Diabetes and your body weight
Prevention is certainly better then cures when it comes to ailments like diabetes. One of the best ways to help prevent the condition is by losing weight. This is because excessive body weight does tend to aggravate the condition; especially in type 2 Diabetes.
Being overweight can cause many ailments along with diabetes including heart disease, many types of cancer, heart disease and other health problems. Type 2 diabetes has been proven to have a direct correlation with obesity. 
Type 2 diabetes is associated with the resistance of insulin often triggered by excess weight. The important glucose delivering hormone of your body proves ineffective when a person is obese as the body cells are rendered less sensitive to the insulin that is released by the pancreas. Also, certain studies show that fat cells are more insulin resistant then the muscle cells. Therefore, if the fat cells of an individual’s body exceed the number of muscle cells, the overall resistance to insulin will be further enhanced. The glucose continues to circulate in the blood stream instead of being absorbed by the cells to produce energy.
However, a healthy diet or workout regiment can help remedy this issue. Studies prove that losing only 5-7 % of the body weight can help reduce the risk of diabetes significantly. On an average, a loss of 7 to 10 pounds can really make a difference. People who are already suffering from diabetes should also try and lose a reasonable amount of weight to slow the progression of the disease. What’s more, cholesterol and blood pressure levels also benefit from the loss of weight, no matter how small the amount.
However, it’s not simply excess weight which can put people at risk of developing diabetes but also the body parts in which it’s stored. People who are generally referred to as “apple shaped” and tend to put on the most weight around their waist are more likely to suffer from diabetes as opposed to their pear shaped counterparts where weight accumulates in the thighs and hips.
Therefore, losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle can help your address the risks involved with diabetes and also reduce any further aggravation of the condition.
