Study Provides New Insights Into How Chronic Overeating Leads To Metabolic Problems, Type 2 Diabetes.

reports that investigators “have discovered it’s possible to develop troubling signs that could lead to diabetes after just a few days of a high-calorie diet.” For the study, six men “were put on bed rest and fed a daily high-carb, 6,000 calorie diet and then studied to see how their bodies reacted.” The study “found that those on the high-calorie diet developed insulin resistance, where the body’s insulin does not work as well and the pancreas has to crank up insulin production.” reports, “After analyzing the men’s urine and fat tissue, the researchers spotted a rise in proteins” tied to oxidative stress, which “appeared to trigger changes to a glucose transporter protein, known as GLUT4.” Such “changes may have affected the protein’s ability take up glucose in response to insulin, leading to insulin resistance,” scientists theorized. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-finds-warning-signs-diabetes-show-days/story?id=33635677