Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

Bob2_203 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:25:06 GMT

I can see a possible link between Parkinson’s and Type 2 Diabetes.

One theory of the adult-onset diabetic syndrome is that the outrageously high content of polyunsaturated fats in the industrialized diet, including rancid (already oxidized) fats, hydrogenated fats, partially hydrogenated fats, and trans-fats, are “confusing” normal biochemistry.

The body works with whatever you give it. If you give it large amounts of “foreign” fat molecules of which it has no evolutionary experience, it will use these for all the day-today metabolic “fat functions” as best it can, including routine construction of cellular membranes.

Now, the cellular membrane is a very specialized “door”. It allows fuel, i.e., blood sugar in, and the cell wastes out, that is, if constructed properly. However, it is theorized that all these garbage dietary fats are upsetting the permeability of the cell membranes, allowing neither the sugars easily in, leading to decreasing insulin sensitivity and “tired” cells, nor letting the wastes out, leading to all sorts of localized necroses, e.g., blindness, peripheral neuropathy, the loss of toes, etc.

As the brain is powered by sugar and mainly constructed of fats, these same junk fats are used to construct and repair the brain. Unfortunately, the refined polyunsaturated seed oils are highly unstable, so the brain can actually start to go rancid. Add to this a diet notoriously low in antioxidants, and the loss of cognitive function after many years of consuming vast quantities of these pernicious oils is a distinct possibility.

Thus, it is no surprise that the type 2 diabetic also suffer from Parkinson’s, and no doubt a whole host of other degenerative diseases. You just can’t build, power, and maintain a human body on these fats at this point in our evolution.

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

MartyP — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:51:52 GMT

Dr. Mercola,
Found out recently about Type 1.5 diabetes. Blood work must show positive results for GAD antibodies. My endo. told me that it means that the pancreas is being attacked by the antibodies and that eventually the person will be Type I. Is this a death sentence so to speak? Can the same plan of proper diet and exercise reverse this as well? Insulin has already been prescribed even though AIC levels remain at 5.8 / 6.0 with daily doses of metformin. I am fearing metabolic breakdown!

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:29:43 GMT

Oxidative stress triggered by insulin instability, through the use of harmful refined sweetener ingestion, erodes the enzymactic protection of human DNA, leading to degenerative disease, including hypoglycemia and diabetes, obesity, many forms of cancer and cardio vascular disease.

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

proatc — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:36:05 GMT

Hard to believe they could rule out and track/follow 50,000 Finns from alcohol being a contributing factor. That whole country thrives on alcohol, no offense. I bet that is the major reason they have Type II diabetes in the first place.

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

Josh Rubin — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:53:24 GMT

Sugar and its many faces can create wide variety of aches, pains and diseases. There was research to show that people that lived to be older than 100 years old, all were able to because throughout there life and presently, they had normal blood sugar handling.

We could chat for hours about obesity, DM2, Parkinson's and all the like. But when it comes down to brass tax, the more you pay attention to self and health, the less disease you will create. The only thing you will create is the reality that you want!

re: Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Parkinson's Go Hand-In-Hand

mmc88121 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:16:27 GMT

This makes sense, it also means that some causes of Parkinson's disease can be avoided.

Mary