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Asking for Self, Male, 32 years old, Sialkot
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My hba1c 5.2 from last one year, no diabetes, no family history like mother, sister, brother only father get diabetes after age 60 because he takes statins and bp medicine.
My question is that can quitting cigarettes and chewing tobacco increase type 2 diabetes risk as I read in google?
Second question like wise if I eat lunch 130Grams carbs and after 2 hours my blood suger 130 so can smoking and chewing tobacoo after that again increase blood suger?
The number of cigarettes smoked daily is associated with an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus over the long-term. This may be due to nicotine effect on impaired insulin sensitivity. Although there does appear to be an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes shortly after quitting tobacco use (perhaps partly due to weight gain), smoking cessation reduces the risk of diabetes after several years of abstinence
As your hba1c is normal so quitting cigarettes is a better option because smoking and chewing tobacco have multiple other complications which are life threatening
Moreover in your 2nd question tobacco do have carbs in it but in little amount but they do increase blood suger depending on amount of tobacco chewed brand and type of tobacco
My advise is to have daily walk quit smoking and lifestyle modification is best for you to avoid diabetes
Vaping as compared to cigarettes is less dangerous but still has health risks too
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Thanks for your response does vapping is also dangerous as gutka or cigarettes?
2 years ago