Pre-Diabetes

In our last newsletter, we shared with you tips for preventing Diabetes through exercise. But what can you do to reduce your weight and increase your health if you already have Type 2 Diabetes? You can walk it off.

Walking is an excellent way to get a cardiovascular workout no matter what shape you are in. When you walk, you will not only improve blood circulation throughout your body, but you will also burn those fat-producing calories. As you know, less fat is healthier for your heart and metabolism and will help you maintain control of your Diabetes.

Type I Diabetes Warning Signs

Check the following:

• Excessive Thirst
• Excessive Urination
• Weight Loss
• Yeast infections
• Dehydration (in spite of good fluid intake)
• Vomiting
• Lethargy
• Confusion
• Flu-like Symptoms
• Extreme thirst
• Bedwetting
• Fruity odor to breath

If your child exhibits three or more of these symptoms you should probably have them checked for diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes Warning Signs

Good news for people with pre-diabetes: The recently completed Diabetes Prevention Program study showed conclusively that you can keep from developing type 2 diabetes by changing your diet and increasing your level of physical activity. You may even be able to return your blood sugar (glucose) levels to the normal range.

Food labels are one tool a person with diabetes, or some-one Nutrition Facts: Click to Enlarge - Is this something you would buy or not?trying to prevent the onset of the disease, can use to make healthy food choices. To bring more balance to the meals prepared at home or how you purchase your foods and snacks, you can gain a lot of help from the food labels on most packaging. Read the labels as you shop and pay attention to serving size and servings per container. Compare the total calories in similar products and choose the lowest calorie items. Let us try to break it down and make using the food label more easily understood and actionable.

MORE than six million Americans are walking around with no idea that they have an insidious disease with the potential to wreak havoc throughout the body.

The simplest means for earlier detection is a blood sugar test, measured after a person has fasted for at least eight hours. Readings above 126 milligrams of glucose per tenth of a liter of blood indicate diabetes; anything below 100 is considered normal. Intermediate levels reflect impaired glucose metabolism or “pre-diabetes.” People in this category need yearly testing, because up to 8 percent of them will become diabetic each year. About 54 million Americans are pre-diabetic.

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No time for breakfast and too much TV time can trigger diabetes. Fitness magazine, in its April edition, reports on nine surprising diabetes risk factors. The disease affects 21 million people in the United States.
Skipping breakfast increases our risk 30 percent to 50 percent, and watching TV for two or more hours per day boosts it 14 percent, according to Fitness.

Read more at Kansas City Star

A diagnosis of pre-diabetes indicates that your blood sugar levels are 100-125 milligrams per deciliter via the fasting plasma glucose test (people with diabetes have blood sugar levels of 126 mg/dL or more). This means that you’re likely to develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years unless you adopt a healthier lifestyle.

Omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s, for short) are a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that are essential to human health. Omega-3s have been of interest for diabetes disease primarily because having diabetes disease increases the risk of a person getting heart disease and stroke. Omega-3 oils tend to keep the blood from clotting. Omega-6 oils tend to help the blood clot. We need both to live healthy lives – to help our cuts stop bleeding: Omega-6; to avoid serious clots that cause heart attacks: Omega-3.Salmon - good source of omega - 3 Some food sources containing polyunsaturated fatty acids include fish, fish oil, some vegetable oils (primarily canola and soybean), walnuts, wheat germ and certain dietary supplements. As supplements, omega-3s are marketed as capsules or oils, often as fish oil.