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Causes of Obesity
Obesity was always considered to be the result of excessive intake of calories coupled with a sedentary lifestyle. However, there are some other facts that also lead to obesity. Recently an Oxford University and Peninsula Medical School study revealed that a mutated FTO gene with a single incorrect nucleotide increased risks of obesity by 30% whereas two incorrect nucleotide increased risks of obesity by 70%.
Other genetic reasons like polymorphisms which are present in some genes and which regulate your appetite, your metabolism, etc also increase obesity risks. Genetic disorders like the Prader-Willi syndrome or the leptin receptor mutations increase your chances of obesity. Then, the Cushings syndrome, better known as hypothyroidism, or eating disorders like binging, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa and medications like glucocorticoids or atypical antipsychotics also lead to obesity. If you have a high glycemic diet which consist of food and meals with a lot of sugars, a stressful lifestyle, or lack of sleep then you might be over weight or obese. If you keep trying to lose weight then you incur weight cycling risks which also leads to obesity. Repeated attempts to give up smoking also results in overeating and obesity.
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Diabetes Containment To contain diabetes, it pays to do the following:
Pay attention to your diet - avoid sugar as well as saturated fats in any form.
Regular exercise is an important treatment for both types of diabetes.
Weight loss can also help to reverse insulin resistance and lower blood glucose if a person is overweight.
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Levothyroxine Levothyroxine is a pure synthetic form of T4 hormone that is made in a laboratory to be an exact replacement for the T4 that the human thyroid gland normally secretes. It comes in multiple strengths, which means that an appropriate dosage can almost always be found for each patient. |
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