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Researcher. The audience was aghast, such a relationship was unthinkable. Of
course now we know that ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS create havoc in our
bodies, in the environment and also amidst the other living things.
toys and some medical devices are linked to type 2
diabetes and other chronic conditions in men, research
suggests.
An Australian study has found that phthalates
could also increase the risk of males suffering from cardiovascular disease
and
pressure.
Scientists from the University of Adelaide and
the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) tested
1,500 men and found evidence of phthalates in the urine of 99.6 per cent of the
participants who were aged 35 or over, although they do not know why.
“We found that the prevalence of cardiovascular
disease,
high blood pressure increased among those men with higher total phthalate
levels,” said senior author associate professor Zumin Shi, from the
University of Adelaide’s Adelaide Medical School and the Freemasons Foundation
Centre for Men’s Health.
“While we still don’t understand the exact
reasons why phthalates are independently linked to disease, we do know the
chemicals impact on the human endocrine system, which controls hormone release
that regulate the body’s growth,
sexual development and function.”
Previous research has found factors such as age
and western diets to be linked with high concentrations of phthalates, while
another past study showed males who consumed less fresh fruit and vegetables
and ate more
food had much higher levels of phthalates in their
bodies.
Shi added: “Importantly, while 82 per cent
of the men we tested were overweight or obese – conditions known to be
associated with chronic diseases – when we adjusted for this in our study, the
significant association between high levels of phthalates and disease was not
substantially altered.
“In addition, when we adjusted for
socio-economic and lifestyle factors such as
association between high levels of phthalates and disease was unchanged.”
Although the research team only used men in
their research, they believe similar findings would be also relevant to women.
“While further research is required,
reducing environmental phthalates exposure where possible, along with the
adoption of healthier lifestyles, may help to reduce the risk of chronic
disease,” he said.
The findings were published in the journal
Environmental Researchmorning, the following study arrived in my email.
Endocrine Disruptors as Potentially Modifiable
Diabetes Risk Factors
TAKE-HOME
MESSAGE
- In this review, the
authors discuss the evidence implicating endocrine-disrupting chemicals
(EDCs) as novel risk factors of metabolic diseases.
- Although there is
accumulating evidence associating EDCs in the pathogenesis of diabetes
across the lifespan, there are specific developmental windows that are
particularly vulnerable to permanent disruptions in metabolism, including
preconception, gestation, and early infancy. Despite robust evidence on
the role of EDCs as diabetes risk factors, clinical practice guidelines
have not yet reflected the concerns that have emerged from these studies,
particularly given potentially important public health implications.
Jacqueline A. Seiglie, MD, MSc
globe, imposing a tremendous toll on individuals and healthcare systems.
Reversing these trends requires comprehensive approaches to address both
classical and emerging diabetes risk factors. Recently, environmental toxicants
acting as endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have emerged as novel metabolic
disease risk factors. EDCs implicated in diabetes pathogenesis include various
inorganic and organic molecules of both natural and synthetic origin, including
arsenic, bisphenol A, phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine
pesticides. Indeed, evidence implicates EDC exposures across the lifespan in
metabolic dysfunction; moreover, specific developmental windows exhibit
enhanced sensitivity to EDC-induced metabolic disruption, with potential
impacts across generations. Importantly, differential exposures to diabetogenic
EDCs likely also contribute to racial/ethnic and economic disparities. Despite
these emerging links, clinical practice guidelines fail to address this
underappreciated diabetes risk factor. Comprehensive approaches to stem the
tide of diabetes must include efforts to address its environmental drivers.
and the results were amazing. I have never been a fan of plastics of any sorts
and will further try to reduce its use in the future.
other containers to drink water from, trying to reverse the trend of
questionable quality water in plastic bottle which clog up the environment, a
habit strted in the USA along with the year 2000 Atlanta Olympics
INDUSTRY is also necessary to make good FOOD available to the population. Just
telling people to eat well is a form of high handed offense and as INDIANS
would say: tell us and teach us how to eat well and make sure we have access to
good food.
CHANGE regulations, I feel hopeful that USA now will lead the fight to provide
good food to its population.
whatever USA does the rest of the world want to follow, just look at the fad of
torn jeans, Americans started wearing it and now the entire world, mothers and
daughters are wearing them. So if USA begins a good nutritional programe to
provide good food to all its population, and a habit of eating non plastic non
chemical food, the rest of the world would follow that fad also, in this case a
healthy one.
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