A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has concluded that diabetes leads to rapid ageing of your mind—approximately five years faster than normal. This effect is exacerbated in patients who have poorly controlled diabetes. Diabetes can be controlled through medication, diet, and exercise. This means that if you want a healthy brain at 70, you need to evaluate your lifestyle at 50, or at an even younger age. It might seem simplistic to prescribe diet and exercise as a preventive measure for so many of the health conditions that we are facing today. But the fact is, the internal systems within our bodies are interlinked, and one part can easily affect another. The best way to ensure your overall health is to take care of our bodies as a whole. The study was based on more than 15,000 adults in the United States of America, from 1987 to 2013.
Utafiti uliochapishwa katika Annals of Internal Medicine unaonyesha kuwa ugonjwa wa kisukari unafanya akili yako izeeke haraka, karibu miaka mitano kwa kasi kuliko kawaida. Athari hii huongezeka kwa wagonjwa ambao wana ugonjwa wa kisukari unaodhibitiwa vibaya. Ugonjwa wa kisukari waweza kudhibitiwa kupitia dawa, lishe, na mazoezi. "Hii inamaanisha kwamba ikiwa unataka kuwa na ubongo wenye afya katika miaka 70, unahitaji kutathmini mtindo wako wa maisha katika miaka 50 au hata mapema zaidi.""" Inaonekana kuwa rahisi kuagiza chakula na mazoezi kama hatua ya kuzuia kwa hali nyingi za afya ambazo tunakabiliwa nazo leo. Lakini ukweli ni kwamba mifumo ya ndani ya miili yetu imeunganishwa, na sehemu moja ya mwili inaweza kuathiri nyingine kwa urahisi. Njia bora ya kuhakikisha afya yako ya jumla ni kutunza miili yetu kwa ujumla. Utafiti huo ulifanyika kwa kuzingatia zaidi ya watu wazima 15,000 nchini Marekani, kuanzia mwaka 1987 hadi 2013.