Margarine vs Butter: New Facts

The debate whether margarine is healthier than butter has been around for long. The confusion persists for good reason Butter is made from animal products, making it high in cholesterol and saturated fats, which has been linked to heart disease. Margarine is made from polyunsaturated vegetable oils like corn oil, which don’t contain saturated fats. Most people assume that makes it heart healthy. Not exactly. The process of turning polyunsaturated oils in semisolid table spreads creates trans fats, which are just as bad as saturated fats, if not worse. But more studies and health experts suggest that margarine, selected carefully, can be a safer choice. Because higher level of trans fat make margarines more solid, it is best to choose those that are liquid or sold in tubs. Many varieties now contain water or liquid vegetable oil instead of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, which can make them virtually free of trans fats.

Cut Sugar to add to your life span

Giving up sweets and avoiding vitamins could help you live longer, German researchers said in a recent study. They found that restricting glucose set off a process that extended the life span of some worms by upto 25 percent. The key was boosting the level of "free radicals"-unstable molecules that can damage the body and which people often try to get rid of by consuming food or drinks rich in anti-oxidants such as vitamin E, they said in a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. They body needs glucose, but taking in too much was unhealthy, said the study. Scientists have long known that restricting calorie intake in worms and monkeys increases longevity, and the study narrowed hat idea further, to glucose.

Glaucoma Connected With diabetes

Type 2 diabetes has been linked with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). According to the renowned names of Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, POGA is a general form of all glaucoma.

According to their recent study, they concluded that type 2 diabetes is linked with an increased risk of glaucoma. The journal Ophthalmology has published the news

Obesity may lead to type 2 diabetes epidemic but at the same time, it seems that factors associated with obesity such as age, race, hypertension and family history of glaucoma may also result to the association between type 2 diabetes and glaucoma.

Diabetes more hazardous than obesity!

Diabetes can result to be more critical as compared to obesity. So, diabetics need to take care of their health in a proper way as their problem can lead to death due to acute failure of major organs of the body.

Recent study suggested that people with diabetes are at high risk of extreme ailment that can lead to death rather to those with obesity. Diabetics, even with low BMI are found to culitvate acute organ failure three times more as compared to overweight without diabetes, thereby resulting in death.

I believe that diabetes can devastate insulin-producing or related organs of the body like pancreas paving way to death. Whereas is obesity also accountable for causing various problems like fat accumulation, blood pressure and high cholesterol and likewise, but may not risk in failure until and unless one get attacked from diabetes.

In my opinion, diabetics as well as obese should keep a watch on their health by getting early treatment as soon as possible. In addition, obese need to go for regular check-up to check-out the development of diabetes, if there is any.