Showing posts with label Diabetes Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetes Care. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 December 2015

How To Reverse Diabetes Type 2 With Diets


 Reversing type 2 diabetes
with proper diet


It must be admitted that living with diabetes is not easy because you have to follow a daily routine of using your medications as at when due. It is even a terrible case for those on insulin, some diabetics take insulin daily, as they need to be injecting themselves with needles.


Contrary to popular believe that diabetes cannot be reverse, a clinical trial has proven that type 2 diabetes, can be reversed and with your diet.
Weight loss has been said to be able to improve diabetes condition. Accordingly, IU Health Arnett Doctor Sarah
Hallberg helped to create a diet
for a weight loss study program examining how a low carb
diet can serve as a treatment for
diabetes.

The diet was designed in such a way that it is low in carbs,
moderate on protein intake and
suggests high levels of fat.

I know that you will be surprised to read that the diet 'suggests high levels of fat.'
However, the fat are not harmful ones cause the fat sources are all real food
sources from
dairy, butter fat, heavy whipping
cream, and coconut oil.
Hallberg said there are meat sources for those people
who choose to eat meat but adviced not to eat meat in order to follow a
proper low carb high fat diet.

The following are 2 testimonies from two people out of the many that have participated and benefited from the program.

1. Debra Jones has seen a reverse in
her diabetes and other health
issues, and she gave the credit to changing her
diet.
“I was on insulin and diabetic
medicine and I’m off of it now,
my sugar stay real low, and I’m
also off of my blood pressure
medicine, it’s just, it’s just
unbelievable,” said Jones.

2. Lisa Asbury is another participant
who has been able to reverse her diabetes through her involvement in the diet study.
She encourage
people with diabetes to join the
weight loss program.
“This is the easiest way of eating
that I have learned in my entire
life, you can take your life back
you don’t have to sit at home and
be depressed and not leave
home because you’re so heavy,”
said Asbury.


The designer of the program Sarah Hallberg said people can
control blood sugar levels almost
instantly with this
consistent diet. She also says the
response from
participants have been amazing and encouraging.


“They cry because they are so
happy, like I can’t believe I don’t
have to take the insulin anymore
or I can’t believe my blood sugars
are normal, or they’ll cry more
commonly and say why didn’t
anybody tell me this before. But it
really show, that we can use food
as medicine,” said Hallberg.

She says the diet program can also
help to maintain blood sugar
levels for people who have type 1
diabetes. About 500 people are taking part in the diet program, which will be evaluated by
doctors over two years.


BOTTOM LINE

Diet is one of ways to reverse, control and manage diabetes type 2. Following proper diabetes diet will go a long way in determining how your diabetes story is gonna end. You can do your own research and design a diabetes diet for yourselves according to your culture and financial status.


To learn about participating in the diet program, click the link below
iuhealth.org/mwltrial/


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Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Tumeric Helps To Control Diabetes




Tumeric is a very useful herb for treating, managing and controlling diabetes. There are many herbs that can help diabetes patients to better manage their health condition by controlling the glucose level in the blood.



Diabetes patients are encouraged not to rely on Orthodox medication alone. Get me right i do not say that diabetes patients should not use orthodox medicine, but they should also take a look at herbs that could work alongside the orthodox medicine.


3 REASONS WHY NUTS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR DIABETES

God created these herbs for our benefit and we should take advantage of it. One of the herbs that is good for controlling diabetes is tumeric. Tumeric  contains many important elements or properties such as  antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic and calming properties.

There is a post i wrote about seven health benefits of tumeric. In that post i wrote that tumeric relieves arthritis, heal wound, control diabetes, fight cancer, powerful immune booster, contain numerous nutrients and vitamins and lower cholesterol level.
However, i just want to extract the number 3 usefulness of tumeric on the list which is how it helps to control diabetes.

Read the excerpt below:

Tumeric Controls Diabetes

Turmeric can be utilized as a part of the treatment of diabetes by serving to control insulin levels. It likewise enhances glucose control and expands the impact of prescriptions used to treat diabetes. Another noteworthy advantage is turmeric's adequacy in helping decrease insulin resistance, which may keep the onset of Type-2 diabetes. Be that as it may, when consolidated with solid meds, turmeric can bring about hypoglycemia (low glucose). It is best to counsel a medicinal services proficient before taking turmeric cases.
BOTTOM LINE:
Tumeric should be added to our diet routine either diabetic or not since it is useful as a preventive agent against diseases as mentioned above. It is highly recommended for diabetes patients because it will help them to properly control their blood sugar while also protecting them against other opportunistic diseases.

For other six health benefits of tumeric visit: http://health400.blogspot.com.ng/2015/10/7-top-health-benefits-of-tumeric.html?m=1

Monday, 7 December 2015

3 REASONS WHY NUTS MIGHT BE GOOD FOR DIABETES




This morning i bought groundnuts and someone that is diabetics asked me to give her, so i did. I now decided to ask from google whether eating groundnut is good for diabetic. Though, the answer i found do not mention groundnut specifically but it says the overall effects of nuts as a whole on diabetes and other sickness.




The article says diabetics can eat any kind of
nuts as long as they
eat it in moderation and balance
it with healthy choices because nuts
have general health benefits which diabetics also can benefit from.

3 REASONS WHY NUTS MIGHT BE HEALTHY FOR DIABETES
1. One of the reasons why groundnut and nuts are good for diabetes is that it helps to lower cholesterol.

High cholesterol levels  is detrimental to our health as it can
contribute to the risk of heart
disease. However, the unsaturated fats in nuts help lower low-density
lipoprotein, the "bad" cholesterol while raising the levels
of high-density lipoprotein, the
"good" form of cholesterol.

Another reason nut helps to lower cholesterol is that it is highly rich in
fiber and plant
sterols. It was even
reported
that eating 30
grams of walnuts daily over a long period like 6-
month period could help people with type 2 diabetes because it could reduce LDL by 10
percent and raised HDL levels by a good percentage.

2. The number two reason why nuts might be good for diabetes is that nuts help to lower glycemic
index of foods.
The glycemic index is a
measurement of how fast your
body absorbs certain
carbohydrates. Foods with higher glycemic
index is harmful for
diabetics because they will be absorbed fastly by the body and faster absorption
raises blood glucose levels more
rapidly.

People with diabetes who eat nuts along
with foods with a high-glycemic
index such as pasta could slow their absorption
of carbohydrate and thus stabilizing their blood glucose levels because adding almonds to white bread
lowered the glycemic index in a research conducted on non-diabetics.
3. The third reason nuts might be good for diabetes is that nuts help to reduce the risk of heart
disease.
Since diabetics have double or higher
the risk developing heart disease
than people without diabetes, eating in MODERATION foods such as almonds and
walnuts which are high in
vitamin E can slow plaque
development that leads to
atherosclerosis. Also walnuts are rich in Omega-3 fatty
acids, which help to
reduce the risk of developing
irregular heartbeats and heart attack. Other nuts such as almonds,
macadamia nuts, hazelnuts and
pecans also have
heart-protective benefits.

Another reason nuts are good for the heart is that they contain L-
arginine, an amino acid found in
nuts, which make artery walls more
flexible, thus preventing
blood clotting and ensure smooth flow of blood  to the
heart.

BOTTOM LINE

Nuts which groundnut is among is good for everybody including diabetics. However, it should be taken in moderation or daily right proportion especially for diabetes patients.






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Sunday, 29 March 2015

3 Steps To Reduce The Risk of Diabetes

3 Steps To Reduce The Risk of Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition that causes the victim to have excess level of sugar in the bloodstream. There are two type of diabetes type 1 and type 2. Type 1 starts mainly in childhood and only account for about 10% of all diabetes. Type 2 which this article is about, accounts for about 90% of all diabetes cases.

Risk For Type 2 Diabetes

One major risk is excess body fat, especially fat accumulated in the belly and waist. Also, fat in the pancreas and the liver appear to disrupt the body's blood sugar metabolism.

Effects of Type 2 Diabetes

Damage to vital organs, impairment of blood circulation, may lead to foot or toe amputation, kidney disease and blindness. It can also result to death through heart attacks or stroke.

3 Major Steps To Reduce The Risk of Diabetes

1. Eat Healthful Food
Drink water, tea, or coffee instead of carbonated beverages and sugary fruit juice. Eat small portions of meat, nuts, fish and beans. Avoid refined foods, instead eat whole-grain bread, pasta and rice in small portions.

2. Exercise
Exercise can make you active physically while lowering your blood sugar and help you maintain a healthy muscles.

3. Took Action If You Are In A High-Risk Group
A medical disorder known as prediabetes often precedes type 2 diabetes. Unlike diabetes, it can be cured. Prediabetes may go unnoticed as it may have no obvious symptoms. Therefore, if you have a family history of diabetes, overweight or not physically active, you might already have prediabetes. Take action by having your level of blood sugar tested.