According to the findings of a new study, women who find that their jobs are mentally tiring may be at a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. So, here are research-backed ways to help you reduce your risk of the disease if you are in a stressful job.
round 72 million people in our country suffer from diabetes. This is 49 percent of the global burden of this non-communicable disease. The main triggers behind diabetes, as experts say, are unhealthy body weight and family history. However, a new study says that a tiring job could also be a potential culprit. According to the study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology, women who find their jobs mentally tiring may suffer from type 2 diabetes.
This study states that a mentally draining job like teaching can take a toll on your health raising the risk of type 2 diabetes risk in women. In order to carry out the study, researcher Dr. Guy Fagherazzi and colleagues from the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health at Inserm (the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) observed how a tiring job can lead to diabetes. In the study, around 70,000 women participated and around 75 percent of them belonged to the teaching profession. Not only this, according to the findings of the study, 24 percent of women found their work tiring at the beginning of the study itself. The research concluded that around 21 percent of women were likely to get type 2 diabetes, because of their mentally tiring work. Furthermore, it was also attributed to factors like age, dietary habits, smoking status, blood pressure and also family history.
Type 2 diabetes is a condition where your cells are unable to use blood sugar (glucose) for producing energy. This tends to happen when your cells may become insensitive to insulin. So, your blood sugar levels increase. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes can lead to a whole range of other debilitating diseases starting from blindness and kidney failure to heart attacks and stroke as well. The WHO also estimated that in the year 2016, 1.6 million deaths occurred due to diabetes all over the world. Moreover, it was also the seventh leading cause of death during the same year in India, reveals data from the Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation Diabetes. All these facts and figures are a wake-up call for us to make small lifestyle changes that can help us significantly to manage the condition. According to the WHO, a healthy diet, exercising on a daily basis, controlling weight and cutting down on tobacco intake, may help you keep diabetes away. Regular screening and taking the medicines prescribed by your doctor are also equally important. Here are ways to curb your stress levels and keep those extra kilos at bay which, in turn, will help you reduce your risk of diabetes.
Courtesy: Financial Express
