Articolo in rivista, 2013, ENG, 10.4172/2155-6156.1000263
Daniela Giacomazza, Marta Di Carlo
IBF-CNR IBIM-CNR
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder in which insulin is no longer able to control the levels of blood sugar.A westernstyle diet in combination with the lack of exercise is the mainfactor for the increase of T2DM. While in the past people onlydeveloped T2DM at older age ("old age diabetes"), now even teenagerscontract T2DMbecause of the change in the lifestyle. Western diet is characterized by the exponential increase in the consumption of highly treated foods without appropriate nutrients for systemic metabolic functions or with added ingredients that prejudice protective actions of natural food constituent.
journal of diabetes and metabolism 4
Diabetes Type 2, Alzheimer disease, insulin resistance
Di Carlo Marta, Giacomazza Daniela
IBF – Istituto di biofisica, IBIM – Istituto di biomedicina e di immunologia molecolare "Alberto Monroy"
ID: 236205
Year: 2013
Type: Articolo in rivista
Creation: 2013-07-02 14:06:59.000
Last update: 2018-09-27 15:00:39.000
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CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:236205
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6156.1000263