Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Beating Diabetes

By Kristy Jenkins

Only a small percentage of the population is aware of the devastating impact that obesity has on diabetes. If you are obese, your chances of developing gestational diabetes are much higher. Adolescents and adults who are overweight are more likely to develop type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes. Almost 90% of patients with type 2 diabetes are obese. Getting your weight under control may be the finest gift you can offer yourself if you have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

About 40% of people with type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure, which is thought to be made worse by being overweight. Type 2 diabetes and hypertension go hand in hand. As a result of obesity, a condition known as insulin resistance may develop in which the body no longer reacts to insulin, which is essential to aid the body in utilising sugar and glucose as fuel at the cellular level.

If you have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes or are at risk of developing the disease, there are steps you can take to assist yourself. The first step is to lose weight. I know it is a lot simpler to say than to really accomplish. Dieting is never enjoyable or simple for most people. However, you may not be able to live the retirement you had hoped for if you do not begin taking serious steps to ensure your own health.

Standing your ground Do not succumb to the ravages of diabetes. Motivate yourself with the importance of maintaining healthy lifestyle habits for beating diabetes.

Take back control of your body. Diabetes has the potential to be your death sentence if you do not win this battle. If you hold your ground, reduce weight, become active, and follow your doctor's directions, you can win this battle. Face this sickness full on with all of your power. When you resolve to stand up and fight for your health, you will be shocked at what occurs.

Get your hands dirty. Find things that you like and go out and participate in them. You do not want to make such activities passive either. Take advantage of the warm weather because summer is the best time to take drastic action. Take the kids out. Consider taking up the sport or doing any exercise. In order to remember why you want to live forever, do whatever it takes to get up and move each and every day.

Keep an eye on what you are putting in your mouth. In and out of the system, right? Once diagnosed with diabetes, you must adhere to a stringent set of dietary guidelines. As a result, it is imperative that you adhere strictly to your dietary limitations. In order to experience life to the fullest, you must learn to live within those boundaries. All types of meals for diabetics are now accessible, which was not the case only a few years ago. It is really fantastic. If you keep to your diet and exercise plan, you may have a healthy lifestyle with diabetes. You must never lose sight of how important it is to follow a healthy diet while dealing with diabetes.  

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publisher s21598
• Release date: Jun 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9791221360318

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Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Beating Diabetes

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - What is Diabetes?

How Is Diabetes Diagnosed?

Understanding the Difference between Type I and Type II Diabetes

Common Diabetes Symptoms

Who Gets Diabetes?

Stopping Prediabetes before It Develops into Full-Blown Diabetes

Chapter 2 – The Health-Boosting Trio That Can Prevent and Reverse Type II Diabetes and Treat Type I Diabetes

Chapter 3 – Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Beating Diabetes and Many Other Health Problems

Socialize

Get Regular Checkups

Stop Smoking Tobacco

Drink Only Moderate Levels of Alcohol

Give Yourself the Gift of Healthy Sleep Habits

Chapter 4 – Get Up and Get Moving

How Your Chair Is Killing You

How Much Exercise Do You Need For Health and Wellness? (It's probably less than you think)

How the Exercise Talk Test Can Reveal How Intense Your Exercise Is

Any Physical Activity Can Be Exercise

The Benefits of Strength Training for Treating and Beating Diabetes

Bodyweight Training Exercises

Chapter 5 – Dieting and Nutrition Tips for Preventing and Managing Diabetes

The Difference between Good and Bad Carbohydrates

Sugar – The Sweet Killer

Diabetes Sustenance

Learn how nutritional supplements can control sugar levels

Not All Fats Are Bad

What to Eat and What to Avoid

Chapter 6 – The Importance of Staying Hydrated and avoiding Sugar addiction

Chapter 7 – Stress Is Both a Cause and Symptom of Diabetes

Chapter 8 – Assembling a Support Team

Chapter 9 – Putting It All Together

Chapter 1 - What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a blood sugar problem. The glucose (sugar) in the food you eat stays in your blood rather than going into your cells, where it can be used as energy. Different types of diabetes develop because of different causes. We will talk about what causes diabetes in just a bit.

For now, let's see what a respected health authority has to say on the matter. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the US tells us this about diabetes:

"Diabetes is a condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin (Type 1) or can't use its insulin as well as it should (Type 2).

This causes sugar to build up in your blood. Diabetes can cause serious health complications, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower extremity amputations. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States."

Let’s put these conditions into numbers.

Diabetes now affects more than 422 million people around the world. DiabetesResearch.org shares these alarming facts and figures about diabetes:

70 million Americans have prediabetes, and an additional 30 million have diabetes. That means 1 in every 3.6 people in the US is either prediabetic or diabetic

1 in 4 people with diabetes are completely unaware that they have this health condition, leading to so many other problems.

In the first 15 years of