Depression and Diabetes Type 2
From WebMD comes the article Depression Raises Risk for Type 2 Diabetes .
It reports on a study done by Julie Wagner, PhD, of the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Dr. Wagner’s research finds that:
“Depressed participants who were not being treated had significantly greater insulin resistance than study participants who were not depressed. But treatment for depression appeared to improve insulin sensitivity, with depressed participants on antidepressant therapy having similar insulin sensitivity to non-depressed participants.”
She concludes that:
“the more depressed someone is, the more cortisol they produce, which leads to more belly fat and more diabetes…(and) Depression may also influence type 2 diabetes risk by disrupting the immune system or levels of serotonin, which helps modulate metabolic function as well as mood…”
Treating depression is important in its own right; but it also helps lower the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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