Antioxidants exacerbate Diabetes

Antioxidants are substances known as antidote to all kinds of diseases. But this is not true for diabetes. Researchers from Australia found the consumption of antioxidant supplements aggravate the risk of diabetes.

Antioxidants are bio active compounds that function to counteract the free radicals cause many diseases such as cancer. Consumers believe that by consuming antioxidants, the body will be spared from the disease. But researchers found the facts proved the opposite.

"In this study we have done, just not a good antioxidant for type 2 diabetes and also exacerbate the disease," said Tony Tiganis of Monash University, Australia as reported by Reuters on Wednesday (7/10/2009).

Antioxidants are compounds that can prevent cell damage caused by reactive particles of reactive oxygen. The existence of these particles cause oxidative stress processes that can lead to various diseases in the body.

Cell Metabolism in the Journal noted that diabetes can occur when a person consuming antioxidants too much.

"Antioxidants have long been recognized as a substance that can fight disease, so many are taking in supplement form. But those who frequent such supplements actually increase the risk of diabetes. It's a little confusing, but that's a fact that we found in the field," said Tiganis.

Tiganis and colleagues studied the effects of oxidative stress in rats fed fat diet for 12 weeks. Mice used consists of two distinct groups. One of the group 2 animals were Gpxl enzyme deficiency, an enzyme that helps fight the oxidation process.

After 12 weeks, researchers found that mice that lack the enzyme to produce the hormone insulin Gpxl a bit. This is an early sign of diabetes. But when researchers tried to give the mice with antioxidants, insulin levels decreased even more and become more diabetes.

Tiganis said that the actual process of oxidative stress trigger the disease by inhibiting the enzyme Gpxl work, not by destroying the body cells.

Inhibition of enzymes working Gpxl make the body unable to use insulin more to describe the excess sugar. Thus, the system will be disturbed metabolism and body protection system from disease is reduced. And the addition of antioxidant protection system actually aggravate the already troubled body was.

"Antioxidants can cause the body immune to insulin, so the intake of sugar entering the body can not be broken down by insulin resistance and diabetes risk was increasing," explained Tiganis.

Negative effects of excess use of antioxidants in the body has become a controversy until now. Several other studies have mentioned that the antioxidant does not have a significant effect on the body, even the mention of antioxidants may shorten the age of worms and humans.

"I believe a person can be healthy only with the consumption of healthy foods and exercise, do not have any antioxidant supplements. We may never know the doses that we drink, and all that excess is not good for the body," said Tiganis.

Diabetes, Mother of Disease

The diabetic should not not consider that a trivial disease, because it was without you suspect this disease to save a million surprises! Did you know that the "sweet" is a "mother-of-disease" - the mother of all ills?

With diabetes, you can suffer a variety of disorders of organs, from the eyes, heart, stomach, liver, kidney, skin until the feet.

Diabetes can cause blood vessels to flow poorly resulting in organ damage in the eye of the retina called diabetic retinopathy causing blindness and slowly - slowly, to damage to the lens as cataracts.

Metabolic changes in the lining cells of blood vessels can also cause poor blood flow and become stiff (no elastic). As a result organs should be blooded nutrients and oxygen deficiency. This can cause coronary heart disease, stroke and stubborn wounds.

Diabetes also causes leakage of protein in the kidney, resulting in kidney failure in which a person requires renal replacement therapy, such as dialysis, washing the abdominal cavity, or a kidney transplant.

Other possible complications faced by diabetes is diabetic foot. These complications occur because of nerve damage, patients can not distinguish between hot and cold temperatures, the pain goes down.

While diabetes has long and uncontrolled flow of the blood vessels we rarely get to the end - the end of the body, including toes, hands, hair to the tip of the penis. From there if you have a wound in the leg or arm would be difficult to heal because blood flow is not fed to the tip of your toes or the hand. For even hair can cause alopecia or baldness and for men - men, erectile dysfunction can occur.

Therefore, regular control your blood sugar by way of regular exercise and a diet. Also avoid any disorder that might threaten you in the future so that the quality of your life will be better even if you are diabetic.