Diabetes Hits 340 Million People in Next Twenty Years

According to the World Health Organization, diabetes affects over 170 million people worldwide now and the figure is expected to double by the year 2030. If it is left untreated, diabetes can lead to blindness and joint problems, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease. In worst cases, you may lose circulation to the peripheral tissues, amputations may become necessary.

To prevent and treat diabetes properly, we have to know what cause diabete and type difference. 

The leading causes of diabetes are                                        

•  High Refined carbohydrate intake :

Too much glucose is being produced in the body or consumed by the patient.  For example, sugar-filled soft drinks, white rice, white bread, cookies, pies, cakes, candies, processed food

•  Stress :

When the body is in a high stress state, it is constantly breaking down fat in order to produce enough energy in the blood to deal with a crisis. Long periods of stress can eventually lead to high blood sugar levels.

Other causes of diabetes are included

• Obesity :

Obesity is a term that describes levels of body fat far above the norms for healthy living.

BMI (Body Mass Index) score = / > 30.0  You are technically obese.

BMI score > 40.0  You have a condition called extreme or morbid obesity

If you are obese and have consistently high blood glucose levels, you can develop type-2 diabete.

• Age :

Type II diabetes risk is increased for those who are over 45 years of age although more children are being diagnosed at an earlier age.

• Genetic factors :

Genetic studies using Admixture Linkage Analysis have found that NIDDM (diabetes type II)  is genetically complex, involving multiple genes, and multiple gene-environment interactions.

Ethnic groups such a Native North Americans and Hispanic suggest suggests a genetic susceptibility to NIDDM that may have evolved as a survival mechanism when these populations historically experienced cycles of feast and famine. There may have been a selective advantage in having a genotype that conserved blood sugar during times of famine. 

Age and genes are out of control fors for diabetes.  But dietary and lifestyles is over our ability to get through it.  More than 80% of success come from on your strong will and determination.  Another 20% is about medical treatment which we will discuss about it in next articles.