Not exact matches
According to Dr. Anita Swamy, Medical Director
at he Chicago Children's Diabetes CEnter
at La Rabida, there is a strong link between PCOS and diabetes: «While type 2 diabetes risk factors such as insulin resistance and
glucose intolerance are often seen in patients with PCOS, PCOS itself confers a significant risk, up to 10-fold versus the normal population, for development of type 2 diabetes.»
Dr. Douglas Fenton: Well, Gestational Diabetes reflects
glucose intolerance that occurs for the first time or
at least diagnosed the first time during pregnancy.
«They showed significant
glucose intolerance,» says Segal, «
at levels comparable to a metabolic disease.»
«The authors are confounding their conclusions by addressing all these noncaloric artificial sweeteners together,» says Brian Ratcliffe, a nutrition researcher
at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, U.K.. That's why the title of the paper, «Artificial sweeteners induce
glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota,» is misleading, he says.
Thus,
at 120 min, the
glucose blood concentrations in F0, F1, and F2 IVC males were markedly increased in comparison with the control group, suggesting a severe
glucose intolerance (Fig. 4C).
Additionally, «Having an earlier age
at menarche has been associated with elevated blood pressure and
glucose intolerance, increased body fat in early adulthood, or obesity in adulthood, all of which could explain the possible link between the age
at menarche and risk of mortality outcomes later in life.»
Rodent studies found
at least in the short - term, ketogenic diets increased
glucose intolerance and insulin resistance.
No one in our family is overweight but I do struggle with low energy
at times so my motives are to improve my energy and help prevent
glucose intolerance in my children.
Another study looked
at almost 400 nondiabetic patients, and found that long - term consumption of artificial sweeteners was associated with increased central obesity and
glucose intolerance.
For example, that same 68 - year - old couple would pay $ 1,890 to cover a moderately serious health issue like diabetes or
glucose intolerance (but not
at a level that requires insulin and assuming they have no other major health issues).
Importantly, our results suggest that some cats have an underlying predisposition to develop
glucose intolerance, and if these cats become obese, they may be
at greater risk of developing overt type 2 diabetes over time.
Because of its trend to improve
glucose tolerance, cats most likely to benefit from chromium supplementation are those with
glucose intolerance and insulin resistance from lack of exercise, obesity, and old age; cats with underlying low insulin sensitivity; or cats that are genetically
at risk of diabetes (e.g., Burmese cats)(13,14).
Insulin sensitivity decreases with obesity, and lean cats with low insulin sensitivity are
at greatest risk of
glucose intolerance with weight gain