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Item #11
High
Blood Pressure In Kids Predicts Insulin Resistance
Adding
exercise and supplements will reduce IR
If your teenager has
high blood pressure, researchers in the Czech Republic suggest taking
steps to ward off insulin resistance.
They add that High blood pressure is also associated with low
folate levels and a high homocycsteine level.
The researchers examined
164 subjects with a median age of 19 who had high blood pressure, and
173 control subjects with a median age of 18.
Most of the study participants were males.
Compared with the
control subjects, those with high blood pressure had a higher body
mass index, higher insulin levels and lower HDL (“good”)
cholesterol levels. They
also registered lower levels of folate and higher levels of
homocysteine.
Treatment protocols may
include exercise to lower insulin resistance. Supplements that aid in lowering homocysteine include
vitamins B-6 and B-12 and folic acid.
American Journal of
Hypertension, Oct. 15, 2002
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DID
YOU KNOW: Two
studies published this week suggest that life expectancy decreases as
excess body mass grows. A
severely obese 20-year-old white man can expect to lose 13 years of
life, compared to a normal weight peer, according to research in
Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Even a slightly overweight young adult male may lose a year off his
life.
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