As the saying goes, 'An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure'. This holds true with so many healthcare conditions. Why wait for you to be diagnosed and have to spend so much trying to cure yourself, when you can begin by working to prevent being struck by the disease. Don't wait until it's too late. Do something now.
Diabetes is one of the most common health conditions today, affecting millions across the world from varying ages. A more specific diabetes condition called 'Type 2 diabetes' is beginning to hit more and more people. Though, genetic links have been discovered with the disease, still so many diabetic people suffer due to poor lifestyle and health habits. Which obviously are very preventable.
Diabetes is a condition of the body wherein glucose broken down from the food you eat does not move into the cells of the body to become energy. Instead, glucose stays and accumulates in the blood causing high sugar levels that affect so many other bodily functions. The pancreas is responsible for producing insulin that enables the successful transfer of glucose from the blood to body cells. However, for people with type 2 diabetes the pancreas secrets very little insulin insufficient to enable cells to absorb glucose from the blood, or even if the pancreas secretes insulin the cells are resistant to it. Thus, glucose stays in the blood.
This health condition is more common to people who have a family history of it, those with poor diet and eating habits, lack exercise, are overweight, and practice a generally improper lifestyle. With these clear causes of diabetes, it is safe to say that doing the opposite will help lower your risk of diabetes.
Here's a very practical guide to living healthy and preventing diabetes.
• Get regular exercise. This is the best way to lower blood sugar, boost proper body circulation, and help you lose weight the proper way. Start with 30 minutes of simple exercise activities and then work your way up. You may begin with normal day to day activities like walking, climbing stairs, cleaning the house.
• Fuel up on fiber. Take fiber-rich foods like fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and wheat. This will improve blood sugar control and aid in weight loss.
• God for whole grain. Choose whole grain food over others. There are even ready to eat whole grain like bread, pasta, and cereals. These are very healthy for the body.
• Shed the extra weight. Overweight people are so much more likely to develop diabetes. Improve your total health by losing all your excess pounds.
• Seek your doctor or dietician to plan the most appropriate diet for you specifically to help you prevent signs of diabetes.
• Practice a healthy stress free lifestyle. Smoking and drinking have serious, long-term effects on the human body. This may hasten signs and symptoms of diabetes.
All these tips will not only help you prevent diabetes but it will also help you develop an overall health body. If you think you are already showing signs of diabetes or have already been diagnose, these are still very useful to help keep further possible complications at bay.
As with most people I talk to, I noticed that I would take things to the extreme and fail. Everything I read and was shown about diet was quite regimented. The problem was, like many others, I was quite lazy. This is when I decided to write my own book, Your Guide to Dealing with Diabetes. http://dealingwithdiabetesguide.com. You always started out with the greatest intention of dieting and seeing superior results controlling your blood sugar, but after a week or month, you've fallen of the wagon. A similar pattern happens with exercise. You start out strong on your workout program, hitting the gym four to five days a week. After two weeks, you're down to twice per week. After a month, you're down to just once per week - if that. Few people ever maintain the regular gym habit. Out of all of this, two things happened that have helped me change my ways and get my blood sugar levels under control so I can live my life as I normally would. I call these changes the 'Lazy way to reverse Type 2 diabetes'. http://dealingwithdiabetesguide.com
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