Type 2 Diabetes - What Effect Does Eating Fish Have on Developing Diabetes?

Recent research suggests eating fish and n-3 fatty acids could be associated with an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Investigators at Shandong University in China looked at the available literature on the subject and analyzed it as if it were all one large study.

Their study, published in August 2012 in the British Journal of Nutrition, found the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes was slightly higher in those people who ate fish every day than in those people who ate it only once a week.

It has been concluded much more research is needed to clarify what effect, if any, fish consumption has on anyone's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

In the mean time, avoiding fish and eating a vegan diet is a healthy alternative. Several studies have revealed vegan diets are the best kind of eating plans for diabetics, and eating foods without the cholesterol found in meat and animal products is especially good for your heart.

When considering a vegan diet, people often have concerns about protein, calcium, and vitamin B12. Contrary to one popular belief, vegetables do, in fact, contain protein, albeit less than is found in meat, eggs, and dairy products.

• 100 grams of celery contains one gram of protein.
• beans and nuts have a higher protein content.
• 1 cup of black beans contains 15 grams of protein.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, United States, recommends:
• 46 grams of protein per day for adult women, and
• 56 grams per day for adult men. 

 Most people with Western-type diets tend to eat more protein than is necessary, wasting much of it in producing energy, which could be produced just as well from carbohydrates.

Broccoli, spinach, turnip greens, and other dark green vegetables are good sources of calcium and iron. Although broccoli provides less calcium than milk, the high protein content of milk makes absorption of the calcium difficult, so the amount absorbed is about the same.

Vitamin B12, important for preventing anemia, is the only nutrient that vegans need to be concerned about, and it is not difficult to obtain.

• nutrient yeast is one source, and
• mushrooms could be another.
• supplements and supplemented foods are also availble.
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The recommended daily allowance for vitamin B12 is 2.4 micrograms per day. That's less than is contained in a half cup of Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal, General Mills Fiber One, or Post Raisin Bran Cereal. Powdered nutritional yeast is also a good source of the vitamin. 

Fortified soy milk and some kinds of vegeburgers are also provide added vitamin B12. Since the vitamin is stored for the body over long periods, it is not necessary to take it in every day.

Type 2 diabetes is no longer a condition you must just live with. It need not slowly and inevitably get worse. What you eat and how you exercise is the main treatment for controlling and reversing this disease.

For nearly 25 years Beverleigh Piepers has searched for and found a number of secrets to help you build a healthy body.

The answer isn't in the endless volumes of available information but in yourself.

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