Why does losing weight help my diabetes?
Hi Jay. Losing weight really helps diabetes, especially if it’s type 2 diabetes. When you cut down the amount of food you are eating before even before the first pound is lost, your blood sugars will get a lot better. And then if you lose five to ten pounds you even have further improvements in blood sugar. It really, the weight loss and reduced calories, what they do is they reduce the workload…
Lowering Insulin resistance will allows the natural insulin to lower the blood glucose level in the body. Secondly this will improve blood pressure and increase fat present in the blood. People suffering from Diabetes will (mostly) become prey for cardiovascular diseases. Reducing fat present in the blood and blood pressure reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Weight loss helps people with diabetes in two important ways. First, it lowers insulin resistance. This allows your natural insulin (in people with type 2 diabetes) to do a better job lowering blood glucose levels. If you take a diabetes medicine, losing weight lowers blood glucose and may allow you to reduce the amount you’re taking, or quit taking it altogether. Second, it improves blood fat and blood pressure levels. People with diabetes are about twice as likely to get cardiovascular disease as most people. Lowering blood fats and blood pressure is a way to reduce that risk.
