Fighting Diabetes, Proactively!

As I keep harping that we need to change our lifestyle in order to prevent diabetes. I believe that by taking proactive measures, we sure can prevent diabetes altogether, and if you fail to prevent, at least we postpone it.. And there is another article on the same topic here.

According to a study published in The Lancet, dieting, exercise and life style changes can postpone the development of diabetes by 3 to 6 years in susceptible individuals.

Findings revealed that dieting and exercise reduce the incidence of diabetes by 43 percent over 20 years. It was also shown that all these individuals developed diabetes despite life style intervention.

Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine scientists said drinking less alcohol, eating more vegetables and exercising can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.

Now Diabetes type II can be inherited, and if you have close relatives who are diabetic, chances that high that you might also have diabetes sometime in your life. So it is very important for people who fears that they might develop diabetes to have a very healthy lifestyle.

I don’t quite like it that the report said “these individuals developed diabetes despite life style intervention“, but I plan to beat it nonetheless.

Exercise regularly, in fact you should start using a skipping rope everyday, and work out in the gym everyday, with one day break after two days. Go for long walks after dinners.

Cut down the carbs right away, and eat lots of vegetables and fruits.
use sugarfree instead of sugar in your beverages. Keep the habit of having coffee without sugar!
All the best!

Here is a nice story on how difficult managing diabetes can be,

Watching him try to manage diabetes was an eye-opener. I didn’t know diabetics shouldn’t walk barefoot. Or that a simple ingrown hair could result in an emergency-room visit. And, as a food writer, I take for granted the privilege of being able to eat anything at any time.

The article ends with what I keep saying, “To help postpone or prevent Type 2 diabetes, eat a healthy diet and aim for 30 minutes daily of moderate exercise.”
Good Reading.

Wait! I am referring to good Fat. Not the fat that you have around your belly and hips for the past 1 years. You have seen those healthy person, who don’t look thin nor never muscular but thickset? Guys you must have seen in some Boxing matches, those with what we call hard fat. And those voluptuous women, with fat at just the right places, but a flat tummy. Those kind of fat, lets call it good fat, or subcutaneous fat may actually be good for glucose metabolism says a report by Harvard Researchers.

Harvard researchers say that a little extra fat around the body in locations other than the abdomen area may reduce the insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity. This was an unexpected finding because belly-fat has long been associated with an increased risk for type-2 diabetes.

Not all fat is the same, according to Dr. C. Ronald Kahn, Head of the Joslin Research Section on Obesity and Hormone Action and the Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “This points to a new opportunity to find substances made by subcutaneous fat that may actually be good for glucose metabolism,’’ Kahn said.

These doesn’t mean you stop your exercises. The report still says that belly fat is bad for you, and in fact belly fats have been known to be associated with diabetes. This just means that you should eat right and burn away those abdominal fat, and let the good fat at your arms and shoulder remain. And harden them with yoga and some weight training.

The Tour de Cure is coming to Birmingham on April 26. The tour, which includes routes for amateur and experienced riders, is also a great way to help people you love who are affected by diabetes. All funds received from the Tour de Cure will go directly to the American Diabetes Association.

Last year’s tour raised almost $13 million nation -wide and this year there are hopes to raise even more to help those suffering from diabetes.

“I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know anyone with diabetes,” said Amanda Baker of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes currently affects 20.8 million Americans. The disease has been increasing since 1990 by 61% and continues to increase today. [source]

Some Dr John Ann has an article on nature cure, to help reduce blood sugar. Not very comprehensive, but useful nonetheless.

1. Cinnamon: Studies are finding that cinnamon reduces blood sugar levels naturally when taken daily. If you completely love cinnamon you can shower the recommended six grams of cinnamon on your food throughout the day to attain the desired effect. If you are not that big a fan of cinnamon there is another substitute…cinnamon capsules..

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