0ne in Three Americans will have diabetes by 2050

[charliep]

Found this article interesting. Will have implications for food and from there agriculture. From foodnavigator.

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[fjlip]

Now that you mentioned diabetes... got this email today...
Does this sound accurate?
Yes, there might be implications for ag.


Syndrome X (insulin resistance) is when your body produces insulin but doesn't use it properly. Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that tells your body to use glucose for energy.

When you're healthy, your food is broken down into glucose, which is absorbed into the bloodstream and travels throughout your body. When your blood glucose level rises after eating, the pancreas releases insulin to tell your cells to take in and use the glucose.
But when someone is insulin resistant, their cells don't respond like they should to insulin--they "lock the door" and won't let the glucose in. As a result, their body needs MORE insulin to help glucose enter their cells.

The pancreas gets stressed, desperately trying to keep up with this increased demand for insulin, but eventually it fails. Then excess glucose builds up in your bloodstream, and voila -- you can eventually develop type II diabetes.

Insulin resistance is mainly due to eating LOTS of refined carbohydrates (sugars, white flour, white rice and all products made with them - there are thousands of them). Your poor pancreas eventually can't handle the daily onslaught of such high glycemic foods
But there's another relatively little known cause...
A deficiency in Omega-3 essential fatty acids.
Omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) are found at every level of your body. They're a MAJOR part of your cell membranes where they help control many metabolic functions--including the production and release of insulin.

Plus EPA and DHA are fundamental building blocks of virtually every organ and organ system, and play a crucial role in healthy physiological function.

So to be low in such important nutrients can have drastic consequences from head to toe.

That's why insulin resistant people are also candidates for the other conditions I mentioned above--every single bodily system and process can be affected by an Omega-3 deficiency.

Plus, your body depends on having the appropriate balance of Omega-6 to Omega-3 fatty acids (experts say between 3:1 and 5:1 is best). Having too much of one or the other leads to inflammation, sickness and disease.

Because our typical diet of convenient processed foods and lots of meat is heavy in Omega-6 fatty acids, an estimated 6 out of 10 Americans have WAY too much Omega-6 and are seriously low in Omega-3.
Similar testing results have been seen in humans. Australian researcher Leonard A. Storlien has found that people whose muscle cells have low levels of Omega-3 fatty acids and high levels of Omega-6 are far more likely to be insulin resistant and obese.

And he also noticed the more unbalanced the Omega-6 to 3 ratio was, the fatter the people were.

[furrowtickler]

Super size that, good info.

[agstar77]

Stop eating Timmy's donuts! If the coffee does'nt get you the donuts will!

[parsley]

A coffee grinder
2 tblsp flax
buzz
spread on top of jam on toast
or
add to your porridge
or
add to your yogurt
or
add to your juice and shake

grind fresh because ground flax will go rancid.

***feed to your horse to produce a shiny coat

***to your bull for virility

and to yourself.....
Pars

[fjlip]

We are doing exactly that with organic flax seed, mixed in pro biotic non aspartame vanilla yogurt. Haven't noticed those side effects Pars...