Health risks from obesity and excess weight 1. Insulin Resistance The biggest health risk from excess weight (read, fat) is insulin resistance. As fat begins to surround the visceral organs, like the liver and pancreas, it compromises their functionality, leading to inadequate insulin or insulin that the body is resistant to. As a result, glucose

Diabetes Mellitus and Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes is not just one of the most prevailing disorders to plague the world today, it is one that progressively brings more and more complications in its wake if left untreated or improperly treated. This is ultimate because diabetes is, at its core, a metabolic disorder, caused by the body’s inability to

Insulin. Is it a hormone or an enzyme, and why does it matter? Given that insulin is a chemical that activates a biological function, it is natural to wonder whether it is an enzyme or a hormone. Whereas both enzymes and hormones are chemicals and both are needed to activate biological functions, there is a critical difference between the two. Enz

Diabetes is a metabolic disease that happens when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.  The end result is a rise in blood sugar levels. Diabetes has become one of the leading causes of death worldwide in recent years. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2019 sa

Like your cereal? Try this variety of oats. Cereals have become the norm in our get-up-and-go urban lifestyles, but they often come loaded with unhealthy sugar and carbs, which push up blood sugar levels and set the stage for insulin resistance and lifestyle disorders like diabetes. Oats have always been considered healthy. And for good reason.