A new study finds that men with permanent stress are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
This is the finding of a 35–year–long study conducted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The study monitored 7,500 men over a 35–year–long period.
At the end of the study, men who reported permanent stress had a 45% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Jaroslaw Aniszewski, M.D. agrees that there is some correlation between stress and the onset of type 2 diabetes, however, he says that other factors like poor diet and lack of exercise play a bigger role.
"You can imagine, 100, 200 years ago, type 2 diabetes was pretty much non–existent," says Dr. Aniszewski. "And I don't think people were less stressed back then. Life was pretty rough.
Dr. Aniszewski says multiple studies show exercise is the best way to relieve stress.
