Causes Of Diabetes 2

Causes of Diabetes

According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 18.3% (8.6 million) of Americans age 60 and older have diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus prevalence increases with age, and the numbers of older persons with diabetes are expected to grow as the elderly population increases in number.

Type 2 Diabetes is developing as part of an epidemic Syndrome X.

By understanding Syndrome X stages, you best understand how diabetes 2 develops, and the warning signs of the earlier stages.

How Diabetes Develops

Diabetes usually begins in lesser stages and advances as months and years of dietary abuse continue.

Stage 1 - Carbohydrate Intolerance

Carbohydrate intolerance, the first stage of syndrome X, manifests itself as obesity. In fact, over 75 percent of all overweight people have their weight problem due to excess insulin in the body.

Stage 2 - Hypoglycemia [Low Blood Sugar]

The next concern is low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia. Excess insulin production and over-active insulin receptor sites cause low blood sugar. Eventually, these problems, if left unchecked, can and do proceed to type II diabetes, a condition of excess insulin and under-active insulin receptor sites.

Stage 3 - Diabetes

Together, conditions of excess insulin such as obesity, hypoglycemia or low blood sugar and diabetes make up the fastest growing disease epidemic in all industrialized nations.

Diabetes may be:

• Age Related
• Related to Omentum Fat
• Part of Syndrome X

Age Related Diabetes 2

The reason diabetes increases with age is three-fold:

1. Insulin production decreases due to age-related impairment of pancreatic beta cells.
2. Insulin resistance increases due to the loss of lean tissue and the accumulation of fat, particularly intra-abdominal fat [omentum], and the decreased tissue sensitivity to insulin.
3. Glucose tolerance progressively declines with age, and there is a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and postchallenge hyperglycemia in the older population. Age-related glucose intolerance in humans is often accompanied by insulin resistance, but circulating insulin levels are similar to those of younger people.

Omentum Fat - Cause Of Diabetes

90% of type-2 diabetes cases develop after significant fat is gained in the omentum located in the abdomen. This creates insulin resistance effectively 'gumming-up' pores in body cells preventing sugar from being absorbed from the blood. As blood sugars rise the pancreas works harder by making more insulin. Years of stress and overwork causes the pancreas to fail prematurely leading to insulin fatigue and diabetes. Watch how this happens. [0:31]

Syndrome X

The Institute of Nutritional Science has specialized in syndrome X and the related problems of obesity, hypoglycemia, low blood sugar and diabetes, and offers a three-phase program for both managing and preventing this devastating cycle of disease.

Natural alternatives to controlling blood sugar have come a long way in recent years. Chromium, vanadium, alpha lipoic acid and select herbal extracts in key combinations, have shown to lower insulin and blood sugar levels both safely and effectively.

Chromium naturally helps to lower blood sugar by sparing glucose usage. Vanadium has a direct effect on the insulin receptor sites of the body, making them much more effective. The end result is lowered insulin requirements. The key in managing conditions such as hypoglycemia and type II diabetes is lowering insulin levels.

Chromium, vanadium alpha lipoic acid and key herbal extracts have proved very effective in lowering both insulin and blood sugar levels naturally. If you are significantly overweight and lower calorie diets have not worked well for you in the past, consider taking our Weight Management Test to help discover if your weight problem could be due to excess insulin production in response to carbohydrate ingestion.

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