Overweight People Have A Greater Risk Factor To Develop Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes is a serious condition and when left unchecked or undiagnosed becomes a serious health threat.

Quick look without getting to technical:

Your Fat cells have much fewer insulin receptors than muscle cells.
Your Fat cells release (FFAs) free fatty acids, and (FFAs) free fatty acids interfere with glucose metabolism.

When You Have excess glucose that is not needed by the cells for energy it is stored as body fat.
In overweight people insulin production is steadily increased due to the increased cellular mass that the pancreas is trying to “feed” via insulin.

When you become obese or overweight the way insulin works in your body is affected. Extra fat tissue can make your body resistant to the action of insulin and your body becomes insulin resistant.

Insulin resistance is a silent condition that increases the chances of developing diabetes and heart disease.

Also people who have a BMI of 25 or over are subjected to greater risk. There are studies that show that men with a waist size greater than 37 inches are at a greater risk to develop diabetes than men with smaller waist sizes.

As mentioned in some of our previous weight loss articles being overweight or obese can set you up for many health problems.

There are many symptoms of diabetes which include being thirsty, fatigue, blurry vision, frequent urination, and slow healing wounds to name a few.

Killing Two Birds With One Stone Method Of Reducing Your Risk For Type 2 Diabetes

You can lower your weight and by lowering your weight you can lower your risk. You can accomplish this by eating healthier, learning about calories and doing some moderate exercising.

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