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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 Dec 2025 \ parent \ on: Ozempic launches in India at $24 a week as Novo targets booming diabetes market news

Yeah, one of man. Indians are genetically insulin resistant and started eating more and more processed food. They are workaholic isn't hidden but they sit and only sit for hours at work. And I've to mention western lifestyle influence - which is more sedentary. There's one biological reason to it as well - a very specific thin fat[1] body type belly fat which makes Indians more vulnerable to Type 2 Diabetes.

Disorders like diabetes and obesity have reached pandemic proportions globally. However, this problem is a little different in some tropical countries especially in the south Asian region. Countries like India and China have the leading number of people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus but paradoxically a much lower number of people with obesity (as defined by body mass index). This paradox is partly explained by the unique thin-fat phenotype prevalent in this region.

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568563 ↩

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 12 Dec 2025

Yes, the ability to put on fat and take sugar out of the blood is a more useful adaptation than one would think.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 Dec 2025
Yes, the ability to put on fat and take sugar out of the blood is a more useful adaptation than one would think.

Our earliest ancestors knew it much better than any of us. For them most of such foods (like sugar) wasn't readily available but whenever and in whatever form they got it, they used to consume it much more. They reasoned that Sugar saved them from many diseases. In fact I l've had my all ancestors eat a lot of honey, jaggery made of sugarcane and never had any issues because of them. It's possible that the Sugar (with residual sulphur) we consume now is a big cause for diabetes.

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