Good habits. Nutrition that follows the rules of the Mediterranean diet, without overdoing calories, regular physical activity, no smoking. So he puts the brakes on the advance of diabetes which puts the eyes, kidneys, arteries, nerves and, of course, the heart at risk. American research has focused precisely on the hearts of women, demonstrating how type 2 diabetes, which often arises from bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles, would greatly increase the risk of developing heart disease. Even at a young age.
What systems to assess risks in under-55s
The research was conducted by two large American centers, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Mayo Clinic, and was published in Jama Cardiology. The scholars examined a population of nearly 30,000 women, participating in the Women’s Health Study, which over time follows a large number of women of different ages. the researchers examined a number of parameters, about 50, potentially related to both diabetes and diabetes the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
What emerged? The gives under-55 with type 2 diabetes they had a ten times greater risk of getting cardiovascular disease in the following twenty years, at least according to a parameter that becomes of great importance. It’s called lipoprotein insulin resistance (LPIR) and could become a useful system for monitoring and predicting future risks to the heart when blood sugar isn’t exactly under control.
Obviously this is not the only marker considered, but this data appears to be of great importance. Just think that the values of “bad” or LDL cholesterol as well as those of glycated hemoglobin (a test that allows to evaluate the trends in glycaemia in the weeks preceding the survey) were less significant, in terms of association with the risk of developing heart disease.
The summary of the study, however, focuses on the importance of combating overweight and obesity in the first place. The presence of insulin resistance and a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or even the metabolic syndrome alone, characterized by weight gain, hypertension, alteration of lipid values and glycaemia, greatly increase the risks. Obviously, in this evaluation, the tendency to get sick written in the genes and the reduced physical activity have a heavy impact and must be taken into account. However, the important thing is to remember that even in young women diabetes must be prevented and that healthy habits can truly become the best friends of heart health and beyond.
Not just heart
Fighting type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes has another origin and is autoimmune in nature, it means above all having good habits and not just for heart health. Self blood sugar it rises chronically to pathological levels, especially if it is associated with increases in blood pressure and blood pressure cholesterol, in fact, there is a risk of cardiac complications but not only. The diabetic is at greater risk of myocardial infarction, because the disease favors the development of atherosclerosis in the arteries. For the same reason, the danger of stroke is also growing.
But also for the kidneys, diabetes is a problem: this complication of the disease leads to a progressive reduction in the ability of the kidneys to “clean” the blood. And therefore the harmful substances that should be eliminated remain in the blood itself, damaging the organism.
Again: if your blood sugar is very high the sensitivity of the nerves changes, with the appearance of misperceptions. In addition, the poor blood supply damages the kidneys, giving rise to severe pain. Moving on to the feet, nerve damage makes the diabetic’s foot less sensitive and the lack of blood supply due to narrowing of the arteries reduces oxygenation of the foot.
Therefore, it is easier to encounter unperceived wounds, which tend not to heal and cause infections. Finally, remember the risks to the eyes: Diabetes sufferers take risks a specific alteration of the retina, the part of the eye that receives visual stimuli, linked to the modification of the blood vessels that supply it.
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