How to eat when you are diabetic or to limit the risk of developing the disease?
Adjust your lifestyle to prevent complications
Food
Fruits and vegetables
The fiber, antioxidants fruits and vegetables can help you manage your disease. Make sure you bring your meals 3-4 servings of vegetables and 2-3 servings of fruit each day.
Nuts, walnuts, almonds
Include a handful of walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds (unsalted, unroasted) in your diet, for fiber, good fats, minerals, phytosterols.
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Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease very common in recent years is reaching epidemic proportions. It is estimated to affect 150 million people worldwide and causes about 5 million deaths per year due to cardiovascular problems
The main problem lies Diabetes in years could reduce life expectancy of a person. It is also a major cause of blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputations. (more…)
There is no special diet for diabetics, on the contrary, in the treatment of these patients the individualized assessment by an expert in nutrition and the establishment of specific therapeutic targets for primary health care team should be the norm.
It should be stressed, however, that the main goal of the diet is to help these patients to modify their eating habits to improve overall metabolic control and reduce complications. (more…)
Physical inactivity, obesity or substantial weight gain, there is a history of gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) or a child born with a weight greater than 4 kg are risk factors. Hypertension and high cholesterol in the blood are often associated. The main complications of diabetes are the result of violations:
Hyperglycemia too much can cause coma with death as possible.
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