disease and
diabetes.
There are a few
basics that are needed in order to directly affect the production of Leptin in
your body. Making sure that you eat correctly is the first step because
research has now conclusively shown that the best way to avoid getting diabetes
is to stop processed foods and eat whole foods.
The result of
eating highly processed foods leads to many degenerative diseases like as
arthritis, diabetes, and weak immune system. So the answer is to not only eat
correctly but to also exercise a bit every day. It does not have to be hours
and can be as little as 15 minutes a day.
If you are a
diabetic or you have someone in your family that has been diagnosed with
diabetes then you should do yourself a favor and keep up to date with the
latest research. There are many studies currently being done and they are
always looking for new methods of dealing and even curing this disease.
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