Glucose not responsible for inflammation in type 2 diabetes, suggests study | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Glucose not responsible for inflammation in type 2 diabetes, suggests study | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 23, 2019 1:00:29 pm

Glucose not responsible for inflammation in type 2 diabetes, suggests study

This new data may enlighten the conversation about tight glycemic control as the dominant treatment goal for people with diabetes.

According to the study, chronic inflammation fuels many of the devastating complications of type 2 diabetes. (Source: File Photo)

While the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitusmay not yet have been properly understood, a new research seems to have made a breakthrough by finding that the changes to mitochondria — the powerhouse of cells — drive chronic inflammation from cells exposed to certain types of fats, shattering the prevailing assumption that glucose was the culprit.