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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fish may help prevent diabetic kidney trouble

There's a better way.
"For adults with diabetes, eating fish twice a week may help prevent kidney disease -- one of the most serious complications of diabetes, according to British researchers.

Dr. Amanda Adler from Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge and associates studied the diets of more than 22,000 middle-aged and older men and women, 517 of whom had diabetes, primarily type 2 disease."
Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

The better way?

Don't get fat in the first place and if you already are, lose the weight.
"Lead investigator Chee-Tin Christine Lee told Reuters Health: 'It is possible that fish oil improves blood lipid profiles and decreases the risk of kidney disease. It could be other components of fish, such as protein or micronutrients, are protective against diabetic kidney disease. However, it is also possible that people who eat fish frequently have other lifestyle factors, which we could not account for.'"
Especially since the fish thing is not for sure and the weight loss thing is almost certain to work.

Weight loss is cheaper, too, and you don't have to worry about mercury and the other toxins, parasites, etc., in fish.

2 comments:

transposition said...

Dr. Applebaum, I have type 2 diabetes, and I am not fat. My BMI is 21.5.

Please explain to me again how weight loss will help me?

Michael Applebaum, MD, JD, FCLM said...

Hello, Trans and welcome to Fitness Watch.

I do not recall ever having explained to you how weight loss will help you (or that it even would) so I cannot explain it to you again.

"There is a strong link between weight and the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes as 80 per cent of people who are diagnosed with the condition are overweight at the time of diagnosis."

Regards.