Worldwide epidemic of diabetes continues to worsen. Currently an estimated 366 million people suffer from the disease. The death rate from diabetes reaches 4.6 million deaths per year and health costs to be incurred to achieve 465 billion dollars every year. Rates of diabetes was made based on international data, both type-1 diabetes and type-2 last year.
Type-2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, the number of cases reaching almost 90 percent of all types of diabetes. Worse, many of them are not aware that he had been suffering from diabetes. Of course, if the type-2 diabetes are not completely controlled or treated, the risk of heart attack, blindness, or even the loss of another limb will increase.
Choice such as drug therapy and a healthy diet is the most effective ways to manage diabetes. In addition, there is also a solution to control diabetes by managing the right weight.
Excess weight, improper nutrition, and high levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood are the factors most related known increased risk of diabetes. However, there are a number of other factors are far less known, but contribute to increased risk of developing diabetes. Here are seven factors triggering of type-2 diabetes:
1. Skipping breakfast
A group of Australian scientists found that skipping breakfast can lead to a decrease in blood sugar levels significantly. As a result, people will tend to have the desire to eat sweet foods that increase the risk of diabetes.
2. Accumulation of abdominal fat or waist circumference is too big
Many studies have shown that the waist is too large is closely linked to higher risk of suffering from type-2 diabetes. Even if you're not fat, but your waist over 37 inches (for men) or 31.5 inches (for women), this factor is sufficient to increase your risk of diabetes.
3. Not getting enough sleep
Results of research conducted at Boston University showed that only get 5 hours of sleep each night associated with a 50 percent higher likelihood of diabetes type-2 than if you get 7-8 hours of sleep.
4. sleep apnea
A group of researchers from Yale University analyzed data from 1,200 people who suffer from sleep apnea, and found that this condition is associated with two times higher risk of developing diabetes.
5. drinking juice
After studying 70 000 female volunteers, the American scientists to the conclusion that drinking 180 milliliters of fruit juice only commercially produced per day associated with an increased risk of diabetes by 18 percent. Meanwhile, those who ate fresh fruit (not juice) had a lower risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
6. Work "shift"
A study at Harvard University have shown that shift work (particularly in long-term period) have a relationship with an increased risk of developing diabetes is higher, amounting to 50 percent.
7. Problems in the ovary
In particular, conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome has been associated with an increased higher risk of type-2 diabetes by 10 percent. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a disorder endokrinopati most often found in women of reproductive age. This syndrome is characterized by a collection of some of the symptoms, such as menstrual disorders, ovulation disorders, hyper-androgenism, and an overview of polycystic ovaries.
