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new study has revealed how a diet high in junk food - high fat and high
sugar - can cause as much damage to the kidneys as type 2 diabetes,
where the body fails to produce, or fails to react to the hormone
insulin, resulting in a build-up of sugar
Gorging on junk food is as damaging to your body as DIABETES, experts warn
Type 2 diabetes is often linked to obesity and numbers are rising globally
It's where the body fails to produce enough insulin, or does not react to it
Causes accumulation of sugar in the blood, which can damage organs
Common complication is damage to the kidneys, diabetic kidney disease
New study shows diet high in junk food can have the same effect
Indulging in a diet rich in fatty, sugary junk foods can cause as much damage to the kidney as diabetes, experts have warned.
Type 2 diabetes is often associated with obesity and the number of cases across the world are rising at an alarming rate.
In type 2 diabetes, the body fails to produce enough insulin, or does not react to the hormone produced.
This causes an accumulation of sugar - or glucose - in the blood, which can have severe long-term consequences for organs including the kidneys, where it can lead to diabetic kidney disease.
In
their new study, researchers from Anglia Ruskin University used animal
models of diabetes and models of diet-induced obesity and insulin
resistance to examine how insulin resistance and too much sugar or fat
affected glucose receptors in the kidney.
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