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24 Diabetes Mellitus
Pages 627-632

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From page 627...
... The disease has been diagnosed in approximately 6 627 million people in the United States, and an additionai 4 million tO 5 million individuals are believed to have undiagnosed diabetes (National Diabetes Data Group, 1985~. Each year, approximately 500,000 new cases are diagnosed.
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From page 628...
... reported that insulin resistance results from excessive alcoho} intake by otherwise healthy adults in the United States. Studies in animals indicate that a decrease in glucose tolerance is induced by chromium deficiency and is reversed by the administration of chromium (see Chapter 14~.
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From page 629...
... 629 In normal strains of animals, it has been Biscuit to prove a specific effect of total caloric intake or the intake of specific nutrients on the emergence of diabetes mellitus (Glinsmann et al., 1986~. As discussed in Chapter 6, large increases in total food intake that lead tO adiposity in animals also lead tO an increased incidence of insulin resistance (see section on total caloric intake and obesity in Chapter 6)
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... · Methods for reducing obesity and maintaining nonnal body weight in alleviating diabetes and its complications, and the nutritional, environmental, behavioral, and genetic aspects of obesity in the etiology of NIDDM. · The role of saturated fatty acids and dietary cholesterol in mortality from coronary head disease in people with diabetes.
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From page 631...
... 1975. Pancreatic insulin release and peripheral tissue resistance in Zucker obese rats fed high- and lowcarbohydrare diets.
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  • increased risk
  • insulin resistance
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  • dietary cholesterol
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  • fatty acids
  • adipose tissue
  • protein restriction
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  • alcohol intake


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