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Diabetes Has Reached Epidemic Proportions

The fastest growing disease in the world today is not an infectious disease. Three million people die a year from this disease and 6 million people a year get this disease for the first time. It has increased in the last twenty years by 767% and continues to rise.

Diabetes Mellitus is without a doubt the fastest growing disease in the world and it can be stopped but not by some fancy vaccination yet. Half of all the people in the world who have diabetes don't even know it. When left untreated, the effects of this disease include blindness, amputated limbs, and heart disease.

Experts say that it is because of over-eating and incorrect carbohydrate consumption which usually causes type II diabetes. But they also say that it is because of inactivity as people generally are leading more sedentary lifestyles.

Obviously genetics has an important role to play in the chances of you becoming diabetic. Science says that in order to become diabetic you need to have inherited chromosomes D3 and D4 from your parents. But having these genes and knowing that you have these genes does not stop you getting diabetes.

New scientific research has revealed the possibility of the little known substance called Leptin which plays a significant if not primary role in heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases, reproductive disorders, and perhaps the rate of aging itself.

High Leptin levels affect the way that your body responds to inflammation, and Leptin also helps to mediate the manufacture of other very potent inflammatory chemicals from fat cells that also play a significant role in the progression of heart disease and diabetes.

There are a few basics that are needed in order to directly affect the production of Leptin in your body. Making sure that you eat correctly is the first step because research has now conclusively shown that the best way to avoid getting diabetes is to stop processed foods and eat whole foods.

The result of eating highly processed foods leads to many degenerative diseases like as arthritis, diabetes, and weak immune system. So the answer is to not only eat correctly but to also exercise a bit every day. It does not have to be hours and can be as little as 15 minutes a day.

If you are a diabetic or you have someone in your family that has been diagnosed with diabetes then you should do yourself a favor and keep up to date with the latest research. There are many studies currently being done and they are always looking for new methods of dealing and even curing this disease.


Article Source: Shaun Swilling

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