Could You Be a Diabetic?

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Barry_Lycka]Barry Lycka

Diabetes nowadays has grown to be a problem next to cancer or other respiratory diseases. It has become so common and yet so misunderstood. For a lot of people, diabetes is a hereditary disease. Hence, only genetic predisposition can cause diabetes. For some on the other hand, the diet of the people is the primary culprit for diabetes. How true or untrue are these? Are all people susceptible to this disease? Could you be a diabetic?

Before identifying the possible victims of this deadly illness, it would be best to understand what diabetes is. Diabetes is a metabolism problem where the pancreas either fails to produce enough sugar or to produce at all. It can also be the case that the cells of the body are not functioning well that's why the insulin produced just passes out of the body leaving the body with little or no fuel to do everyday activities. Furthermore, there are many types of diabetes all of which have their own causes and proper management. This can be very dangerous and even deadly that is why this disease should be taken seriously.

With this, it can be easily said that people who have problematic pancreas or cells are automatically at high risk to suffer this disease. As mentioned earlier, those who have genetic predisposition are usually among those who cannot run away from this high risk. People over the age of 45 are also very susceptible to this illness. This can be associated to failure of the body to function properly. There is also such as thing as insulin resistance syndrome that predisposes people to diabetes. Studies also prove that race and ethnic backgrounds should be considered. Hispanics, Asians, Blacks and Native Americans are prone to developing type II diabetes. Being overweight (people who have greater than 25 body mass index) and hypertensive also increases the risk of developing certain types of diabetes. This is where the people's diets get in. The common belief that consuming a lot of sweets or sugary food causes diabetes may be considered as a taboo. Sweet foods are like fatty foods, they contribute to the development of other health conditions such as those mentioned above which in turn triggers diabetes. High cholesterol levels are also not exempted from being a culprit in the development of this health condition. Having a very sedentary lifestyle also does not help. Development of diabetes during pregnancy also increases the risk. Similarly, history of vascular disease and polycystic syndrome renders people very much susceptible to diabetes.

With the foregoing, it clearly nullifies the common beliefs mentioned above. A lot of people and virtually any people are really susceptible to diabetes. It's just a matter of adapting a very healthy lifestyle that can steer people away from this doom. We all love to eat and relax, but as the saying goes we become what we eat (and in this case maybe what we do also!). Diabetes like every other disease is common, deadly and can be very limiting once we develop it so prevention is always important!

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