Nine out of 10 cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented if people exercised more, ate better, stopped smoking and adopted other healthy behaviors.
The study findings suggest behavior is the main culprit in type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes, and that 91% of the diabetes cases that appeared among 85,000 female nurses could be attributed to habits and forms of behavior.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body cannot properly use the blood sugar-controlling hormone insulin. Obesity is known to be a major contributor to the condition. The most important risk factor, they found, was being overweight. The heavier a nurse was, the greater the risk.
But even having a weight at the high end of the normal range nearly tripled the risk. On the other hand, physical activity showed a strong protective effect. Women who exercised for 7 or more hours per week were half as likely to develop diabetes than women who exercised for less than half an hour weekly.
The New England Journal of Medicine September 13, 2001;345
Another good study from NEJM nailing down the link between diabetes and lifestyle.
The assertion is that one can lower their risk of diabetes using the conventionally recommended diet. However if one uses the eating plan you can reduce type two diabetes by well over 95%, and perhaps even as high as 97-98%.
Exercise is unquestionably also a big key here.
Considering that there may be over 25 million diabetics in the US and the epidemic is continuing to increase in the US and worldwide, this is very important information for you, your family and friends.
Folks, believe me, you do not want to mess with diabetes. It is a nasty illness and will gradually and slowly suck the life out of you and contribute to a miserable existence.
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