The siesta in the afternoon and diabetes?

The siesta in the afternoon increases the risk of diabetes mellitus type 2, announce the scholars of the University of Birmingham (Great Britain).

Having conducted a wide search of 16 thousand people involved, scientists have concluded: napping increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by 26%.

Scientists have two versions of the evolution of events: it may be that sleep during the afternoon shortens its duration during the night which is itself a risk factor for diabetes.

It is also possible that during recovery hormones that lower insulin levels, are activated. "Although sleep increases the risk of diabetes, poor heredity and obesity contribute much more," the scientists explain.


With this, we will continue looking for the negative effect of sleep in the afternoon with the exchange of sugar.

Fototastin, a new drug against obesity and diabetes

Obesity is on the outside that cause heart troubles, respiratory and psychological is the main cause diabetes, because to become obese is consumed large quantities of food rich in sugars that are destabilizing in general the normal level sugar in a person.

Fortunately now all those who suffer from these diseases can kill two birds with one shot as we used to say, with a new drug supposedly fototastin, focusing in attacking the genetic causes of the obesity or diabetes, which in most cases have a common indicator.

The drug was tested on obese mice and succeeded in blocking increases in body fat in rodents, in turn after four weeks the mice were used in the project have lost 12 percent of their extra body fat with which has been verified that the drug is successful.

Salih Wakil, one of the creators of this drug association hopes to launch a corporation to market the product and the power to help shape this million hours of people with not only overload the United States but throughout the world, it has consolidated.

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