Diabetes

• “Sixty-seven percent of the population—142 million Americans—are overweight or obese. And a new forecast by University of Chicago researchers estimates that the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years to 44.1 million people.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker) Page xii
• “Overweight people are: 50 percent more likely to develop heart disease (obese: up to 100 percent) Up to 360 percent more likely to develop diabetes (obese: up to 1,020 percent) 16 percent more likely to die of a first heart attack (obese: 49 percent) Roughly 50 percent more likely to have total cholesterol above 250 (obese: up to 122 percent) 14 percent less attractive to the opposite sex (obese: 43 percent) Likely to spend 37 percent more a year at the pharmacy (obese: 105 percent) Likely to stay 19 percent longer in the hospital (obese: 49 percent) 20 percent more likely to have asthma (obese: 50 percent) Up to 31 percent more likely to die of any cause (obese: 62 percent) 19 percent more likely to die in a car crash (obese: 37 percent) 120 percent more likely to develop stomach cancer (obese: 330 percent) Up to 90 percent more likely to develop gallstones (obese: up to 150 percent) 590 percent more likely to develop esophageal cancer (obese: 1,520 percent) 35 percent more likely to develop kidney cancer (obese: 70 percent) 14 percent more likely to have osteoarthritis (obese: 34 percent) 70 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure (obese: up to 170 percent)” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Paige 4
• “In a 2009 study at the University of Oklahoma, exercise physiologists put a group of people on a resistance-training program that consisted of three workouts a week for 14 weeks. At the end of the study, the participants experienced significant improvements in weight loss and a reduction in waist circumference. The most significant change, however, was in fasting insulin levels, which decreased dramatically.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Paige 10
• “In any case, abdominal fat doesn’t just sit there and do nothing; it’s active. It functions like a separate organ, releasing substances that can be harmful to your body. For instance, it releases free fatty acids that impair your ability to break down the hormone insulin (too much insulin in your system can lead to diabetes). Fat also secretes substances that increase your risk of heart attacks and strokes, as well as the stress hormone cortisol (high levels of cortisol are also associated with diabetes and obesity as well as with high blood pressure). Abdominal fat bears the blame for many health problems because it resides within striking distance of your heart, liver, and other organs—pressing on them, feeding them poisons, and messing with their daily function.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page11
• “It is estimated that 23 million Americans now have type 2 diabetes, and one-quarter of them don’t even know it. In addition, 57 million more Americans may have pre-diabetes. Fat, especially belly fat, bears the blame. There’s a misconception that diabetes comes only from eating too much-refined sugar, like the kind in chocolate and ice cream. But people develop diabetes after years of eating high-carbohydrate foods that are easily converted into sugar—foods like white bread, pasta, and mashed potatoes.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page14
• “A study tracking 1,400 diabetic people for 9 years found that just trying to lose weight could cut diabetes-related death risk by up to 30 percent.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page14
• “According to the National Institutes of Health, a waistline larger than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women signals significant risk of heart disease and diabetes.” The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (The Abs Diet) (David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker). Page 13