Besides looking and feeling better, if you have type 2 diabetes there are many benefits to be gained from weight loss. These benefits include lower:

• blood sugar levels
• blood cholesterol and triglycerides levels
• blood pressure

As well as these benefits you could find yourself not needing drugs!

Blood Fats:

Not a lot is known about how cholesterol is handled in the human body, but fat cells seem to play an important role. Cholesterol is taken in with certain foods and also manufactured by your liver. For reasons that are not as yet clear, when fat cells are full your blood tends to be high in LDL.

LDL cholesterol forms blockages in your blood vessels, affecting whichever organ it’s attached to. So, if the blood vessel is one of the coronary arteries, then part of your heart muscle will be deprived of oxygen, causing chest pain and even death to that part of your heart if the condition persists. If the arteries in your brain or neck are affected, stroke may be the result. HDL cholesterol is the good type of cholesterol, which prevents plaque formation. If you are overweight or obese, bringing your weight to a normal level will lead to lowering your overall cholesterol, and increasing your HDL level. This is really important for everyone, but especially when you have type 2 diabetes.

Triglycerides, or fats, is your body’s way of storing food calories when they are not used for energy. Like cholesterol, they tend to be high in people with type 2 diabetes. They have been implicated in low HDL levels and nerve damage in diabetes. When weight loss takes place, the triglycerides are used for energy.

Blood Pressure:

High blood pressure is often a problem in type 2 diabetes. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pounding against the arterial walls as it is pumped through your body. When the walls of the arteries are blocked, it is difficult for the blood to pass through them, and the heart must beat with more pressure to force the blood through. Think of a garden hose. Water is flowing through it with slight force. Now put your finger over the opening. Suddenly the water begins to spurt farther, with more force, because the opening has become smaller. The walls of your arteries become smaller when they are coated with cholesterol, just as the opening in the hose becomes smaller with your finger over it.

The Big Benefit - Lower Blood Sugar Levels:

Last, but certainly not least, type 2 diabetics who lose weight often lower or eliminate altogether their need for drugs. For some time obesity has been known to be an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now researchers have found that obesity in mice leads to new sugar production in their livers. This may be what happens in obese humans as well.

Weight loss lowers your blood sugar levels, so you should then be able to avoid drugs. When you look at the benefits, weight loss to a healthy level is the way to go!

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