Diabetes and a High Fat Diet May Greatly Elevate Risk for Complications

A small study in England (54 participants) looked at increases in markers of general inflammation in response to a high fat meal. Inflammation is associated with a number of diabetes complications, and particularly with heart disease. The study group included participants described as healthy, obese, with pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance), and with type 2 diabetes.The level of inflammation markers were measured in each participant’s bloodstream before and after the high fat meal, which was consumer following an overnight fast. And, the level of inflammation markers increased in each group after the meal.However, the increase in inflammation among the group with type 2 diabetes was significantly greater. And, the spike in inflammation markers among the group with diabetes could explain how the risk for heart disease and other complications of diabetes involving damage to blood vessels and tissue is elevated by diabetes itself.And, the study could suggest that the high fat/ low carbohydrate diets sometimes adopted by people with diabetes to lose weight or control blood sugar can have a detrimental effect on overall health.A small study in England (54 participants) looked at increases in markers of general inflammation in response to a high fat meal. Inflammation is associated with a number of diabetes complications, and particularly with heart disease. The study group included participants described as healthy, obese, with pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance), and with type 2 diabetes.The level of inflammation markers were measured in each participant’s bloodstream before and after the high fat meal, which was consumer following an overnight fast. And, the level of inflammation markers increased in each group after the meal.However, the increase in inflammation among the group with type 2 diabetes was significantly greater. And, the spike in inflammation markers among the group with diabetes could explain how the risk for heart disease and other complications of diabetes involving damage to blood vessels and tissue is elevated by diabetes itself.And, the study could suggest that the high fat/ low carbohydrate diets sometimes adopted by people with diabetes to lose weight or control blood sugar can have a detrimental effect on overall health.