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> periodontal disease is a direct cause of both diabetes and heart disease. I thought that diabetes was glucose processing dysfunction?
by the_real_cher 2y ago
> periodontal disease is a direct cause of both diabetes and heart disease.
I thought that diabetes was glucose processing dysfunction?
- sydbarrett74 2y agoThe chronic inflammation from gum disease causes systemic insulin resistance, which leads to T2D. It's a direct and linear pathway.
- the_real_cher 2y agoThat's pretty nuts if true. There doesn't seem to be any logical connection there but with nature anything is possible.
- sydbarrett74 2y agoI'll make it even more general. Any chronic inflammation leads to insulin resistance. It's just that with modern western diets, oral inflammation is the one that is almost universal.