Living with Type 2 diabetes? How weight loss can help improve your heart health

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Type 2 diabetes can trigger health complications in the short run and cause extensive damage to vital body organs over the long run. The good news is that with proper lifestyle, diet, and appropriate medication plan, even the most severe effects can improve significantly so people with diabetes feel fitter, stronger, and more productive.

-In the long run, people with diabetes are also at a higher risk of developing high cholesterol, atherosclerosis or plaque build up in the inner walls of the arteries, and hypertension, amongst other complications. Type 2 diabetes, particularly in people with excess weight, can damage vital organs, including the brain, kidney, eyes, and the heart.

Close to 90%5 of people with type 2 diabetes also live with overweight or obesity. This is because living with excess weight may lead to to insulin resistance. Insulin is the hormone responsible for transporting blood glucose to various cells and tissues in the body. Insulin resistance means the ability of the cells and tissues in the body to use glucose, as a fuel source is impaired. Further, excess weight may also cause the release of pro- inflammatory cells in the body that reduce the ability of the pancreas to produce insulin over the long term. As a result, a high level of glucose/sugar is left in the bloodstream leading to type 2 diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes are not only typically living with obesity or overweight, they are also chronically tired and weak. Even activities that healthy individuals take for granted,