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D for Diabetes
By James Keough, Natural Solutions magazine
Over the past five years or so, researchers have established tentative links between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome (aka syndrome X), a condition characterized by abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and high levels of either blood sugar or insulin. People with metabolic syndrome have an elevated risk for type-2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease, as well as other health problems.
Now a study from Spain provides new evidence that the two are closely associated. It looked at a group of morbidly obese individuals and found that 63 percent of them had metabolic syndrome. A little more than half of the group also had too little vitamin D in their bodies.
More significantly, however, roughly 61 percent of those with metabolic syndrome were vitamin D deficient, leading the researchers to say they were closely linked–at least in morbidly obese individuals.
The Spanish study was strictly observational, so it makes no claims about the value of vitamin D supplementation. It does, however, add yet another reason to make sure you either get enough sun time or take a daily dose of vitamin D3.
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interesting article in today's BBC about how compounds in broccoli could help reverse blood vessel damage caused by diabetes: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7541639.stm
all points to eating healthy and well for disease prevention and management. thanks for the post!
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I have gone through the article and it is very informative. You can go through the site for more information.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/
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It's been a while sense I browsed "Becoming Vegan" but it's very thorough pn how it comes to its findings and seems extremely UNbiased. From my memory of it, I'm pretty sure it's the casein in milk that they found to be consistent in diabetes, and also believe it noted studies where following a healthy vegans diet controlled diabetes. Which is actually easy to follow if you watch "Peaceable Kingdom"--which can even be gotten from the library--and read "Fast Food Nation"--the BOOK and NOT the movie--and also read the prologue to the great cookbook "Ecological Cooking", by Joanne Stepaniak. Seriously, you want to lose weight? This made it VERY easy for me to do.
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Women who have Syndrome X may also have the precursor Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Syndrome X occurs after menopause. There are so many issues with both and many people who are not familiar with them just assume that people are not eating healthy - PCOS'ers literally CRAVE carbs and try to diet, but the bodies do not work in the same way as in other women. One can literally continue to gain weight on a low fat diet. It can really be disheartening, and I think it is great that scientists are looking at various sources as to why this happens.
So, I guess for now, in addition to eating a recommended Insulin Resistance Diet, add Vit. D and go for a walk in the early morning sun (wear sunscreen)!
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I cannot help but wonder about cause and effect here. A person who is overweight might have a deficiency because of various reasons. I know someone who is morbidly obese who never gets out of the house, so no sun. She doesn't eat healthily either. I have read that many obese people have a lot of vitamin deficiencies because of poor eating habits, so I am taking this a bit with a pinch of salt.
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