Looking At Diabetes From Another Angle!
October 11th, 2007
I have often discussed type 2 diabetes and the complication of developing high blood pressure along with it. The two, from a life insurance underwriting standpoint, are not a good mix.
Now comes a very extensive study that shows a distinct link between women who have increasing or high blood pressure, having a substantially higher risk of developing diabetes. A large study, 38,000 women over 11 years, shows fairly definitively that women with normal blood pressure develop diabetes at about one quarter of the rate of those with high blood pressure and one third of the rate of women whose blood pressure was elevating.
The fascinating side note in this study, for me, was that the same figures held true no matter what the women’s build was. Whether normal, overweight, or obese, the ratios came out the same, so the numbers are not skewed because of one of the primary causes of type 2 diabetes, obesity.
While I doubt this will change life insurance underwriting of high blood pressure, it certainly gives ample reason for women with hypertension to be tested for any change in glucose levels on at least an annual basis.
Bottom line. The more we look at the effect that one system has on another in the body, the more it becomes apparent that if you let one part slide, you are putting yourself at risk of inviting more problems to the party than you expected.
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Entry Filed under: Type 2 diabetes,diabetes,high blood pressure,hypertension,insurance,life insurance,obesity
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1. High Blood Pressure &raqu&hellip | October 12th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
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2. Greg | October 16th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
This is a very true story. A co-worker of mine had suffered from high blood pressure for a couple of years. She visited doctor after doctor and was put on medication after medication and nothing helped. I was drinking Monavie at the time. Monavie is all fruit juice made up of 19 fruits including the ACAI berry, which is said to be the #1 superfood in the world, by world renowned Dr. Perricone. Anyway she wanted to know if she could buy some of the juice as she had heard it had lowered people’s high blood pressure. I gave her one of my bottles and told her let me know if it helped. No lie, 2 DAYS later she came back and said her pressure was normal for the first time in 2 years!! And in addition she was sleeping all night like a baby! I could not believe my ears! If you suffer from high blood pressure and want to try an all natural aid, learn more about Monavie. Visit our site: http://www.mymonavie.com/gregandaurorarichard or Garmonavie@aol.com
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