You don't have to be overweight to develop type 2 diabetes, new study suggests
Medical advice holds that losing weight is the key to both preventing and combating type 2 diabetes, but a new study suggests the condition is influenced more by what you eat - not how much.
Diet is further compounded by genetic factors and the composition of your gut bacteria, the authors explained in The FASEB Journal.
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Fast food and twins
For the study, researchers compared how a fast food meal influenced the circulating metabolites in genetically identical twins - one heavy and one lean. After the meal, the researchers noticed that metabolites related to type 2 diabetes were found in both twins at similar levels.
Independent of obesity, then, a genetic predisposition - combined with food choices - can greatly influence type 2 diabetes risk, the study concluded.
"When someone is overweight and at risk for diabetes, the conventional wisdom is to say 'lose weight,'" said Dr. Gerald Weissmann, Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, "and to a degree that recommendation holds true. This report, however, shows that a calorie is not just a calorie as some would contend. Exactly what we eat and drink, and not just the number of calories, may be the most important factor in our health."
Source: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
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