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by Gloria Gamat on January 19, 2009
It's well known that diabetes can be linked to diets high in fat and sugar. But researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center have discovered a new element that is contributing to the nation's increase in diabetes cases - dirty air. Tests showed that pollution contributed to inflammation, increased body fat and disrupted the process of insulin - a hallmark of diabetes.
Why is this discovery so important?
One in three Americans is obese
One in six live in a city with poor air quality.
Current cases of diabetes are expected to double in the next twenty years.
Read more.
Doctor Sanjay Rajagopalan says air pollution not only affects your lungs, it also causes problems in other organs. His research team exposed mice to the same dirty air that many of us breathe every day.
"Every mouse that we exposed to high fat diet, along with exposure to inhaled particulates had marked worsening of diabetes," says Dr. Rajagopalan.
Why is this discovery so important?
One in three Americans is obese
One in six live in a city with poor air quality.
Current cases of diabetes are expected to double in the next twenty years.
Read more.
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Tara
(01/21/09 10:14am)
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I'm not saying air pollution isn't bad - it's bad for all of us - not really something anyone likes to breathe in. But based on the study, wouldn't it be true that if diabetics kept to their low-fat, low-sugar diet, then air pollution wouldn't affect diabetics any more than the rest of us?
Just curious.