Study Shows The Dangers Of Diabetes

diabetes afflicts over 2 million people in the United Kingdom

A new study has shown how important it is that people suffering from Type 2 diabetes are quickly diagnosed and that they are immediately given advice on how to control their illness. The study which involved almost 3,300 diabetics monitored the reaction of the disease to different treatments such as diet or medications. At the end of the study it became clear that those diabetics who treated their illness by taking insulin had 15% reduced likelihood of suffering from a heart attack and also a 13% reduced risk of death when compared to those patients who used to diet restrictions instead.

This recent study that was made public in the New England Journal of Medicine was led by Professor Rury Holman from Oxford University, who stressed the importance of dealing with diabetes very early on if serious health side effects were to be avoided. He also noted the importance of good blood glucose control. The research was partly funded by the organisation Diabetes UK and its Director of Research commented that this sort of research was essential for establishing the best ways to treat diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes which is the more serious type of diabetes afflicts over 2 million people in the United Kingdom and the figure is rising fast as more and more individuals become obese. Some experts estimate that over the next fifteen years this figure could even double. Something that many people don’t realise is that diabetes often leads to heart disease, kidney problems, blindness and even amputation of limbs and thus can be a terrible illness to live with.

There are literally hundreds of health conditions which are aggravated by obesity and if you remain overweight or obese all of your life you are very unlikely not to suffer from some serious obesity related illness at some point.