According to the 2010 OECD report “Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat”, at least 50% of the adult population is now overweight (as defined by the World Health Organization as having a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 kg/m² or above) in more than half of the 34 OECD countries, and 500 million people worldwide – 10%…
Men who sit for at least 5 hours a day, and don’t compensate this inactivity with regular exercise display a more than doubled risk of heart failure compared to their more physically active counterparts who sit less than 2 hours a day. So, whenever you have the opportunity, try not to sit too much, and if your job doesn’t allow…
When adipose cells fill up, they secrete inflammatory hormones called adipokines and cytokines. Therefore, more adipose cells equal more inflammation.
Close to 90 million American people suffer from prediabetes, and 70% of those shall sooner or later develop Type 2 diabetes… And while this pandemic is undoubtedly linked to modern Western lifestyle habits, it nevertheless affects most countries nowadays. Indeed, if nothing changes, within 20 years Type 2 diabetes will most certainly rank first among human diseases (according to the…
Type 2 diabetes is an incurable disease, and when left untreated, often leads to dire and severely incapacitating complications. There are several types of complications: Arterial complications: Macro-vascular disease (macro-angiopathy) hits the coronary arteries with a risk of myocardial infarction, the brain arteries with a risk of stroke and the arteries of the leg with a risk of obliterating arteritis.…
Statistics prove that close relatives of diabetic patients are more likely to develop this metabolic disease. And the likelihood of becoming diabetic increases along with the number of relatives affected (one grandparent, one parent, both parents, the whole family). But is this caused by genetics or by the fact that members of a family usually share common diet and lifestyle…
Type 2 diabetes appeared in the beginning of the 20th century, when sugar ceased being a rare commodity to grace every kitchen table. Our body was used to making glucose from every food, and he continued without taking into account our new sugar intake. The normal metabolic circuit implies the breaking down of dietary proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates into simple…
The average life expectancy of a 40 year-old American male with untreated type II diabetes is 11.6 years shorter than that of his healthy counterpart; for females this shortening amounts to 14.3 years.
One doesn’t become diabetic in a day, or even in a year. Type 2 diabetes is a slowly progressing chronic disease. Before that, there is always a phase of prediabetes that can last from two to twenty-five years. During this phase, it is still possible to stop the evolution towards type 2 diabetes.