Lack of sunshine increases the risk of diabetes MORE than being obese

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     Lack of sunshine increases the risk of diabetes MORE than being obese

Study: Vitamin D levels are more closely linked with diabetes than obesity
People with low levels of vitamin D more likely to have type 2 diabetes
Also more likely to have pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome
Vitamin D is ‘more closely linked with glucose metabolism than obesity’
By MADLEN DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE

We’ve long been told that the main risk factor for type 2 diabetes is obesity.
Now, however, scientists have discovered a lack of sunshine increases the risk of diabetes more than weight.

A new study has warned people who have low levels of vitamin D are more likely to be obese and more likely to have type 2 diabetes.

They are also more likely than people with normal vitamin D levels to have pre-diabetes – a condition which means a person’s blood sugar is elevated.
If left untreated, they are likely to develop type 2 diabetes within a decade.

Their risk of metabolic syndrome – a medical term for a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity – is also increased.

Metabolic syndrome puts a person at greater risk of heart disease, stroke and other conditions affecting blood vessels.

The new Spanish study found it was a deficiency in vitamin D – dubbed the ‘sunshine vitamin’ – rather than what a person weighs that increased their risk of diabetes…..More Here

 

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