When newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes patients are counseled, one of the first complications of the disease that is listed is heart attack.
Studies have shown for years that the people with diabetes are at more than twice as likely to die from a heart attack as those who are not diabetic, but the reason why has been unclear, until now.
Researchers looking at diabetic mice after a heart attack have found a critical piece to the puzzle as to why Type 2 diabetes might lead to heart attack.
A critical enzyme that plays a role in the health of pacemaker cells in the heart is found to be startlingly overactive in diabetic mice, leading to the death of the pacemaker cells, which help manage rhythm.
An abnormal heart rhythm can lead to sudden death, not only in mice, but also especially in humans.
Diabetes’ role in the stimulation of this enzyme is that the enzyme is increased under oxidative stress, which occurs in the cells of diabetic patients.
This oxidative stress, compounding the death of pacemaker cells, is what scientists were able to trace as the reason death after a heart attack was twice as likely in diabetic mice as non-diabetic mice.
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What the research DOES NOT make clear is how many type 2 diabetics who die from heart attack or stroke are on MEDICTION, not only for their diabetes but often for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high triglycerides.
There seems to be mounting evidence that these types of medication, particularly statins, the medication of choice for high cholesterol, along with some blood pressure medications also leave patients at increased risk and I won’t dwell on the topic of Avandia, thankfully now banned.
The establishment attitude towards medication seems to be summed up by the old adage “the operation was a great success, shame the patient died”
Until the role of these medications in further increasing the risk for type 2 diabetics is properly investigated (and NOT by Big Pharma) then caution is the watchword.
It is too simplistic to lump all type 2 diabetics together, and ignore any medication regimes.
It may well be that this enzyme is found in humans as well as mice but if this were so to a significant degree, I would have expected the human figures to be prominent and not the mice, it would certainly carry more weight.
Of course, there is ALWAYS the option of dealing with type 2 diabetes by natural and naturopathic means, thus avoiding the potential risks of chemical intervention altogether.
Diabetes was once a very rare condition, but it has become so common with the advent of 'healthy eating' that it now touch's most people's lives. Diabetes is now reckoned to be the fourth leading cause of death in the UK. Women in the age group of 40-59 with diabetes are EIGHT times more likely to die of coronary heart disease,(CHD), than women without diabetes.
A wide range of complications occurs with patients with diabetes, for damage is caused to blood vessels throughout the body by the disease, especially the smaller ones, that is why diabetics are prone to going blind. Virtually a plague of ailments becomes the diabetics nightmare. Yet it is so easily prevented. Even those who have it can cure it by following simple guidelines of diet, one being the drastic cut in all carbohydrates, and replacing it with a more fat and protein diet. In a nutshell, you should drastically reduce your carb consumption, particularly from grains, sugars and fruit, and increase your fat and protein intake from animal sources.
is there a plan by the drug industry to make certain diseases more prevalent and dangerous every year is their some conspiracy going on between the f d a and government?
In my experience, the diet advice given by Diabetes UK & the NHS "healthy eating" is a major CAUSE of diabetes problems.
Quote:
"Bread, cereals, rice, pasta and potatoes
One portion is equal to:
2-4 tbsp cereal
1 slice of bread
half a small chapati
2-3 crispbreads or crackers
2-3 tbsp rice, pasta, cous-cous, noodles or mashed potato
2 new potatoes or half a baked potato
How many portions should you eat in a day? 7-14
Include starchy foods at all meals. Choose more slowly absorbed varieties
wherever possible."
I believed them & carefully followed their recommendations. In about 7 years several complications affected me. including chronic tiredness, beginning of retinopathy, a reduction in kidney function, & crippling muscle pain.
A complete change to a low carb, increased fat diet reversed the symptoms. After a further 5 years I am fit & well, playing tennis at club standard. I'm now 74.
They did tell me when I was diagnosed that diabetes was progressive, even if I followed their recommendations. My experience proves that their recommendations ensure that diabetes will be progressive.
Sorry for the format – the cut/paste from the Diabetes UK website looked alright before I posted.