Surprising Diabetes Risks: General Health

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Some of these risks factors for diabetes are suprising. Check them out.

Diabetes Risk Factors

Watching TV for 2 or more hours daily. More TV equals less activity and when it comes to preventing diabetes, exercising and eating healthfully play a big role.
Drinking 1 soda pop a day. This raises your risk by 83 percent. Soda has empty calories and lots of sugar that can lead to weight gain.
Skipping breakfast. If you skip your breakfast this can raist your risk for diabetes by 30-50 percent. Skipping breakfast can make you hungrier throughout the day which will make you eat more.
Waking up in the middle of the night. If you wake up regularly in the middle of the night this can raise your risk for diabetes by 98 percent. Not being able to stay asleep means that you are not getting the proper amount of rest for the night. This makes you more prone to developing insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes.
Eating at fast food restuarants more than two times a week. This raises your risk by 100 percent.
High stress. This is a biggy. It can raise your risk for diabetes by 184 percent. It can interfere with your ability to make insulin and process glucose.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

tammy wrote:

Waking up in the middle of the night. If you wake up regularly in the middle of the night this can raise your risk for diabetes by 98 percent. Not being able to stay asleep means that you are not getting the proper amount of rest for the night. This makes you more prone to developing insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes.

Those are definitely some alarming risks!! Waking up in the middle of the night is a real problem with me, and that is a big number.... 98 percent risk for diabetes.

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Ziggy wrote:

Waking up in the middle of the night is a real problem with me, and that is a big number.... 98 percent risk for diabetes.

Have you gone to the doctor to see why you wake up in the middle of the night so often? There's got to be something you can do to help that.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

I haven't been to a doctor in years!!!!

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Ziggy wrote:

I haven't been to a doctor in years!!!!

I think you REALLY need to get a check up done! Why suffer with getting no sleep when there could be an easy solution???? Why haven't you been to a doctor in years?

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