Termites: Cause of Diabetes?
March 19, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
We know that obesity puts you at a higher risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes, but a recent study has found a link between “insecticides present in that fat.” Obese individuals with lower levels of organochlorine insecticides in their blood didn’t have diabetes (or insulin resistance) that other obese individuals did.
This could be one reason why certain people do not get Type 2 Diabetes, despite being overweight and out of shape.
One insecticide in particular, chlordane, was used to fight termite infestations in “approximately 30 million homes from the 1950s until it was banned in 1988.” The vapors of …read more




