A recent study suggests that we might be really heading that way somehow. The study reveals that it is possible that 552 million individuals will have diabetes about twenty years from now. Today around 366 million individuals are suffering from either type I diabetes or type II diabetes. And because people tend to gorge on high calorie foods and maintaining a couch potato lifestyle, around 10% more of the global population might add to this number.

Perhaps majority of us will not pay too much attention about this scary forecast with a lot of us saying that we will cross the bridge if ever we are diagnosed with diabetes. The thought of having diabetes might be less daunting than the thought of cancer but we might be misjudging the situation.

In the United States, around 180,000 people die every year because of diabetes. The expenses because of diabetes are also astounding. Projection on medical expenses and loss in productivity of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer in combo can cost around $$47 trillion thru 2030.

A lot of money can be saved if we put focus on means to prevent diabetes. We do not have to look into prescribed medicines but just like heart disease, diabetes type 2 can also be prevented. The simplest way is by leading a more active lifestyle and following a healthier diet.

Fighting diabetes though entails everyone to work together. The governments must make healthier food options more affordable. Health insurance companies must also somehow rewards efforts of patients to preempt the problem like by attending yoga or consulting a naturopathic doctor.

It is a big battle really when you look at the picture. Either we start early or be ready for a really big problem in the future.

There are a lot of clinical evidences that points out that depression makes a person more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases. Although there are studies that arrived with some facts that genes play a major role in making a person at risk for developing heart diseases.

The twins study had covered an approximately, or more than 1,200 middle-aged men, makes out a little conclusion of how genetic make-up can bring cardiovascular diseases, and this study also arrived to the fact that depression takes a major part in the pathophysiology of the disease.

Jeffrey Scherrer of Washington University and of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis is the head of the study. He stated that heart diseases are not only brought by depression, but also by diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol.

The twins in the study gave way to unique methods of knowing how genetic make-up can influence one’s health. Identical twins are known to share 100% of their genes, while fraternal twins have 50% of shared genes. The study of Scherrer involved identical and fraternal twins.

But according to Francois Lesperance, a psychiatrist at the University of Montreal, there is no exact evidence that will point out that treating depression would make a person have fewer chances of heart attacks. Lesperance pioneered researches that link depression to cardiovascular problems.

Diabetes mellitus type 2, or formerly known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, or adult-onset diabetes, is a disorder in body metabolism, which is described as an abnormally high blood glucose level which is associated with insulin resistance and insulin deficiency.

As published in the Diabetes Care journal, the findings of the study do not suggest to remove egg intake in your diet list and that eggs are directly associated in the occurrence of diabetes mellitus type 2. It is a wise move, therefore, to limit intake of eggs.

Based on the facts at hand by the researchers, the recommendation in the study states that a person must consume eggs moderately, and will not have to exceed six eggs a week.

Dr. Luc Djousse of Harvard Medical School in Boston is the leader of the research. He said that the study did not elaborate why and how eggs are associated with the diabetes mellitus type 2, but it is greatly possible because of the cholesterol content of eggs.

According to Dr. Djousse, it is a must for people who are greatly at risk of the condition to be aware of their cholesterol intake, not just with the egg’s cholesterol level. It is due to the Diabetes mellitus type 2 contributing factors, such as obesity and family history.