One of the risks of being overweight is type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90% to 95% of all diabetes cases.  In type 2 diabetes, our body cells gradually become resistant to insulin over time, as a result of lack of exercise, poor diet habit and overweight.  Luckily, we can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes through healthy weight loss based on below reasons:

1) Never skip breakfast
One of the healthy diet tips recommended in a weight loss program is never skip breakfast.  According to a 8-year study from Harvard, it reveals that people who eat breakfast are half as likely to develop insulin resistance, and subsequently reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes.

2) Increase of lean muscle mass and decrease in body fat
Exercise is always recommended for healthy weight loss purpose.  Studies show that weight training alone will help in increasing glucose uptake by the muscles and help the body to store glucose too.  If you still remember in my weight loss article, it mentions that muscles require replenishment of glucose after exercise in order to rebuild the muscle tissues.  So, exercise can help pulling the glucose out of the bloodstream and thus help in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.  Apart from that, when you boost up your metabolism through resistant and strength training, the efficiency of insulin function can be improved.

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For those who want to lose weight, you need to aware and adjust what, where, why, when and how you eat. When you eat right, you can enjoy losing weight in any program for weight loss.

There are 4 million people admit they are overweight worldwide. So, it is not surprise that your hear somebody want to lose weight. From the statistic, 64% of those being overweight admit this happen via their “mouth” or diet habit. The real culprits are stated as below:

# 32%: Over consume of carbohydrates mainly from grains (cereal, bread, pasta, rice etc)
# 27%: Over consume of sugar mainly from sweets and beverages
# 25%: Over consume of oily or deep fried food
# 23%: “Meat eater”
# 11%: Over consume of cakes and pastry

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It is advisable to join a weight loss program if you are being overweight.  Research has shown that being overweight increases the risk of developing few diseases stated below.  You just need to aware of it before it is too late to take care of your health.

Cardiovascular disease
One of the risks of being overweight is suffering cardiovascular disease.  Cardiovascular disease is a disease in which blood circulation and the heart do not function normally as they do.  Usually, the arteries become hardened and narrowed down.  In consequences, you might suffer from heart attack, hypertension (high blood pressure), high cholesterol, stroke, congestive heart failure, angina (chest pain) or abnormal heart rhythm.  In some cases, cardiovascular disease might cause fatal death.  For example, in a stroke, blood and oxygen do not flow as normal to the brain, possibly causing paralysis or death.

Type 2 diabetes
Being overweight increases the risk of suffering from type 2 diabetes.  Fatty acids floating around in the bloodstream may promote insulin resistance, and this will cause blood sugar level are always above normal range.  High blood sugar is the major cause of kidney disease, blindness, amputation, and most of the cardiovascular diseases.

It is important to know that overweight people are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as people who are not being overweight.  The only way to reduce the risk of this disease is losing weight through a healthy weight loss program.
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