Which came first, diabetes or being overweight? Does it really matter once you’ve been diagnosed? Almost 90% of people diagnosed with Type II diabetes are overweight. Many don’t realize how much being soft can cost. Type II diabetes, once known as adult onset diabetes, is the most common form of affecting millions of people in the United States alone. According to the American Diabetes Association, over 20 million people have been diagnosed. Type II refers to insulin resistance. The body’s cells simply ignore the insulin released by the pancreas. Sometimes the pancreas doesn’t produce enough. Either way, blood glucose levels aren’t effectively reduced and the result is damage.

Among those that suffer from Type 2 diabetes almost 40% have high blood pressure, which is another condition that is believed to be exacerbated by excess weight. Being overweight might also lead to a condition known as insulin resistance in which the body no longer responds to the insulin that is needed to assist the body in using sugar and glucose as fuel on a cellular level.

It’s quite a rollercoaster ride for our metabolic system. Over time, this cycle trains the body’s cells to ignore the large amounts of insulin. Glucose does not get converted into fuel for the cell. Instead, it’s stored as fat, literally adding to an existing weight problem.

The prognosis for diabetes does not have to be a grave one. The most convincing data to fight diabetes and obesity is to lose weight. Individuals who educate themselves on matters of nutrition and exercise stand the best chance of avoiding the disease, lowering blood pressure and living a more fruitful life. By choosing foods that will provide health benefits and raise blood sugar levels gradually, a person can restore the natural metabolic process that balances itself properly. Changing what foods are consumed can also reduce weight by reducing the amount of calories eaten.

Get active. Find activities that you enjoy and get out there and do them. Don’t make those activities passive activities either. Even if it’s just going out to play shuffleboard everyday get out there and play. Enjoy your time in the sun. Pick flowers with the little ones. Take up golf. Do whatever it takes to get up and moving each and every day in order to remember why you want to live forever in the first place.

It is correct to say that diabetes is life altering. However, making conscious choices to fight the disease, as opposed to being victimized and paralyzed by the diagnosis, mean the difference in living and merely existing. Diabetics around the world have found success and well being by reducing their weight. Not only are their blood sugar levels more stable, causing less damage to their systems, but joint pain is reduced or alleviated. Mood swings lessen and depression is gone. They feel better. Diabetics that have successfully reduced their weight have a new perspective concerning their health. They have realized that they are ultimately responsible for caring for themselves.

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