Thursday, October 8, 2009

How does one's food pattern over time contribute to the development of Diabetes, Heart disease, Osteoporosis

How does one's food pattern over time contribute to the development of Diabetes, Heart disease, Osteoporosis,
How does one's food pattern over time contribute to the development of Diabetes, Heart disease, Osteoporosis, or Cancer?
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WHAT IS A FOOD PATTERN? I THINK EXERCCISE AND CALCIUM HELP AVOID.DELAY OSTEOPOROSIS.. DIABETES ? A PANCREAS DISORDER .. THOUGHT THAT WAS "CURED" 2000'S....? INSULIN SUGAR GLUCLOSE
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Diabetes - insulin is the only substance that decreases out blood sugar and is secreted by cells in our pancrease. if you eat too much sugar and are genetically predisposed to it, the amount of insulin your body can produce will decrease leading to high sugar levels after you eat. sugar is bad for small vessels causing blindness, leg pain, etc. (basically, our pancreas cells have only so much insulin they can spit out during our life time. keep in mind that having fat will make you more insulin resistant as well so losing weight helps diabetes) Heart disease - your diet contributes about 15% to your cholesterol, the rest is genetic. Having high cholesterol predisposes you to building artherosclerotic plaques (blockages) in your arteries causing what is known as coronary artery disease (heart disease) Osteoporosis - you put on bone mass until you're about 30 and then you start loosing it progresively. why this is important is because you have to eat enough calcium before you're 30 years old so that you start off with a more bone mass when it starts to deteriorate. As far as cancer goes, there have been some links: smoked/BBQ food to stomach cancer, alcohol to breast, esophageal, stomach, oral cancer (among others). there are others

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