You Know Your Diabetes Is Uncontrolled When …
You can live to 100 with controlled diabetes, but uncontrolled diabetes can kill you in a flash and is the leading cause of blindness and amputation in the U.S.
There is no reason for diabetes to get out of control, yet many people with this condition fail to properly manage it.
Here are signs that diabetes is out of control.
High Glucose Readings
• High blood sugar readings are not normal even for a diabetic.
• Check with your doctor about what your readings should be during key parts of the day such as awakening on an empty stomach; during intense exercise; after exercise; before bedtime, etc.
Increased Urination
• This doesn’t just mean frequency, but quantity.
• There’s more urination and total output because the body is trying to excrete excess blood sugar.
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• The increased urination of uncontrolled diabetes is NOT from the greater fluid consumption that comes with uncontrolled diabetes’ increased thirst.
Increased Thirst
• High blood sugar induces thirst from dehydration.
• Despite drinking a “ton” of water you may still feel thirsty.
• Filling up on water is not the solution, as this condition can lead to a potentially ketoacidosis from rapid glucose spikes.
• Symptoms of ketoacidosis include nausea, dizziness, stomach pain, loss of consciousness and fruity smelling breath.
Sweet Smelling Breath
• In uncontrolled diabetes, the body breaks down fat for fuel, releasing a chemical called acetone.
• Any odd breath odor, be it sweet, fruity or like chemicals, is a warning sign that nets a prompt ER visit.
Hungrier, Eating More but No Weight Gain
• Blood sugar (glucose) is the body’s chief energy source.
• In diabetes, proper amounts of glucose fail to reach muscle cells.
• The body, desperate for a fuel source, generates hunger pangs (food is fuel).
• Increased food intake will not correct uncontrolled diabetes.
Unexplained Weight Loss
• The aforementioned problem can also be accompanied by weight loss rather than simply not gaining weight.
• Though eating more yet losing weight may be great news to anyone struggling with fat loss and dieting, it’s actually a huge red flag that something is wrong with your body.
Frequent Infections
• More skin infections than usual
• Common infections that take a long time to clear up
• Yeast infections of the genitalia
Cardiovascular Problems
• High blood pressure
• Poor cholesterol numbers
• Abnormal heart rhythm
• Chest pain
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Numbness or Tingling
• In addition to damaging blood vessels, uncontrolled diabetes can damage nerves.
• Don’t assume that the new-onset tingling or numbness in your fingers is carpal tunnel syndrome; could be uncontrolled diabetes.
Kidney Problems
• Urine that’s dark or the color of cola or tea
• Frothy urine
• Pain in the lower back
• Chronic urinary tract infections
• Absence of these symptoms do not always mean absence of early kidney disease.
Why So Many Diagnosed Diabetics Let Their Diabetes Get Out of Control
“What most diabetics don’t realize is that [type 2] diabetes is a choice,” says Dana S. Simpler, MD, an internal medicine physician with Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, MD, who specializes in helping patients treat disease, obesity and diabetes with diet and exercise.
“If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes — you have done it to yourself by eating the standard American diet,” explains Dr. Simpler.
“The fat in the overly processed American diet ‘clogs’ up the insulin receptors on our cells that then block the ability of our bodies to process and absorb carbohydrates and sugars.
“This leads to the high blood sugar in the bloodstream that causes heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, blindness and poor circulation/amputations.
“The American Diabetes Association diet keeps the sugar down, but, never addresses the insulin resistance. Americans who really want to heal their bodies and get rid of diabetes must unclog their insulin receptors by eating a low fat, plant based diet.
“Even supposed ‘low fat’ animal products have too much fat and just keep people diabetic. Good health is not a given; it must be earned.”
The reason uncontrolled albeit diagnosed type 2 diabetes is so rampant is because unhealthy lifestyle habits brought on this metabolic disease in the first place.
Such an individual, having been chronically careless with their health, often continues this carelessness with the management of the disease!
It was too burdensome for them to eat cleanly and stick to an exercise regimen prior to the development of their type 2 diabetes.
Post-diagnosis, it continues to be burdensome for them to take charge of their health and keep on top of what’s going on in their bodies.
There is no reason why a person who’s been diagnosed with diabetes should allow this condition to become uncontrolled.
Dr. Simpler received her medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine and has been in practice for over 25 years.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
Guidelines for Heavy Weightlifting After Double Mastectomy
A former personal trainer who underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy documents her return to heavy strength training; great tips for safely regaining lost strength!
The surgeon told me to wait six weeks before resuming upper body strength training.
How long does it take a healthy woman, who’s been intensely and heavily training with weights for many years, to get back to her pre-surgery weightlifting levels following a preventive double mastectomy?
All I found online was a narrative by a woman who strength trained passionately to prepare herself for a prophylactic double mastectomy.
Though she reported that recovery was easy, she didn’t provide information about her upper body regimen postop.
Guidelines for Resuming Heavy Strength Training After Double Mastectomy
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I’m a former personal trainer and will be providing guidelines that apply to healthy patients whose double mastectomy was performed for preventive (prophylactic) reasons — WITH NO BREAST RECONSTRUCTION.
My deadlift for the last time prior to surgery.
5 x 225
3 x 235
Kettlebell Swing (to shoulder level)
13 x 72
Dumbbell Deadlift
4 x 160 (two 80-pounders)
Kettlebell Squat (held at shoulders)
8 x 70
Elevated Pushup (feet on a 24 inch stool)
5
Seated Dip (feet on 18 inch stool, hands on weightlifting bench)
8 x 70 pounds on lap
It will be intriguing to see how fast I return to my weightlifting strength of prior to the preventive double mastectomy. Stay tuned…
POSTOP UPDATE: 3 Weeks
The arm/shoulder movement issues, contrary to what the nurse had told me, have nothing to do with two weeks of inactivity.
I once had my left arm on lockdown for six weeks due to a clavicle fracture, and when I got the green light to reintegrate it into daily living, there were no mobility issues.
The mastectomy affects mobility because you’re left with less skin; the surgeon removes some of it.
It feels like the skin is being stretched too tight when I conduct certain movements. However, every day my range of motion increases.
Nine days postop the surgeon gave me the okay to resume strength training — LEGS ONLY. My legs are getting an intense workout and it feels great!
POSTOP UPDATE: 40 Days
I’m supposed to wait 42 days (six weeks), but I couldn’t help myself; I deadlifted 40 days out from my double mastectomy. But that’s all I did for upper body.
I started with just the bar and worked my way up to 135 pounds (5 x 5-8).
The nice thing about the deadlift is that it doesn’t require active chest muscle recruitment. And there’s no skin stretching due to the limited arm movement.
But pull-ups? Right now I still cannot dead hang due to the skin stretching.
Guideline #1. I have not been practicing hanging at all because I consider this a form of weightlifting — you’re opposing your body weight by clinging to a bar above your head.
And of course, upper body weightlifting is restricted for several weeks following a mastectomy.
POSTOP UPDATE: 41 Days
I deadlifted again today, just to see how high I could go before it began feeling too heavy to add more weight.
I topped out at 1 x 185 with an underhand grip. It wasn’t a struggle, but it felt as though I should not go heavier.
Guideline #2. When you’re off from lifting weights for six weeks, regardless of reason, it’s smart not to jump back in to see how strong you are. Particularly at risk is a low back overload or rotator cuff overload.
Below are my stats for 41 days post-double mastectomy, based on my approach of easing my way back in to heavy weightlifting.
Kettlebell Swing: 20 x 32.
Reverse Row (suspension straps). Surprisingly, the only hindrance was the fact that I haven’t done this for six weeks. I had anticipated a hanging issue with the skin still being tight, but this was absent.
Close Grip Lat Pull-Down. Ditto
Seated Cable Row. The only issue was the six week absence, but because it’s nearly impossible to injure yourself with this exercise with good form, I went heavy but still lighter than pre-surgical.
Dead Hang. Due to tight skin, I’m only placing my fingers around a high ledge with straight arms and simulating a hang, feet making contact with the floor.
POSTOP UPDATE: 42 Days
This was my first chest/shoulder workout since the double mastectomy. I took it very easy.
But not because of the double mastectomy. When you go six weeks without lifting weights, your trained rotator cuffs lose integrity and stability.
So for no other reason, when it’s time to resume strength training that engages the rotator cuff (chest and shoulder moves), GO LIGHT.
And “light” is relative to each individual. We don’t want to throw the rotator cuff to the sharks.
So though I felt that 15 pound dumbbells for a dumbbell press while lying on a fitness ball was ridiculously light, I limited myself to this — to prevent a rotator cuff strain.
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For the same reason, I did pushups off my knees and overhead presses with 10 pound dumbbells.
Everything felt good, and next chest/shoulder session I will use heavier weights — but still within the rotator cuff protection range.
POSTOP UPDATE: 56 Days
Deadlift: 3 x 205, mixed grip.
Dumbbell Deadlift: 5 x 120
Dead Hang: 15 seconds underhand grip. For the overhand grip, I’m sensing that there’s five percent elbow flexion; so it may LOOK like a dead hang, but it doesn’t quite feel 100 percent there.
Pushup. Despite my pre-surgical ability, I’ve resumed these on my knees, due to the aforementioned rotator cuff factor. And the shoulders feel very tweaky.
On the last set of my last session, I felt a twang below a clavicle. It bothered me all evening.
But today, I had no issues with continuing my light chest and shoulder workouts, though I’m going to wait a bit before I resume pushups.
Guideline #3. You may want to consider avoiding returning to pushups UNTIL you’ve been back in the game somewhat with other chest movements.
POSTOP UPDATE: 66 Days
Deadlift at 2 x 215, mixed grip
Dumbbell Deadlift: 4 x 150
Day 76 – Deadlift: 3 x 215 and 1 x 220, mixed grip
Day 80 – Deadlift: 1 x 225, mixed grip
Day 89 – Deadlift: 3 x 220, mixed grip;
Kettlebell swing: 15 x 72.
Day 91 – Pushups with feet elevated on 18 inch stool, two reps. This advancement is very interesting because up to this point, I’d only been doing knee and then eccentric-only (lowering-only) pushups with my feet on the floor.
But on day 91, my shoulder joints felt very solid and capable. Remember, taking weeks off from upper body work means you have to be careful not to get ahead of yourself so that the rotator cuff tendons don’t get injured.
I just had a gut feeling I could do pushups off the 18 inch stool, keeping my body as straight as a board. Two reps were good enough for me.
MILESTONE!
So 97 days after my double mastectomy, I was able to deadlift 225 for three reps, three sets (mixed grip). Also, 1 x 230.
I resumed upper body strength training 40 days postop, so this means it’s taken one day short of eight weeks to regain the strength to do reps with 225.
I’m still not where I was pre-double mastectomy. Just a recap, I took six weeks off from upper body training–six weeks and three days, to be exact.
So it’s taking a lot longer to get some of my exercises back than the time I took off.
Day 101 – Deadlift: 1 x 235 (mixed grip)
Day 106 – Deadlift: 1 x 210 … overhand grip
Day 129 – Deadlift: 1 x 240 … mixed grip
With this single rep at 240, this makes me about where I was prior to my surgery.
My last bit of advice is, with these giant compound lifts, do not strain your guts out (unless you’re training for a powerlifting competition).
This is just a general good rule for strength training, whether you’ve had a double mastectomy or not. Wait until you feel good and ready before moving up in weight.
Lorra Garrick is a former personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise. At Bally Total Fitness she trained clients of all ages for fat loss, muscle building, fitness and improved health.
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Why Can’t You Raise Arms Overhead After Double Mastectomy
What are the actual reasons why a woman is told not to lift her arms overhead for two weeks after a double mastectomy?
Here is the answer – as it pertains to a prophylactic double mastectomy.
I’m scheduled for a prophylactic (preventive) double mastectomy after learning that my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer.
I was told that I will not be able to lift my arms over my head for the two weeks following the surgery.
But is this due to a mechanical inability or is it some kind of precaution?
After all, a preventive bilateral mastectomy does not involve cutting into any musculoskeletal or lymphatic tissue.
Here is what my breast care nurse, who is handling my case, responded when I asked her to explain why the restriction of overhead arm use for two weeks after a double mastectomy.
“Sometimes it can be difficult to raise your shoulder because it pulls on the drains…”
All patients of such a procedure must put up with drains for one to two weeks. But pulling on drains falls under the category of discomfort rather than an inability.
However, there’s more…
The restriction is lifted after the drains are removed, said the nurse. She also said, “I do know women who’ve had mastectomies who do feel comfortable lifting their arm above their head. Each person is kind of individual.”
However, my nurse explained that for those two weeks, even if you feel comfortable, you are not to do “long stretches over the head because it can ruin the incision, pull on the area. You can lift above your shoulder but no long stretches.”
- A long stretch would be what you’d have to do when putting on a shirt over your head and taking it off.
- A brief stretch would be, for example, while you’re seated at your computer, you raise your hand over your head to reach the switch on a lamp to put it on. That’s two seconds.
“But no long stretches; that could injure the surgical.”
This would include activity such as stocking high shelves with food or other items like linens, yoga positions, hair styling, or any other prolonged overhead motions, even if there’s intermittent lowering – such as in the case of placing several pieces of glassware in a cupboard.
So in summary, the reason you are instructed not to move your arms overhead for two weeks after a prophylactic double mastectomy is due to precaution rather than patient comfort or mechanical impairment.
However, some degree of mechanical impairment or difference will occur during recovery.
10 Percent of Women
“Poor range of motion after double mastectomy can occur in about 10 percent of women based on some small studies,” says Mylaine Riobe, MD, founder of Riobe Institute of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Riobe, who’s board certified in ob/gyn and integrative medicine, is the author of “The Answer to Cancer” and has over 15 years’ experience using integrative techniques to treat diverse patients.
Dr. Riobe explains, “Numbness and swelling were the most common symptoms [in the study].
“Some theories regarding the reason for reduced range of motion is because of the amount of skin removed during the mastectomy.
“A variation of mastectomy which is more ‘skin-sparing’ can be done which may theoretically reduce the likelihood of reduced range of motion.
“Most of the time, however, the chest area is kept as flat as possible to allow for proper fitting of a prosthesis.”
EDIT/UPDATE! I’m now 22 days postop, and I will tell you that lifting your arms straight over your head soon after a double mastectomy is problematic (but not impossible) due to the sensation that your skin is pulling so tightly that it feels that it will rip.
This is NOT related to two weeks of inactivity. It’s related to the surgery, though my muscle tissue was NOT touched. I guess the skin was traumatized and just needs to rebound from the shock.
Anyways, at 22 days postop, I have no problem lifting my arms/hands straight over my head, but initially, the skin felt as though it was being pulled too tightly.
UPDATE 2 — Three and a half months post-double mastectomy … I can dead hang (holding onto bar above head with straight arms, feet not touching floor) for a whole minute.
- A sustained dead hang is the last thing to come back after a double mastectomy — in my opinion, anyways.
- Even a pull-up is easier because the arms are bending.
Level of physical fitness going into a double mastectomy plays a key role in how soon you’ll mechanically be able to effortlessly lift your arms/hands completely over your head.
The more strength trained or yoga trained your body is, prior to a double mastectomy, the less likely any postop doctor restrictions will stiffen your muscles and impede return to full range of motion!
Dr. Riobe has helped thousands of patients overcome difficult illnesses by addressing root causes, not just masking symptoms. The Riobe Method focuses on the prevention of disease, not the prevention of death from disease. She has 20+ years’ experience using integrative techniques to treat diverse patients.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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Why Intuitive Eating Can Make You Gain Fat Weight
Beware of “intuitive eating,” despite its funky sounding name; it could make you gain FAT weight. Intuitive eating is essentially a free-for-all when it comes to food.
Tenets of Intuitive Eating
- No foods are forbidden.
- Don’t eat for emotional reasons.
- Eat when hungry, stop when satiation starts kicking in.
- Eat foods you love and that make you feel good.
- Rules and restrictions, structure and plans, are out.
The term “intuitive eating,” I gather, is part of its appeal. I wonder if it would have caught on with a name like “no-rule eating” or “no-plan eating.”
No Rules, No Restrictions
What the heck is wrong with rules, regulations and premeditation when it comes to eating?
Intuitive eating has no place in a modern-day culture where pastry shops, fast-food diners and all sorts of other eateries are on every street corner.
The tenet of “don’t eat for emotional reasons” is the only sensible one.
No Foods Are Forbidden, Eat Foods You Love and that Make You Feel Good
We shouldn’t give up our favorite foods. But if we ate them intuitively rather than mindfully, how many of you would eventually get as big as a horse?
For many overeaters, psychological issues drive this behavior. They may eat out of depression, stress, loneliness, boredom or based on social cues such as dinner out, parties and social functions.
This is dangerous advice for an obese or overweight person who’s an emotional or situational eater, even though one of the tenets is to avoid emotional eating.
Plus, the tenet of avoiding emotional eating contradicts the one about eating foods that make you feel good.
It’s like telling an alcoholic, “Drink the beverages you love and that make you feel good.”
Can you imagine a doctor applying this concept to smoking? “Go ahead, smoke whenever you feel like it as long as it makes you feel good.”
Is there anyone out there who gets the same “feel good” feeling from steamed vegetables as they do from ice cream, fast-food or munchies?
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Eat when Hungry; Stop when Satiation Kicks In
What if you used hunger to guide you rather than the clock, physical activity or some other predetermined structure?
Some people are hungry quite often.
This problem can’t always be corrected by increasing water and protein intake and eating less processed food.
It’s just that for some people, it takes a lot of food to subdue their hunger.
If it takes 1,000 calories of pasta in one sitting to do this, should they do it?
Yes, according to the intuitive eating approach.
For some obese overeaters, hunger is a constant problem, as their hunger signals may be out-of-whack. For instance they may be leptin resistant, causing excess hunger.
Do fresh vegetables and fruits have a place in intuitive eating?
According to intuitive eating, vegetables and fruits will never get eaten — unless you find peas and apple slices to be comfort foods or find them as heavenly tasteful as a milkshake or cinnamon roll.
If ALL food had the same nutrient and caloric value (e.g., a brownie was identical in nutrients and calories to a cup of spinach), who’d choose the spinach over the brownie?
Okay, maybe you don’t love brownies. What DO you love? Maybe it’s butterscotch candies.
Maybe it’s M & M’s. Maybe it’s Mickey D’s fries or Applebee’s bacon cheeseburgers.
If these unhealthy sugary and fatty foods were as low in calories as carrots and as health-giving, would you ever eat carrots again? No way. You’d be filling up on the “bad” stuff.
Because it just tastes SOOOOO good! And the texture! Can broccoli match the textural sensation of pudding, mousse, ice cream or chocolate cake drenched in warm chocolate syrup?
Would you be staring at this image like you would if it were a plate of raw vegetables? Yeah, right. Shutterstock/Africa Studio
Though this is an attractive shot of health-giving raw vegetables, let’s admit it: You’re not staring at this the same way you were looking at the cake above! Shutterstock/giedre vaitekune
Weight Gain from Intuitive Eating
I once decided to eat intuitively. I gained weight because all I was eating was high calorie, fattening foods (bread, baked goods) and hardly any vegetables or fruits.
Only when I apply those forbidden rules and regulations to my eating habits do my triglycerides go down to an amazing 39, and my baseline blood pressure gets in the 90s over 60s. And my body becomes lean.
Sure, I allow myself cheesecake and homemade chocolate milkshakes – but not intuitively. It’s mindfully. There IS a difference.
I can eat an entire loaf in a single sitting of my mother’s legendary homemade bread (intuitive approach). But I stop after a few thick slices. Any problem with that?
There is NOTHING wrong with applying rules, regs and structure to your eating habits and not eating every time you’re hungry.
Intuitive banking, anyone? How about intuitive parenting? I thought so.
Imagine how destructive it would be if you applied the intuitive approach to other components of your life, such as dating.
If you as a woman were to practice “intuitive dating,” you might end up taking rides from men you just met at a bar – men disguising their danger with good looks and superficial charm.
If men were to practice intuitive dating, they might end up with eye-candy shallow women who want only their money.
What about intuitive money management? Let’s not even go there. Want to go near intuitive parenting? I didn’t think so.
Intuitive Eating Encourages Overeating Junk Food
So many formerly obese people report that they had no idea how much they’d been overeating until they began breaking the rules of intuitive eating (e.g., tracking calories).
The standard American diet is heart-harmful and triggers hunger. Like one personal trainer, whose many clients are morbidly obese, has stated: “People intuitively eat like shit.”
Intuitive eating translates to listening to the voice inside your head urging you to polish off those three donuts sitting on your counter.
What next, intuitive shopping? Hello credit card debt!
Intuitive Eating Is a Marketing Scheme
Not only is this concept something that those who’ve failed at healthy eating want to hear, but the funky term also appeals to non-overweight health professionals.
“I’m all for intuitive eating!” a dietician expert source for a few of my nutrition articles once told me. Yet her advice that I used for my articles breached the rules of intuitive eating!
Don’t Be Led Astray
- There is no crime in having to strictly surveil eating habits!
- There is no crime in using apps or whatever method suits you to track calories and fat grams.
Intuitive Housecleaning
Screw intuitive eating. It makes no sense. No more sense than it would to apply it to maintaining your house.
Imagine practicing intuitive household management. The laundry would never get done, dishes never cleaned, toilet bowl never cleaned, beds never made…
Lorra Garrick is a former personal trainer certified through the American Council on Exercise. At Bally Total Fitness she trained women and men of all ages for fat loss, muscle building, fitness and improved health.
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Metabolic Healthy Obese vs. Metabolic Healthy Normal Weight
Why do metabolic healthy obese people keep comparing themselves to “unhealthy thin” people when they should be comparing themselves to metabolically healthy THIN or straight-size people?
“In this situation, one should compare oneself to the best ideal, not to another version of poor health,” says Susan L. Besser, MD, with Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore; Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine and board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
“The dangers of overweight and health worsen over time, so a ‘metabolically healthy’ obese patient eventually likely will develop issues.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean thin people are metabolically healthy either. They can have their own health issues.”
Large-Scale Study Says what Medical Professionals and Fitness Enthusiasts Have Been Saying All Along.
To put it succinctly, fat and healthy is still a lot worse than thin and healthy.
For the purposes of this article, “thin” refers to a medically acceptable body-fat percentage that creates a lean or proportional look in a person. This is also known as straight-size.
Study Results No Shock
Dr. Rishi Caleyachetty et al from the Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, the University of Birmingham, UK, conducted a study with some not-so-surprising results.
Good metabolic health basically means that a person’s blood lipids, blood pressure and blood sugar levels are normal.
The “fat and healthy” camp, however, often dismisses this definition and uses “healthy” in a much broader sense.
You CAN be fat with good cholesterol numbers, low blood pressure and normal blood sugar.
But what about OTHER problems that obesity is notoriously linked to, such as some cancers, osteoarthritis in the knees, chronic back pain, tiring quickly, increased rate of complications while giving birth and mobility problems?
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Metabolic health has nothing to do with these other obesity-linked issues.
Can a “metabolically obese” person still be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease than metabolically thin people?
YES.
For the study, the primary care health records of metabolically healthy obese patients and their thinner counterparts were analyzed — for the period 1995-2015.
The records came from a large UK database called The Health Improvement Network and consisted of 3.5 million adults who were initially free of cardiovascular disease.
The patients were divided into groups according to body mass index and the absence or presence of three metabolic abnormalities (high blood pressure, high blood fats and diabetes).
A metabolic score ranging from zero to 3 was then constructed. Metabolic healthy obesity (MHO) meant zero abnormalities.
Four Cardiovascular Conditions
• Heart disease
• Cerebrovascular disease (which can lead to stroke)
• Congestive/chronic heart failure
• Peripheral vascular disease
Is the risk of these four conditions greater in people with MHO than in metabolically healthy thin patients?
• People with MHO has a 50 percent bigger risk for heart disease.
• Seven percent increased risk for cerebrovascular disease
• Doubled risk for CHF
• The presence or absence of smoking was adjusted for, too.
• When smoking was excluded from the equation, MHO patients had an 11 percent higher risk for PVD.
You may think that seven, “doubled” and 11 are too small to count, but from a population statistical standpoint, these figures are significant.
An increased number of metabolic abnormalities meant a higher risk of CVD conditions. A score of 3 meant the highest risk for all the conditions:
• 2.6 times higher risk of heart disease
• 58 percent greater risk for CVD
• 3.8 times higher risk for heart failure
• 2.2 times greater risk for PVD
In a nutshell, so-called metabolically healthy obese adults are at greater risk of coronary artery disease, chronic heart failure and cerebrovascular disease than are thin metabolically healthy people.
Dr. Besser provides comprehensive family care, treating common and acute primary conditions like diabetes and hypertension. Her ongoing approach allows her the opportunity to provide accurate and critical diagnoses of more complex conditions and disorders.
Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer.
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Source: sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170516190739.htm
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