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Type 2 Diabetes
.What is Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are too high. Cells in the body break down glucose in order to provide energy for movement, growth, and repair. The hormone insulin is responsible for regulating glucose levels in the blood. Abnormally high levels of glucose can damage the small and large blood vessels, leading to Diabetic blindness, kidney disease, amputations of limbs, stroke, and heart disease.
Type 2 Diabetes – 5 Tips for Weight Control
In order to control your Diabetes, it is important to take control of your weight. The best way to control your weight is to create balance between the foods that you eat and the exercises that you do.
Understand Your Relationship with Food
Understand what makes you eat. Do you eat due to stress? Do you eat more when you are hungry? Do you eat large portions of food when you are celebrating an important event?
Grain Fiber and Magnesium Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Those who consumed the most cereal fiber had a 33 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than those who took in the least, while those who consumed the most magnesium had a 23 percent lower risk than those who consumed the least. There was no association between fruit or vegetable fiber and diabetes risk.
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Hospitalizations for Kids with Type 2 Diabetes Skyrocket
There's a 200% increase in hospital admissions because kids have type 2 diabetes!!!!
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What are the risk factors for Diabetes?
What are the risk factors for Diabetes?
Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes include:
- Older age
- Obesity
- Family history of Diabetes
- Prior history of Gestational Diabetes
- Impaired glucose tolerance
- Physical inactivity
- Race/ethnicity
African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
What are the types of Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes, which was previously called insulin-dependent Diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset Diabetes, may account for 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of Diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes, which was previously called non-insulin-dependent Diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset Diabetes, may account for about 90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases of Diabetes. Gestational is a type of Diabetes that only pregnant women get. If not treated, it can cause problems for mothers and babies.
Type 2 Diabetes: Ready, Set, Walk!
Walking is a great way to get fit at any age. It strengthens your muscles and bones, improves mobility, burns calories, and even helps reduce stress. Like other forms of exercise, walking allows your body to use glucose without extra insulin. And what could be nicer than to be outdoors when the weather is warming up and spring flowers are in bloom?
The Cost of Complications and Type 2 Diabetes
Three out of every 5 patients with Type 2 diabetes suffer from at least one significant complication of the disease, such as heart disease, stroke, eye damage, chronic kidney disease or foot problems leading to amputation, researchers said Tuesday.
One out of every 10 has two complications, 1 out of 15 has three and 1 out of 13 has four or more.