Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Reduce Fat, Prevent Diabetes

Reduce consumption of fatty foods more effective at preventing diabetes than weight loss. This is very important, especially for those who have a family history of diabetes.

A person diagnosed with diabetes when the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use insulin properly there. Insulin is a hormone secreted pancreas and necessary for converting food into energy.



In a study conducted by a team from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, is known, reducing fat intake in the diet for eight weeks effectively improve insulin sensitivity, glucose tolerance, and increased insulin release. In other words, this means reduced risk of diabetes.

"The important bottom line is to focus on food quality, not quantity, that give different results to reduce the risk of type two diabetes," said Barbawa Gower, a nutritionist from the University of Alabama.

The results of his research also concluded that reducing fat intake to 27 percent of the daily diet can reduce the risk of diabetes in the long run. Restricted to 27 percent fat and 55 percent carbohydrates do the participants in this study, according to Gower, is still relatively moderate.

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