Type 2 Diabetes - Low Vitamin D Levels, Physical Inactivity, Being Overweight and Diabetes
Low vitamin D status, sedentary lifestyle, and being overweight or obese are all associated with the development of Type 2 diabetes, which is caused by insulin resistance.
Researchers at the Medicine Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, compared the above risk factors in insulin-resistant and nonresistant individuals.
Their aim was to gain an understanding of how the various known risk factors work.
Their study, reported on in the Boston Journal of Basic Medical Science in May 2015, included 294 overweight or obese participants...
It was also found physical activity levels were reportedly higher in nonresistant than in resistant participants.
The investigators therefore concluded vitamin D, weight control, and physical activity should be emphasized in the prevention and control of Type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin for good reason.
Exposing human skin to sunshine for a few minutes a day without sunscreen enables the skin to manufacture vitamin D.
Mushrooms exposed to ultraviolet (such as sunlight) also make the vitamin.
Other vegan sources include...
com offers instructions on how to make vegan stroganoff with mushrooms and almond milk.
It includes three kinds of mushrooms, vegetable broth, yellow onion, coconut oil, whole wheat flour, almond milk, white wine, nutritional yeast, thyme, rosemary, and pepper.
Or try vegan mushroom soup from onegreenplanet.
org.
It calls for: button mushrooms, minced garlic, sweet onion, cashews, vegetable stock, non-dairy milk of choice, white wine, thyme, unsalted seasoning, flour, pepper, parsley, and paprika.
Breakfast can be a good time to include vitamin D fortified cereals.
One serving of Whole Grain Total and Total Raisin Bran provide 17 percent of the Vitamin D adults need per day.
Kellogg's Raisin Bran provides 15 percent.
Beyondmeat.
com advertises its Beastburger with 20 percent of the vitamin D needed for an adult per day.
It also supplies some vitamin B12 and several other vitamins and minerals.
Homemade veggie burgers with mushrooms are also a source.
Seriouseats.
com has published a recipe for veggie burgers using button mushrooms, pepper, thyme, eggplant, leeks, celery, garlic, pearl barley, garbanzo beans, whole wheat flour, vegemite seasoning, nuts, soy sauce, and bread crumbs.
You can ask your doctor to order a blood test that measures the circulating form of vitamin D.
If your doctor finds you are vitamin D deficient, he/she will probably recommend a drug version of vitamin D, or an over-the-counter supplement.
Researchers at the Medicine Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, compared the above risk factors in insulin-resistant and nonresistant individuals.
Their aim was to gain an understanding of how the various known risk factors work.
Their study, reported on in the Boston Journal of Basic Medical Science in May 2015, included 294 overweight or obese participants...
- insulin-resistant individuals were found to have an average body mass index (BMI) of about 45, while
- nonresistant participants averaged a BMI of 41.
It was also found physical activity levels were reportedly higher in nonresistant than in resistant participants.
The investigators therefore concluded vitamin D, weight control, and physical activity should be emphasized in the prevention and control of Type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin for good reason.
Exposing human skin to sunshine for a few minutes a day without sunscreen enables the skin to manufacture vitamin D.
Mushrooms exposed to ultraviolet (such as sunlight) also make the vitamin.
Other vegan sources include...
- fortified soy milk and other soy products,
- fortified almond milk,
- fortified orange juice although diabetics need to take care with the amount they drink,
- fortified veggie burgers, and
- fortified cereals.
com offers instructions on how to make vegan stroganoff with mushrooms and almond milk.
It includes three kinds of mushrooms, vegetable broth, yellow onion, coconut oil, whole wheat flour, almond milk, white wine, nutritional yeast, thyme, rosemary, and pepper.
Or try vegan mushroom soup from onegreenplanet.
org.
It calls for: button mushrooms, minced garlic, sweet onion, cashews, vegetable stock, non-dairy milk of choice, white wine, thyme, unsalted seasoning, flour, pepper, parsley, and paprika.
Breakfast can be a good time to include vitamin D fortified cereals.
One serving of Whole Grain Total and Total Raisin Bran provide 17 percent of the Vitamin D adults need per day.
Kellogg's Raisin Bran provides 15 percent.
Beyondmeat.
com advertises its Beastburger with 20 percent of the vitamin D needed for an adult per day.
It also supplies some vitamin B12 and several other vitamins and minerals.
Homemade veggie burgers with mushrooms are also a source.
Seriouseats.
com has published a recipe for veggie burgers using button mushrooms, pepper, thyme, eggplant, leeks, celery, garlic, pearl barley, garbanzo beans, whole wheat flour, vegemite seasoning, nuts, soy sauce, and bread crumbs.
You can ask your doctor to order a blood test that measures the circulating form of vitamin D.
If your doctor finds you are vitamin D deficient, he/she will probably recommend a drug version of vitamin D, or an over-the-counter supplement.
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