Posts Tagged ‘insulin resistance’
Prevent the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes
Experts Biomedical Research Center in Red-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) have shown that blood donation leads to an improvement in insulin resistance.
Experts Biomedical Research Center in Red-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) through Section of Endocrinology, Hospital Josep Trueta de Girona, directed by Dr. Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real, have shown that blood donation drive to an improvement in insulin resistance and, consequently, could prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes, the most common among obese people and linked to a sedentary life style.
The center, under the Ministry of Science and Innovation, said today in a statement that the blood samples in a controlled manner can balance the levels of iron absorbed by the organism and thus prevent oxidation of tissues. Read the rest of this entry »
Insulin Resistance in Obese People
Obesity often leads to insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to development of type 2 diabetes.
Obesity often leads to insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to development of type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Monash University in Australia have now discovered that behind this result could be a protein called factor derived from the pigment epithelium (FDEP) that is secreted by fat cells.
The authors, who publish their work in the journal Cell Metabolism, provide evidence suggesting that specifically blocks the action of this protein could eliminate some of the complications of obesity.
Explains Matthew Watt, director of the study, “with the obesity increases the release of FDEP fat, leading to higher levels of FDEP in the blood. FDEP it sends a signal to other body tissues, producing insulin resistance in muscle and liver, a major defect that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes.
The high level of FDEP is also associated with an increased release of fatty acids from fat stores, which causes increased levels of blood lipids. This dyslipidaemia could be associated with other complications including cardiovascular disease. Read the rest of this entry »