More — talking about abdominal obesity , which leads to type 2 diabetes , damages blood vessels and causes strokes, heart attacks, kidney disease and blindness. When you gain weight, tissues become less sensitive to insulin, prediabetes develops, and then diabetes. People with diabetes live 10–15 years less . Therefore, measure your waist with relaxed muscles, at the level of the navel, parallel to the floor. And write in the comments : how much is your waist.

If it is over 80 for women or 94 for men, this is a signal that you need to lose weight . Do not forget that an unhealthy lifestyle is the cause of many diseases. The statistics for Russia are terrible : 39% of men do not live to 60, 52% to 65. The main reasons are cardiovascular diseases, high cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes. Monitor your health, consult a doctor on time, get tested.

Remember: with diabetes, it is important to lose weight in time and follow a diet . Do not drink alcohol and do not smoke – this is harmful. Smoking causes inflammation of the vessels and the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, and alcohol is cardiotoxic . Completely give up bad habits. If you do not smoke and do not drink – great. And, it is possible, you will live to be 100 or 120 years old . It all depends on you. If you remain optimistic and see the good – you will live long, feel good and be happy.