Wearing a belt around the trousers theory.

[emmo26]

One of the causes of diabetes is having too much fat around the pancreas and on other internal organs.

So, in theory.....would wearing a belt too tightly around the mid-drift, end up in pushing all that internal fat onto the pancreas thus compromising its insulin capabilities?

Synopsis:

Type 2's should not wear a belt.

 

[Northerner]

Hehe! I'm not sure that would work emmo! 😉 There's probably an undergraduate study into it going on somewhere though! 🙂

 

[neil2]

Belt up

I did'nt wear a belt I was 12.5 stone and still became a type 1 at 27 so that dose not hold fat em water!

 

[Amigo]

Interesting theory!

I'd imagine there's a big difference between visceral fat stored within the internal cavities and therefore stored around the liver, pancreas and intestines. It's apparently this 'active' fat which affects the hormones and the insulin levels. It can affect thinner people too who may carry a disproportionate level of visceral fat.
External, subcutaneous fat is what we store under our skin but clearly a big belly could indicate high levels of visceral fat too. That's why the waistline measurement seems significant.

I'm not sure something pressing on it would affect because the visceral fat apparently secretes 'a protein called retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) which has been shown to increase resistance to insulin.' I certainly hope not anyway because I have an enlarged spleen and that could press on the tail of the pancreas. 😱

But as Northerner says, I'm sure some boffin researchers might suggest differently. And I'm not sure a right belt anywhere is such a good idea anyway (unless it's stemming a bleed obviously!).

 

[Bessiemay]

Silly question

If you have type 1 could you also develop type 2 as well.

 

[Northerner]

Silly question

If you have type 1 could you also develop type 2 as well.

There does exist something often called 'double diabetes', whereby a person with Type 1 also has a lot of insulin resistance, entailing large doses of insulin. Often metformin is prescribed in order to hopefully reduce the doses required.