A NEW Risk For Diabetes?

Diabetes is a growing epidemic, with more adults AND children being diagnosed at earlier and earlier stages in their life.

Consider this: over the last 40 years, the number of children being diagnosed with Diabetes, has exploded, with some of those children being diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes.

Why?

There could be many reasons why.

First, there are more snack foods – that are readily available – that contain white sugars, flours, and additives and are stripped of vital nutrients that may protect the body.

And overconsumption of these snacks may lead to weight gain and other conditions – namely metabolic syndrome.

This may lead to the development of diabetes – among other things – in children and adults.

Gut Bacteria and Risk for Diabetes

By now, you have heard all about your gut bacteria and the beneficial relationship that occurs – especially with all the cells in your body.

Did you know there are 10 TIMES MORE gut bacteria living in your intestines than you have cells in your body?

And they play a very important role in your health…

Here are just SOME of the things gut bacteria help with:

• Food digestion

• Many chemical processes that occur every day in your body

• Energy

• Absorption of vitamins

• Weight loss

But the most important job of your gut bacteria: to prevent foreign, nasty bacteria from invading your body and making you sick – sometimes deathly sick!

Now, however, there is new research showing that your gut bacteria may influence protection of your pancreas, therefore potentially reducing your risk for diabetes.

You pancreas, which is a large organ in your body, has specific cells that produce and secrete insulin to respond to increasing blood sugar levels.

And due to a number of factors – such as inflammation and its associated damage – the cells may stop functioning, therefore leading to less production and release of insulin.

By now, I’m sure you’re wondering how your bacteria, affects your chances of developing diabetes…

Researchers attempted to show that your gut bacteria – but influencing hormones (testosterone) – may protect the cell of your pancreas, which may prevent your risk for diabetes.

Although this study was performed on mice, the researchers noted that humans and mice share many of the same genes that give both mice and humans a higher risk for diabetes development.

Here’s what they found:

First, they noticed that gut bacteria elevated serum testosterone levels and protected male’s from development of diabetes.

And, when they transferred the gut bacteria to female subjects – this changed the makeup of the gut bacteria PLUS increased their serum testosterone levels.

This resulted in changes to the pancreas – namely reduced inflammation and autoantibody production – and significantly increased the protection of the pancreas against diabetes development.

They concluded:

“The commensal microbial community alters sex hormone levels and regulates autoimmune disease fate in individuals with high genetic risk.”

Translation: by changing the bacteria in the host’s environment – although the host may be at higher risk – may regulate or change the autoimmune disease fate – in this case diabetes – of the subject.

Take Home Message

You gut plays a very large role in many different areas of your body and in your health.

Altering weight loss, playing a hand in almost ALL biochemical reactions, digesting food, and producing energy, your gut bacteria – when in balance with the rest of your body – does more than you may think for improving your overall health.

However, when gut bacteria is altered – or out of balance – then inflammation and its associated damage may occur in the cells in your body.

And this could lead to the development of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, if the bacteria remain out of balance with the rest of the cells in your body.

Now, this study shows that altering the environment in your body may protect the cells in your pancreas, which could offer protection against diabetes.

So how do you do it?

There are many ways that you may be able to influence your bacterial colony.

Items such as fermented milk, some yogurts, and some green drinks, may provide your system with “friendly” bacteria, which could strengthen the colony already residing in your intestines.

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