Low Body Fat Might Not Keep You Protected from Diabetes

Mon, 27 Jun 2011
A reduced body fat level might not always reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes .

This is the latest finding of Harvard Medical School research has identified a gene related to less body fat, however, with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease .

The study reveals that individuals, especially men, have a certain type of gene which means they are more likely to have a lower percent body fat . However, it also means that they are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

This means that type 2 diabetes is not a condition that overweight people are predisposed to.

Certain collections of fat, like that under your skin, can be less harmful than that which is in the abdominal cavity, as the latter can heighten your likelihood of developing metabolic diseases, such has, type 2 diabetes and heart disease .

The study involved the examination of the genomes of nearly 75,000 people; it looked for the genes which determine body fat percentage. The gene, IRS1, was found to be associated with having less body fat.

Moreover, this gene was also uncovered to trigger high blood cholesterol and blood glucose levels.

It was found that men, even slim men, carried excess abdominal fat.

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