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If you\u2019ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you\u2019ve probably learned about several diet and lifestyle factors that drastically affect this disease.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you\u2019ve probably learned about several diet and lifestyle factors that drastically affect this disease.<\/p>\n
A team of French researchers recently discovered a weird cause of type 2 diabetes. If your blood belongs to one specific blood type, you\u2019re much more likely to develop this disease and it\u2019s harder to treat.<\/p>\n
New research released last month in Health Day News<\/em> magazine highlighted new evidence in risk factors for type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s frustrating news for the roughly 10% of the population who has type B blood, meaning the B antigen is on the red blood cell and has A antibodies in the plasma.<\/p>\n Scientists have discovered that even after adjusting for other known risk factors, people with type B positive blood are at a 35% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those of other blood types. <\/p>\n Scientists did not speculate on what it is about type B positive blood that causes it to be so much higher of a risk factor, but agreed more research should be done to uncover what can be found about this blood type.<\/p>\n Other genetic risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes include family history of diabetes and autoimmune disorders affecting the pancreas.<\/p>\n However, genetic factors and blood types never contribute more than 50% of developing type 2 diabetes. <\/p>\n That means that by making a few minor lifestyle changes, you can 100% reverse your disease. No matter what genetic pool or blood type you belong to.<\/p>\n