Type 2 diabetes is the epidemic that grows with ignorance. A disease that can be completely avoided with a minimal of diet and nutrition education. Most people hardly have the attention or interest to finish their daily news paper, so trawling through countless chapters on vitamins, food groups, bio chemistry etc etc will hardly help and for good reason. The simplest theories work the best.

Sometimes it is a genetic condition which, obviously we can do nothing about preventing the occurrence of it. However, there is a growing body of evidence confirming that your best protection against Type 2 diabetes is to make lifestyle changes. Eating a healthy balanced diet, regular physical activity and nutritional supplements can make all the difference. Being overweight is almost always a precursor to getting Type 2 Diabetes.

Get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five day a week. You should choose something pleasurable that you would look forward to doing. This could include going for a brisk walk, gardening or any activity that you would find pleasurable. Do something with your spouse or a friend and enjoy the time spent with them. Not only will being more active help you to lose weight but your overall health will improve and you will feel better.

An effective diabetes food plan; formulated in consultation with an expert dietician or other diet consultant can help keep a check on the problem. The dietician can help in identifying the patient on what kind of diabetes food to eat or which all diabetic foods to avoid. This can be found out by extensive research and consultations on the part of the dietician involving the patient. The diabetes food plan devised by the dietician helps in maintaining the blood glucose levels of the patient’s body which tend to get disturbed with diabetes. Keeping control over the blood glucose level is important as an uncontrolled level of blood glucose can have devastating effects of the patient’s health.

It is important to understand not all carbohydrates have the same fuel efficiency. Many refined or simple carbohydrates, or high-GI, cause blood sugar level highs and lows. In other words they hit the bloodstream quickly, there is a period of high energy followed by a period of extremely low energy. The diabetic is then left craving more of the simple quick release carbohydrates. So I call these the fast carbohydrates.

Unlike diabetes type 1, a person with type 2 diabetes continues to produce insulin. Although it is not entirely clear why, this insulin doesn’t work properly. The early stages of type 2 diabetes are termed insulin resistance. The body resists the action of the insulin on the blood. Many people believe that this is due to the person being overweight and there is not enough insulin to go around to function adequately.

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