Chlorinated pesticides are used in farming and residential gardening and can be linked to type 2 diabetes. There is a growing body of evidence showing that contaminants such as pesticides and fertilizers play a key role in the advancement of several health conditions and diseases.
The word pesticide covers several different substances designed to kill unwanted pests on our plants. While they are an affordable way to reduce insects from eating our plants, they deplete our soil and eventually end up in our water supply. Unfortunately, these chemicals also have a toxic effect on people.
Several studies show the greater the exposure to this pesticide, whether through the food we are eating or by using it in the garden, increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Research by the National Institutes of Health studied 50 different pesticides. Half of these pesticides were chlorinated, out of these 7 were linked to an increase in type 2 diabetes.
“But we have shown in more than 80,000 individuals that exposure to any pesticide increases the risk of diabetes by approximately 60% , a result that is highly statistically significant.”Fotini Kavvoura, MD, PhD, clinical lecturer in diabetes from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.”in general, pesticides are lipophilic and accumulate in body fat either through direct exposure or through the food chain, and over the years, they expose the individual to their effects.”
Research on this topic links pesticides with an increases insulin resistance by promoting fat storage in the muscles, pancreas, and liver, resulting in a plethora of adverse health problems.
As a result of these studies, many gardeners and farmers are turning their backs on such pesticides and using organic products on not only the food we eat, but also the food they feed their livestock.
A popular organic alternative to the ill-effects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers are black worm castings.
These organic products have even given both home gardeners and commercial farmers the upper hand.
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