In severe psoriasis, every 10 percent increase in affected body surface area increases diabetes risk by 20 percent, researchers find.
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Gluten, is a sticky protein found in cereal grains, such as wheat, rye, and barley, that makes the goods light and fluffy, which is very desirable to those who enjoys it. Unfortunately it have been linked to many symptoms related to diseases and imbalances of the body such as celiac, heart conditions, skin disorders (i.e eczema), cystic fibrosis, autism, ADD, ADHD, weight gain, cravings, anxiety, confustion, PMS, acne, diabetes, headaches, numbness, restlessness, congestion, mental fogginess, and so many more.
Of the glutenous grains, wheat contains the highest concentration of gluten. There are 30 species of wheat; however, in countries such as the USA only three are being produced for human consumption: Durum (such as in pasta), common wheat (or bread wheat), and club wheat (similar to bread wheat). Over the past 2 or so decades the hybridization of these variety of wheat has greatly increased the gluten content.
The problem people run into is how much wheat they are exposed to daily. Wheat is often used as additives, fillers, or even as one of the main ingredient in many products and restaurant type meals that it is causing inflammation in the digestive tract of people who have become sensitive, or allergic to it. This inflammation causes tearing or separation of the lining in the small intestine. When this occurs larger food substances can enter the blood stream, which leads to many of the imbalances mentioned earlier. Another issue is that many of the products that normally don’t contain wheat or gluten, such as oatmeal and rice, are being manufactured in factories that are also producing wheat and gluten products so it is possible to have cross contamination.
Since everyone is biochemically different many people are not aware they are sensitive or allergic to wheat. Children are especially difficult to diagnose because so many of their favorite foods contains wheat, such as fried foods, sandwiches, pasta, mac and cheese, pizza, gravy, cookies, cake, ice cream cones, some candy, and many packaged foods found on the shelves in the grocery stores.
What can you do? The best way to avoid wheat and gluten is to feed your family meals made from fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts/seeds, fresh beans and high quality meats. If these are not convenient for you to prepare than it is important to learn to read the labels of any meals being purchased. For store bought meals manufacturers are now putting on the label if the product contains wheat or have been processed in factories where wheat/gluten is also being processed.
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Psoriasis Increases Risk Of Diabetes
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Psoriasis Increases Risk Of Diabetes 
Patients with psoriasis are at high risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012. The findings were presented at the press conference by Dr Ole Ahlehoff from Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark and at the scientific session by Usman KHALID.
Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 125 million people worldwide. A new study of the entire Danish population confirms previous reports of increased risk of diabetes mellitus in patients with psoriasis and shows that risk increases with severity of psoriasis.
Psoriasis, atherosclerosis, and early steps in the development of diabetes mellitus are characterised by chronic inflammation, i.e. a chronic state of alert. “This chronic state of alert may explain the increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus seen in these patients,” said Dr Ahlehoff.
The study comprised more than 4 million people, including approximately 50,000 patients with psoriasis, who were followed for 13 years. http://www.eczemablog.net/
The overall rates of new-onset diabetes mellitus per 1,000 observational years were 3.67 (CI=3.65-3.69) in the reference population who did not have psoriasis, 6.93 (CI=6.63-7.25) for patients with mild psoriasis and 9.65 (CI=8.68-10.73) for patients with severe psoriasis.
The risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus was increased in all patients with psoriasis compared to people who did not have psoriasis. Risk increased with the severity of psoriasis. Compared to people without psoriasis, patients with mild psoriasis were 1.5 times more likely to acquire new-onset diabetes mellitus [rate ratio (RR)=1.49; CI=1.43-1.56] and patients with severe psoriasis were more than twice as likely [RR=2.13; CI=1.91-2.37].
The results remained significant after adjustment for potential confounders, including age, sex, socioeconomic status, use of medication, and comorbidity.
Dr Ahlehoff said: “The major conclusion of the study was that psoriasis was associated with increased risk of diabetes mellitus and the risk was highest in patients with severe psoriasis.”
“The results add to current evidence of increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease in patients with psoriasis,” he added. “More needs to be done to increase awareness in this large group of patients on what steps they can take to decrease their risk factors for cardiovascular disease.”
Dr Ahlehoff continued: “Studies are urgently required to examine the impact of aggressive psoriasis treatment on cardiometabolic outcomes.”
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