Don't Develop Type 2 Diabetes

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 Trying to avoid developing Type 2 diabetes can be done by becoming strict with your diet and sticking to an exercise program that will allow you time to burn blood sugar and excess fat. This metabolic disorder must be corrected by disciplining yourself to eat a diet low in bad fats, low in processed starches and sugars. To beat this disease you must make proper decisions about your food consumption and you definitely can’t lie around on the sofa watching TV all weekend.

 

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Heart health and diabetes

Heart health and diabetes are closely connected and heart disease is one of the most common complications of diabetes. As a diabetic, my risk for heart attack or stroke is doubled.

Can I help it?

Yes. The first step is to keep track of the ABCs of living with type 2 diabetes – my A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol levels – and make sure they’re in control. Next comes making healthy lifestyle choices that will help me stay on track and this involves adopting a diet that supports my heart health and diabetes. What I eat will make all the difference to my ABCs.

Let’s focus on a heart healthy diet today. Most people with diabetes try and follow some sort of a diet where the goal is to control carbohydrate consumption and practice portion control to keep blood sugar stable. A heart-healthy diet goes beyond carb counting; it also means ensuring that you make healthy choices from all the food groups.

 

Here are some tips:

• Limit foods high in unhealthy fats and cholesterol by avoiding cooking in butter. Choose:
• healthy cooking methods such as baking, broiling, steaming, grilling
• Fresh foods over processed foods
• Lean protein like beans, skinless chicken and fish
• Low fat or nonfat dairy products
• Include healthy unsaturated fats at least three times a week. Examples are avocados, nuts, seeds, plant based oils like canola, olives. Olive oil is rich in mono-saturated fats, which is healthy.
• Follow a diet high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains that are high in essential nutrients and fiber.
• Limit your sodium intake especially if you have hypertension. Consult your doctor for specific advice. You can limit salt by
• Focusing on more fresh foods and less processed foods
• Studying food labels before you buy stuff
• Not adding salt during the cooking process
• Using herbs and spices to flavor your food
• Getting rid of your salt shaker from the table
• Being careful when you eat out as restaurant food is salt-heavy
• While snacking, skip the chips and cookies. Instead, pack a handful of nuts, rich in heart-healthy fats.
• I am vegetarian, but the dietician has this tip for non-vegetarians: Rather than shop chicken wings, chicken thighs or legs, buy chicken breasts as they are the leanest part of the chicken – low in cholesterol and saturated fat.
• Avocado, the nutrition powerhouse, is a good source of healthy fat and tastes great in your salads and sandwiches
• It is believed that a few meatless meals each week is good for the heart. Substitute meat with beans, tofu, veggies and lentils.
• Switch from white bread to 100% whole grain bread.
• For dessert, opt for a fruit rather than processed food.
• Include whole grains in your diet.

As I said earlier, heart health for diabetics begins with managing your ABC levels, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising every day and eating healthy. And – taking your medication on time and as prescribed.

To summarize:

• Keep track of your blood sugar
• Manage your weight to reduce the risk of heart disease.
• Be active
• Eat healthy
• Take your medication as advised
• Quit smoking

Since diabetics are twice as likely to suffer from a stroke or a heart attack, making lifestyle changes that can prevent this is worth it. Protect yourself.

Stay healthy!

 

About Vidya Sury

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 Do what is necessary to slow the development of pre-diabetes and reverse the development of Type 2 diabetes as they can lead to the development of Heart disease. Watch your diet and control your weight with the best exercise program that you can work into your lifestyle. A diet high in Alkaline foods can help you control your blood sugars.

 

Randy Powell, Eating-Veggies.com

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 This is just another reason that type 2 diabetes has become out of control... lack of exercise. Most people would rather be asleep or in front of the television rather than spend a little time every day getting a little bit of a workout. Teaching your body how to burn blood sugar through regular exercise is a very important part of type 2 diabetes control and needs to be takien more seriously by those who suffer with this disease.
 
The following article is writte and posted at NYR Natural news, written by a "staff writer". Any time that someone is willing to shout the benefits of exercise on type 2 diabetes then I think they should be heard.
 
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TRY YOGA TO REDUCE DIABETES RISK

16 January, 2014

By Staff Writer
NYR Natural News

 

Natural Health News — If you are a woman the chance of developing type-2 diabetes can be cut significantly with just three and a half hours of exercise a week. But the type of exercise matters.

It has long been known that aerobic exercise on its own can prevent type-2 diabetes. Likewise muscle-strengthening alone or in combination with aerobic exercise improves diabetic control among those with diabetes. In particular, studies show that men who weight train have been found to have an associated reduced risk of developing diabetes.
What is less well established is whether such an association also exists for women.Writing in the journal PLOS Medicine, Harvard researchers attempted to find out.

They looked at a large population 99,316 of healthy women, drawn from two 8-year long studies: the Nurses’ Health Study ([NHS] 2000-2008) and Nurses’ Health Study II ([NHSII] 2001-2009).

The goal was to determine whether their weekly time spent performing lower intensity muscular conditioning exercises (resistance exercise, yoga, stretching, toning), and aerobic moderate and vigorous physical activity reported at the beginning of the studies, and during follow-up halfway through, 2004/2005 was associated with a reduced risk of new onset of diabetes.
They found that resistance exercise and lower intensity muscular conditioning exercises were both independently associated with a reduced risk for diabetes, even after adjusting for aerobic activity and many other potential confounding factors.

Women who engaged in at least 150 min per week of aerobic activity and at least 60 min per week of muscle-strengthening activities had a substantial 33% risk reduction compared with inactive women. But even just an hour’s workout every week cut the risk by 13%.

The authors say the study’s findings need to be taken in context: the physical activity was self-reported by questionnaire (and therefore subjective), and the study population consisted of nurses with mostly European ancestry 9and therefore may not apply to other ethnicities).

Even so they conclude: “The findings from our study…suggest that incorporating muscle-strengthening and conditioning activities with aerobic activity according to the current recommendation for physical activity provides substantial benefit for [diabetes] prevention in women.” 

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 As a type 2 diabetic, you have two choices: either start getting more exercise or remove nutrient deficient calorie dense foods from your diet. Eating refined starches and sugars while being inactive can lead to weight gain and if you eat high fat foods like most Americans do then you are well on your way to being sick and diseased all the time. It is important that you eat nutrient dense foods that are high in anti inflammatory properties. Eat nutrient dense alkaline foods to beat diseases like type 2 diabetes

Randy Powell, Eating-Veggies.com

HIGH ALKALINE DIET HELPS ELIMINATE OBESITY

 Obesity in America is at an all-time high according to research released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Just look around, the evidence is everywhere! Almost 70% of the country is overweight and the numbers are rising. The number of fat kids walking the malls is increasing at an alarming rate. Fat parents teaching their fat children how to eat in the same disgusting way that they have learned to eat means that this problem is not going away any time soon.

 Betwen the poor excuse that they call school "lunch" and the processed stuff that they eat at home, most kids are destined to be overweight and diabetic. Exercise and a lot of veggies is one sure way to beat this and should be part of your children's daily activity. For that matter, the parents of these kids should consider doing things outdoors with their children several days a week. Make exercise a family event and beat obesity and diabetes. Eating-veggies.com

FIGHTING DIABETES WITH A HIGH ALKALINE FOODS DIET

 Aside from  the ever present high blood pressure problem, diabetes seems to be the curse that ravages the north American population. It is common (especially in the African American community) to see someone in a wheelchair with a lower leg amputated due to diabetes. There are millions of people walking the street right now who don't have a clue that they have developed diabetes and will allow the problem to get worse due to lack of knowledge and the "that can't happen to me" attitude. I guess the constant bombardment of advertising selling refined starches, hyper-sweetened food products and alcohol is making a lot of money for the Big Medicine companies at the expense of the lives of the American people.

 Eating a diet high in alkaline foods will help keep your blood sugar levels lower due to the fact that these foods are low glycemic and very nutritious. Besides providing your body with minerals and phytonutrients, these foods will encourage your body to burn your own body fat as fuel. Remember to eat over half your daily food intake in the form of alkaline foods to fight disease, viruses and obesity. You will feel much more energy and move lighter on your feet as your body begins to return to its natural state of existence.


 The human body works most efficiently in state of low blood sugar. Not so low that you pass out, just enough carbohydrates as you need to burn as energy over the course of the day. Try spreading your meals out as several small meals instead of gorging on food once or twice a day. We cannot expect to keep our health at its best when we continue to wolf down deep-fried potatoes, doughnuts and sugar-laden breakfast cereals while washing down fast food lunches with 32 oz soft drinks. The effect that all those refined starches and sugars have on your cardiovascular system compile over time and the damage is hard to reverse. The answer is to slow the damage NOW by cutting WAY back on those high sugar drinks and eating wheat products that are 100% WHOLE wheat (or 100% whole grain). Beat diabetes with a diet of 50-80% alkaline foods