Diabetes and Weight Management Facts!

We often assume weight loss is good and healthy. A slow steady weight loss using nutritional change and exercise is associated with beneficial effects on the heart, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels. In addition, weight loss can reduce "Insulin Resistance" and make muscles and fat tissues more sensitive to circulating insulin levels in the blood. A reduction in insulin resistance is important because insulin is needed to help glucose enter these tissues to be metabolized. If these tissues are resistant to insulin, higher than normal levels are needed for this process to occur. This is often the case in Type 2 diabetes and weight management. As a result, a vicious cycle occurs, the higher the insulin levels are, the

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