Middle-aged men are twice as likely to develop Type 2 diabetes as their wives or girl friends, according to UK research, which shows the number of people with the condition has ballooned at an alarming rate in the last decade…

Statistics show that 6% of UK men aged 45 to 54 years have diabetes compared with 3.6% of women of the same age.

The figures are likely to be similar in other Western countries like Australia and New Zealand following similar lifestyle patterns.

Exercise and Weight Loss Reduce Risk

Although Type 2 diabetes has a genetic component it is also strongly linked to lifestyle and can be prevented in many cases by eating a healthy balanced diet and doing regular physical activity says Simon O’Neill, from Diabetes UK.

Research shows that losing weight can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes in those at high risk by 58 per cent and physical activity can reduce the risk by 64 per cent.

Key Risk Factors

Risk factors for Type 2 diabetes include:

• being over 40 years old
• or over 25 if you’re Black, Asian or from an ethnic minority group
• having a large waist
• being of Black or South Asian origin
• and having a family history of the condition.

Complications with Slow Diagnosis

Type 2 diabetes can be undetected for 10 years or more and around half of people already have complications by the time they are diagnosed.

At risk waist measurements are 37 inches or more for men, except those of South Asian origin who are at risk at 35 inches or more, and 31.5 inches or more for all women.

ED Early Warning of Metabolic Disorder

Erectile dysfunction is an early warning of heart disease and perhaps also for pre-diabetic conditions.  If you begin to suffer ED treat it like the “canary in the coal mine” and get yourself checked by a health professional.

You can get effective support for ED from herbal supplements like Herbal Ignite which will improve sexual performance without any unpleasant side effects.

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About the author

Jenny W
First career as newspaper and magazine journalist with daily newspapers and magazines, then as an editor who successfully launched a new national Sunday newspaper and NZ House & Garden magazine. First woman editor of NZ Listener. Enjoying a second career as a business owner and entrepreneur, health products marketer, social media habitué, blogger and web marketer. Still learning and loving it.

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