Sadly Diabetes 2 is Increasing

A renowned British diabetes specialist noticed that during the war—when food shortages lead to the removal of white flour, white sugar, and excessive meat protein and fats from the typical British diet—the death rate from diabetes decreased by 50%.

 If the scientist were still alive, he would be surprised at the healthy eating trend today, the number of food blogs advocating clean, healthy eating, all challenging the way we choose and prepare our meals.

And yet diabetes is on the increase.

Type 2 diabetes can be managed successfully, however; we need only to choose the right food and exercise more. We have become much more sedentary these days, spending more time in front of the television. We sit at work. We rely solely on the car to take us places. Many of these factors make us obese, and obesity is one of the reasons we suffer from diabetes. 

Obesity becomes even more of a problem if we have difficulty controlling our blood sugar levels. 

Type 2 diabetes has become a worldwide lifestyle disease, which starts when our bodies do not produce enough insulin. It also happens when the cells of our bodies become insensitive to insulin, a condition called “insulin resistance.” Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, the key which unlocks the cells in our bodies to allow glucose in.

Insulin is produced and released when the body needs it; if insulin cannot penetrate into all of the cells in our bodies, then the glucose (blood sugar) gets too high. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas cannot make insulin, the glucose stays in the blood, and sufferers have to take insulin injections, whereas in type 2, the pancreas produces insulin but it cannot reach the cells.

What’s vital to understand is that insulin controls the amount of blood sugar gaining access to our cells; it instructs the body’s cells to absorb blood sugar for energy or storage. With type 2 diabetes, our blood glucose levels are high and our insulin sensitivity is decreased. This means that the excess sugar stays in the bloodstream, waiting for insulin activity to kick in so it can get to the cells to provide the energy we so need.

In 7 WONDERS OF OLIVE OIL the authors look at how extra virgin olive oil can help in diabetes.


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