There are few conditions as linked as obesity and diabetes. One tends to proceed the other and it’s been said that around ¾ of type two diabetics are obese or severely overweight. Recent studies have also shown that taking insulin regularly can contribute to weight gain which is why type one diabetics (who rely on insulin treatments to survive) can really struggle to keep their weight under control.
Excessive weight gain over a long period of time can cause all sorts of medical problems but perhaps the most dangerous in the long term and the least noticeable is insulin resistance. Essentially this term refers to a slow but steady decrease in how effective the insulin in your body is. Insulin is the hormone which removes sugar from the blood, converting it into energy which is used by the cells in the body. When insulin stops functioning properly blood-sugar levels steadily rise, eventually reaching the point where they start to do damage to various areas of your body.
One of the main pieces of advice given to newly diagnosed type two diabetics is weight loss. It’s an imperative part of keeping the condition under control and minimising any potential health risks. Losing just 5% of your total body fat can make type two diabetes much easier to manage, removing most of the potential for damage. Paired with this advice is some new information, it turns out that the good bacteria in our guts (known as probiotics) might have a huge effect on weight loss in general. Lean people have a different set of bacteria in their guts than obese people do and scientists are hoping that by understand the reasons behind this difference we’ll be able to make it easier for people to lose weight in general!
Ask your doctor about probiotics and how you can use them to fight unwanted weight gain today!
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