Obesity and Its Relation to Diabetes

Obesity normally causes increase of triglyceride level in the blood which prevents the cell from taking necessary insulin. Here is an article which highlights how obesity causes diabetes.

Diabetes is a disease which has no cure. Although the cause for diabetes is not fully understood, it is believed that stress, life style, eating habits and obesity are some of the reasons which cause diabetes.

What causes Obesity?

There are many causes for Obesity. Some of the known causes are eating habits like taking fatty foods, life style like sitting for long hours or works which does not involve much physical activity, causes attributable to genetic factors, problems with endocrines leading to hyperthyroidism, damage caused to hypothalamus due to accident would cause obesity.

Relationship between Diabetes and Obesity:

So far the relationship between obesity to diabetes is still not fully understood. However, obesity gives rise to increase in fatty acid. This fatty acid is the result of triglyceride metabolism present in the body. Triglyceride has the tendency to make the tissues resistant to absorb the insulin.

Diabetes and Obesity go hand in hand. People who are obese are prone to be diabetic. Apart from triggering diabetes, Obesity could lead to many other diseases like hypertension, disease of gall bladder, heart attack etc.

Diabetes is caused when the cells fails to take glucose from the blood. The pancreas fails to produce the insulin which is very essential to regulate the glucose level in the blood. But if the body absorbs more insulin, then blood gets more glucose. The extra glucose stored in the body is the fat. The Islet cells in pancreas fail to produce insulin. A person who is diabetic need more insulin since the body is starved of insulin. In other words, Obesity may make the body incapable of using the glucose and can also make the body insulin resistant. Because of lack of insulin in the body, it would lead to diabetes.

What are the remedies?

Proper medication is required to regulate the diabetes in case of people who are obese. In addition to medication, exercise and stringent diet consisting of proper nutrition will be essential to regulate the diabetes and the obesity.

Those who are obese should avoid ice cream, candy and snacks and deep fried food. They have to necessarily take to walking, physical exercise and the diet should be rich in vegetables. This will help to regulate the diabetes and also reduce the obesity which in turn will also help to further regulate the disease. Further, proper advice of the physician should be taken. Those who have endocrine problems should invariably should consul their physician periodically.