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Curing
Thedangerouscombinationoftype2diabetesandobesityisanationalhealth-carecrisis.
One of the cures? Exercise.
Here’s the prescription for getting healthy.
“Diabesity”
BY TIMOTHY J. MOORE, PhD, CHES
BELIEVEITORNOT,DIABETESISONEOFONLYTWO That’sbecausethediseasecanbedirectlylinkedtobeingover-
maincausesofdeathintheUnitedStatesthatcontinuesto weight.Regularphysicalactivityanddietarymodificationshelp
increasewhileallothermajorcausesaredeclining.According toreversetype2diabetes.Infact,thecorrelationbetween
totheCDC’sNationalCenterforChronicDiseasePrevention type2diabetesandobesityissowellestablishedthatmany
andHealthPromotion,23.6millionadultsandchildreninthe researchersnowrefertothetwocollectivelyas“diabesity.”
U.S.havediabetes.
Atissueistype2diabetes,whichislinkedtophysicalinac- So Easy a Caveman Could Do It
tivityandobesity.Formerlycallednon-insulindependentor Here’showdiabesitydevelops:Whenyougainweight,fatcells
adult-onsetdiabetes,type2diabetesaccountsfor90%–95%of growmorebiochemicallyactive,churningoutinflammatory
alldiabetescases.Alarmingly,expertsestimatethatasmanyas compounds.Thisinflammation,inturn,promotesinsulin
Images 5.7millionAmericansareunawarethattheyhavetype2dia- resistance(whyinflammationleadstoinsulinresistanceis
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betes.Inall,type2diabetesaffectsanestimated246million unclear).Insulinisacriticalhormonethathelpsregulateblood
adultsworldwideandaccountsfor6%ofallglobaldeaths. sugar.Whenyourbodybecomesinsulin-resistant,itlosesthe
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It’snowonderwhythemedicalcommunityissoalarmed abilitytoprocesssugarproperly,causinglife-threateningcon-
endo
bytheepidemicproportionofdiabetesthat’ssweepingour sequences.Thisdangeroussequenceofeventsthatleadsto
Altr nation.Thegoodnewsisthattype2diabetesispreventable. insulinresistanceisalsoknownasthe“metabolicsyndrome.”
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