Bodybuilding and diabetes?

Does body weight affect the risk of catching type 2 if it's from muscle and not fat? I'm getting into MMA, which means strength training and bodybuilding, and in the last 2 months I went from 160-170 at 5'1". Doctor says that my healthy weight is 150ish. I'm at extremely high risk thanks to my family, currently the oldest member not to have it at age 27, though in better shape than any of my relatives.

I can't find information anywhere on this, other than a memory of an article 2 years ago saying that abdominal fat was more dangerous than just body weight. Does anyone know?

 

you mean just working out or body building,
why would you body build for mma?

as for the question i dont know why it would, if anything it would help with type 1 because you would create a healthier diet since your working out, type 2 is overweight or genetic. thats my guess.

 

I believe fat is an issue not in and of itself but because of they way it messes with insulin response.
You really should forget bodybuilding though and do more olympic style lifts and kettle bells. Basically try to put on strength while losing weight.
If you try to fight at 170 at 5'1" you are going to get crushed, putting on muscle makes no sense. Getting down to 150 would be good for both mma and because the doc says so.

 

If you're at a high risk because of your family I'd think about maintaining a healthy body weight. Tons of muscle may not be ideal. If you eat the right food you'll be fine.

Sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition and increased food intake has all lead to a serious misbalance in our metabolism. We have tipped the scales so that we are consuming far more than what we need and as a result, too many Canadians are overweight or obese. Obesity is defined as increased body weight due to the excessive accumulation of fat (7). When we consume more than we need, the body acts quickly to store extra calories as fat. When we consume carbohydrates such as bread and rice, they are broken down into single units of glucose through various steps in the digestive pathway (Figure 1). Glucose is then absorbed by intestinal cells and transported to the rest of the body through the blood stream. When a muscle cell, for example, takes up glucose, it is further broken down to acetyl-coenzyme A (Acetyl-CoA) in a cycle called glycolysis and energy is created in a currency form, adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) that powers cell function. The pathways of fat and protein catabolism also converge at Acetyl-CoA, and this molecule can proceed to the citric acid cycle to create more ATP molecules as energy for the cell. However, when the cell does not need more energy, extra Acetyl-CoA is converted to fatty acids and stored in adipocytes (fat cells) as tri-glycerides. Thus, in order to lose excess fat, one has to create an input energy deficit so the body can only burn what is stored.

http://www.scq.ubc.ca/obesity-and-diabetes-a-canadian-epidemic/

 

High fructose corn-syrup has been linked to diabetes (which is in a ton of different foods). Synthetic sugars as well, like aspartame. If you have the right diet diabetes shouldn't be a problem.