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Plastic bottles blamed for heart disease and diabetes
Morocco News.Net
Sunday 7th September, 2008
The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome.
A University of Cincinnati scientific team has found the key plastics ingredient, Bisphenol A, suppresses a key hormone.
The hormone, Adiponectin, is responsible for regulating insulin sensitivity in the body and puts people at a substantially higher risk for metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of risk factors that include lower responsiveness to insulin and higher blood levels of sugar and lipids.
If left untreated, the disorder can lead to life-threatening health problems such as coronary artery disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
For the study, researchers collected fresh fat tissue from Cincinnati patients undergoing several types of breast or abdominal surgery.
It was found that exposing human tissues to BPA levels within the range of common human exposure resulted in suppression of the hormone that protects people from metabolic syndrome.
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