The association between nutrition and cancer as well as other chronic diseases is not new. Though there are other risk factors, nutrition ranks among the most important, because it can be modified at the individual level and be targeted by public health policies.
The obesity explosion that we see in many countries is because of a number of factors. Apart from the genes we received from our parents, some factors are because of human behaviour:
Insulin resistance refers to the body becoming resistant to the hormone insulin. It’s the precursor to diabetes. Insulin resistance is classified as an arterial disease.
Diabetes is a medical condition in which blood glucose levels are higher (hyperglycaemia) than normal, as measured with fasting bloods, a glucose tolerance test or HbA1c test.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated in the arteries. This means the heart has to work too hard..