Beware Of Type 2 Diabetes

Type II diabetes or adult diabetes can manifest symptoms about a decade prior to being diagnosed, by then the treatment may becomes difficult as a lot of damage has already been done to the unsuspecting patients. It is estimated that around 24 million people in the U.S. with diabetes and nearly ¼ of them (6 million people) are unaware that they have the disease - 90% of whom are type II.

Type II diabetes is a condition where the body is short on insulin production or the cells resist to the insulin. It can impedes the functioning of major organs such as kidneys, eyes, hear and nerve system.

Dr. Dale J. Hamilton, director of the Diabetes Heart Program at The Methodist Hospital in Houston feels that diabetes can hamper blood vessels in due course of time and is like the termites that destroy the home structure by making constant fissures through them. Unfortunately, many people have no idea how serious the disease can be until it’s too late. Type 2 is the fastest growing type of diabetes. Its ramifications may amount to higher systolic blood pressure, lower HDL, high triglyceride levels and fasting sugar, apart from large paunch lines.

Expert believe that the increasing number of type II diabetes in U.S. and Canada is mainly due to the replacing of sugar with corn syrup in processed foods which take place during the 1990s.
Dr Hamilton believes that high fructose corn syrup creates bi-fold issues. First, it encourages paunch line and second it manipulates the body into believing that it is hungry, thus causing a quick weight gain. He suggested that we do not have to totally eliminate the ingredient from our diet, but must be aware of the amount we consume as it can result in obesity.