A study shows that patients with prediabetes have high levels of blood triglycerides after food.
Researchers at the Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba (IMIBIC), of the Reina Sofía de Córdoba University Hospital, the University of Córdoba (UCO) and CIBERON have discovered that blood triglycerides after meals identify the predisposition to suffering from diabetes.
Thus, as reported by the IMIBIC, these researchers have published a study that shows that patients with prediabetes, that is, healthy people with slightly high glucose levels but not enough to be considered diabetic, have high levels of triglycerides inBlood after meals, which translates into a lower capacity of the body to assimilate fats and therefore a greater risk to develop diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases.
The aforementioned study has allowed to deepen the origin of this alteration, allowing to know more precisely the mechanisms that relate diabetes to the metabolism of fats.
The work, entitled Hepatic Insulin Resistance Both in prediabetic and diabetic patients Determines Postprandial Lipoprotein Metabolism: From the cordioprev study, published in Cardiovascular Diabetology, has been performed by Dr. Ana León and led by doctors Pablo Pérez Martínez and José López Miranda andFrame within the 'CordioPrev' study, which aims to determine whether two healthy diet models are capable of having a "curative" effect on heart patients.
pioneer research
For Imibic, it is important to highlight that the CordioPrev study is the first of this type in the world, assuming an important advance in the knowledge of the importance of lifestyle in cardiovascular prevention.
The project, in which more than 30 researchers participate, led by doctors Francisco Pérez Jiménez and José López Miranda, has the support of multiple public and private institutions.Among them is the Oliveroo Community Heritage Foundation, as the main sponsor, as well as Citoliva and CEAS.
The Andalusia Board, through the Ministry of Health, Economy and Knowledge, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development;the provincial councils of Córdoba and Jaén, and the Carlos III Health Institute.
The authors of this study conclude that "the regular practice of physical exercise, maintaining a healthy weight and following a healthy Mediterranean diet is essential to delay or prevent the appearance of diabetes and thus the possible cardiovascular events."
