{"id":206,"date":"2025-03-24T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:49:58","slug":"entiende-el-motivo-por-el-que-las-personas-con-diabetes-pierden-peso-repentinamente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/2025\/03\/24\/entiende-el-motivo-por-el-que-las-personas-con-diabetes-pierden-peso-repentinamente\/","title":{"rendered":"Understand the reason why people with diabetes suddenly lose health."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>English translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A person with diabetes may experience significant weight loss due to several factors related to blood sugar control. This can occur especially in people with type 1 diabetes or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Some common reasons include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Poor blood glucose control:<\/strong><br>When blood sugar levels are high and not properly managed, the body cannot use glucose effectively as an energy source. Instead, it begins to break down stored fat and protein for energy, leading to weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA):<\/strong><br>In people with type 1 diabetes, a lack of insulin can lead to a condition called diabetic ketoacidosis. This occurs when the body starts producing ketones (byproducts of fat breakdown) instead of using glucose due to insufficient insulin. DKA can cause weight loss as well as serious symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dehydration:<\/strong><br>High blood glucose levels cause the kidneys to try to eliminate excess sugar through urine. This results in increased fluid loss and can lead to dehydration, which also contributes to weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Loss of muscle mass:<\/strong><br>When the body cannot properly use carbohydrates (glucose) due to insulin deficiency or insulin resistance, it begins to break down muscle tissue for energy. This can result in muscle loss and, consequently, weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a person with diabetes experiences significant weight loss, it is important to consult a healthcare professional, as this may indicate poor disease control or the development of complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8-300x300.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8-150x150.png 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8-768x768.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Designer-8-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English translation: A person with diabetes may experience significant weight loss due to several factors related to blood sugar control. This can occur especially in people with type 1 diabetes or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Some common reasons include: Poor blood glucose control:When blood sugar levels are high and not properly managed, the body [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.vitiacare.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}