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Diabetes Help Center

Feburary 2016

Diabetic Help, Tips & Cures

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designed to keep people more informed and up-to-date on

new ways to help and treat diseases like diabetics.

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Before diabetes is present in people, it is almost always preceded by a situation called PRE

DIABETES. A situation where the blood glucose is higher than

normal, but not yet enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

Pre Diabetes is itself a serious medical situation, though can still

be reversed by making changes in diet pattern and increasing

physical activity. To determine one's blood sugar a test called

Fasting Blood Glucose has to be conducted.

A value below 100mg/dl is generally accepted to be normal, while a value greater than

100mg/dl but less than 120mg/dl is not full diabetes yet, so it is regarded as Pre diabetes. An

individual with a pre diabetes blood glucose level need to take urgent steps to reduce his

blood glucose or risk life long diabetes.

It should be emphasized, however, that the genetic and racial factors predisposing to

diabetes are still beyond human comprehension and control. It makes common sense,

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therefore, to reduce all human controllable factors to the

barest minimum. Most of these factors have to do with

social occupational and diet habits.

The following tips can help reduce your diabetes risk:

* Reduce weight. Obesity seems to be the single most

significant factor in diabetes.

* Increase Physical Activity. It is an established fact that diabetes is more common among

people that lead a sedentary affluent lifestyle. Simple dynamic exercises like brisk walking

for 30-50mins daily or 3-5times weekly has been shown to be very helpful. Exercise reduces

bodyweight and fat, increases functionality of the heart, reduces the chances of diabetes

and also boosts emotions and healthy living.

* Cut down or cut out alcohol. Alcoholic intake of more than 2units per day has been shown

to adversely affect the body. Alcohol being an addictive drug makes it very difficult to

maintain a definite amount of intake for a long time. It is better therefore to strive to cut out

alcohol completely.

* Avoid Smoking. Stopping smoking will definitely reduce the

chances of several other ailments apart from diabetes.

* Lean good eating habits, such as;

* Cut down on fatty food and junks

* Eat more of fish and poultry (without the skin is better).

* Garlic reduces blood pressure cholesterol; add it to your

meal plan.

* Cut the number of eggs you take to 3- 4 weekly (better boiled than fried).

* Reduce salt intake to less than 5.8 grams daily.

* Eat more of vegetables and fibre rich food, especially fruits.

* Finally, constantly monitor your fasting blood glucose, as this is the only way to know

when you are getting into trouble.

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Controlling Diabetes with Diet and Exercise

1. Controlling Diabetes with Diet

The word "diet" has such negative connotations and at the

mere mention of it, many people recoil. At the mention of

the word, most people think it means that you won't be

able to eat anything you like, or anything delicious, or will

be starving and so forth.

When a diet for diabetes is talked about, it simply means a well thought out plan for eating.

In some cases, you may even be able to still eat some "bad" foods on occasion as long as you

are aware of how they will impact your diabetic eating plan and what adjustments you may

need to make when you eat these "bad" foods so that your blood sugar levels do not go

crazy and cause you problems.

In addition, creating a proper diabetes eating plan

will help you get a better understanding of how

various foods impact blood sugar levels which will

help you make the decision on which foods to

eliminate and which to include. Soft drinks, refined

grains, etc, have been shown to increase the risk of

developing type 2 diabetes and also increasing

inflammation in the body. Knowing this will help you

make the choice to eliminate soft drinks (regular and diet) and hopefully encourage you to

drink more water and to select complex carbs in placed of processed foods made from

refined grains.

It is important to remember that a healing diabetes diet will vary from one diabetic to

another. You have to find the diet that will work for you. Some diabetics may be able to eat

certain foods whereas another many have to eliminate that food. There isn't one diet that

will work in all cases. One may need to follow a low fat, high carbohydrate diet while

another may need to follow a low carbohydrate, high vegetable diet, etc. Find what works

for you.

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While you may be confused about what to eat and what to

avoid, you should be prepared to experiment with various

recommended foods to see which ones raise your blood sugar

levels and which ones help to normalize it.

To find which foods are best for controlling blood sugar, you

need to monitor your blood sugar levels for a period of time

such as two to three weeks. Measure your blood glucose levels first thing in the morning,

after breakfast, after meals as well as snacks and also before you go to bed. Also measure

the sugar levels before and after physical activity.

Once you have an understanding of how your blood sugar levels are affected, you will then

be in a better position to create a diet plan that works for you and helps heal your body

naturally.

2. Controlling Diabetes with Exercise

The other aspect of controlling diabetes is exercise. It is

amazing how effective exercise can be against type 2 diabetes

especially. Moderate exercise performed consistently that

leads to modest weight loss has been shown to prevent insulin

resistance that can lead to pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Those who have diabetes also benefit from regular exercise as

exercise can not only help control blood glucose levels but can also help prevent serious

complications from diabetes.

Exercising regularly is one of the best ways to improve insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance is

one of the main issues with the development of type 2 diabetes and results from the body

not recognizing the insulin that is produced by the

body which keeps glucose in the blood and not

removed from the blood and transferred to the cells

where it is needed for energy which ends up starving

the cells in the body.

By improving insulin sensitivity with the help of

exercise, this glucose will be removed from the blood

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by insulin and transferred to the cells and used more efficiently by the cells without any

issues which will help to manage blood glucose levels.

Exercise (and diet) is also the best way to control weight. Type 2 diabetes has reached

epidemic levels and the main culprit is obesity as it has been found that at least 80 percent

of type 2 diabetes patients and those with pre-diabetes have been found to be obese. It is

believed that obesity can lead to insulin resistance which increases the risk of developing

pre-diabetes and type II diabetes.

It is also important to monitor blood sugar levels before and after exercise. If you have type I

diabetes, you will need to make sure that you do not overly exert yourself to the point of

becoming hypoglycemic which is a state of low blood sugar. Low blood sugar can lead to

fatigue, dizziness, sweating, headaches, trembling and if severe, consciousness can be lost as

well as falling into a coma.

Those with type II diabetes though they have more

leeway with exercise, should still monitor their

blood sugar levels before and after exercise.

If you are on medication, you need to work with

your doctor to make the necessary adjustments to

your exercise regimen. In addition, diabetics who

deal with neuropathy need to ensure that the nerve

endings in the feet are protected. High impact running or jogging may not be advised in

cases of neuropathy.

Dehydration is another area for diabetics to be concerned about when exercising since

frequent urination is one of the symptoms of diabtes. High impact exercise can also affect

the capillaries in the eyes that have been weakened by diabetes. If you have eye problems

due to diabetes, make sure that the exercise selected will not make vision problems worse

or cause rapture which can occur especially if you use weights.

Talk to your doctor before beginning any exercise program and set realistic goals in order to

avoid too low or too high blood sugar levels as well as the other issues that exercise may

cause in people with diabetes. Start small and gradually build up.

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Exercise is an important component of diabetes management and many of its other benefits

include helping to lower blood pressure, raising good cholesterol (HDL) levels, strengthening

bones, toning the heart and other muscles, eliminating stress, weight loss, strengthening the

respiratory system, etc. Do it no matter how you feel. You will feel better and after you

finish you will fill like you can conquer the world including diabetes!

The Outlook is Bleak

Not taking a proactive approach to diabetes treatment will lead to kidney disease, heart

disease, blindness, high blood pressure, stroke, infections and wounds that are slow to heal

or never heal, limb amputation and even falling into a diabetic coma when severe.

Controlling diabetes with diet and exercise is one of the best ways to ensure that this is not

your future and present.

But you need not be afraid or feel powerless

because simple changes to your lifestyle can

produce amazing results and you will be able

to live a long and productive life even if you

have the more serious type 1 diabetes which

is preventable or not curable.

Controlling diabetes with diet and exercise is

something that every diabetic is tasked with because the alternative is bleak. Diet and

exercise allow you to lessen the effects of diabetes on your body and life and help you thrive

even with this diagnosis. In the case of type 2 exercise, diabetes and diet may even allow

you to reverse this type of diabetes.

URGENT DIABETES HEALTH BULLETIN FROM THE DOCTORS

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