Diabetics worry before they eat fruit. It is because I am worried that sugar in fruits will increase blood sugar and worsen diabetes. As a result, some diabetics do not eat fruit at all. It is true that diabetics should be careful about eating fruits, but they do not need to completely ban fruits. Photo by Brenda Godinez on Unsplash Immediately after the meal, insulin is secreted from the pancreas to lower the elevated blood sugar. However, if you eat a lot of fruit at this time, blood sugar rises, and the pancreas releases too much insulin to lower blood sugar. If this process is repeated, the function of the pancreas may deteriorate or become damaged, resulting in diabetes. Fructose contained in fruits may increase blood sugar rapidly, aggravating diabetes. But, eating fruits is not necessarily bad. Fruits are rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and dietary fiber, which are essential to health. Therefore, eating the right amount of fruit is good for your health. However, you need to be ...
Heart disease is the main cause of death, accounting for one-third of the world's deaths in 2019. China had the largest number of heart disease deaths last year, followed by India, Russia, the United States, and Indonesia. France, Peru, and Japan had six times lower mortality rates than in 1990, and the lowest in the world. The U.S. health information website WebMD explained the world's No.1 death rate for heart disease. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The number of heart disease patients nearly doubled from 270 million in 1990 to 520 million in 2019, and the number of deaths increased from 12.1 million to 18.6 million. Most deaths from heart disease in 2019 were ischemic heart disease and stroke, which increased steadily from 1990. Last year, 9.6 million men and 8.9 million women died of heart disease, and more than 6 million of them were aged 30 to 70. The study was published in the U.S. Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular disease, especially ischemic heart...