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Researchers from University of Wisconsin have said that a gene has been identified that enhances diabetes susceptibility. Researchers performed the test on mice and came up with conclusion that tomosyn-2 was controlled by the gene and insulin secretion was inhibited from pancreas.

MiceComparison was done between two groups of mice and they revealed difference in amino acid destabilized tomosyn-2 the group that was resistant to diabetes.

Thus, the secretion of insulin gets controlled preventing these animals to avoid diabetes.
Though several studies have been conducted earlier also, this is the most comprehensive one as of now. Scientists hope that this linkage will be helpful in the prevention of disease.

If a body maintains proper and right metabolism, insulin remains controlled which in turns controls insulin level. If the production of insulin in not sufficient in the body, diabetes gets developed and there increase chances of high blood sugar level.
This study was promulgated in the journal PLoS Genetics.


Posted by in Diabetes at September 21, 2011
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Diabetic people are more prone to have heart related problems at their early ages. In addition, diabetes also enhances the risk of Alzheimer’s and some other variants in later ages, latest research stated.

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The study observed around 1000 people of approximately 60 years and reached to the conclusion that diabetic people have 50 percent more chances to suffer from Alzheimer disease.

“It’s really important for the [public's] health to understand that diabetes is a significant risk factor for all of these types of dementia,” says Rachel Whitmer, Ph.D., an epidemiologist in the research division of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a nonprofit health-care organization based in Oakland, California.

Whitmer was not exactly in the research team but studied the risks caused by Alzheimer. It has been found that there are many linkages between diabetes and dementia. The study is indeed comprehensive and clearly charts out that diabetic people have more risk and emphasize the need of precautionary measures as such.

In diabetes, because of increased sugar level in blood, body becomes unable to break amyloid (a protein) which is responsible for formation of plaque in brain. It finds linkage in Alzheimer disease.

In addition, high blood sugar narrows down brain’s arteries which is responsible for a condition called vascular dementia. High glucose level plays like stressor for blood vessels and nervous system. In 1990s also, some studies were conducted emphasizing that diabetic people have more chances to develop dementia but they could not maintain consistency.

The latest research was conducted by Yutaka Kiyohara who is a researcher at Kyushu University. At the initial phase of study, around 15 percent people were suffering from full-fledged diabetes. Around 23 percent of people had a condition known as impaired glucose tolerance.

So, this study can lead to some effective treatments by having shown the linkage between dementia and diabetes. It was published in the journal Neurology


These days diabetes has become very common. Diabetes is also called as diabetes mellitus. It is caused due to high accumulation of glucose or sugar in the blood. When our body is not able to secret insulin properly to convert carbohydrate into glucose diabetes is caused.

There are two types of diabetes Type 1 diabetes it is caused because of insufficient supply of insulin, Type 2 diabetes this is caused when the cells become insulin resistant and gestational diabetes it is caused during pregnancy time. Some foods and herbs are helpful in decreasing diabetes like cinnamon because when it is taken regularly it naturally reduces blood sugar level. Chromium is helpful to for your body cells to properly counter insulin.

In many researches it is found that people suffering from diabetes have low chromium level than healthy people.
Zinc plays an important role in production and storage of insulin of body. it is known that people having diabetes have zinc deficiency. So you should consume food having high zinc value like lamb, oyster, and almonds and so on. There are also some herbs which controls diabetes including Bitter gourd as it has some compound that helps in lowering blood sugar level.

Onion helps in blocking the insulin breakdown and pancreas in insulin production. Fenugreek seeds can also lower the blood sugar level in body. if it is regularly taken in powered form with a glass of water can treat diabetes properly.

Blueberry leaves are very remarkable in treating diabetes because when its leaves are boiled and the water is taken thrice a day it shows good result. So by these herbs and foods diabetes can be treated.


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