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Diabetes Care, Diet And Exercising Habits Are Must For Diabetics |
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Your doctor may examine and advise you for
some time on diabetes during your visits to his clinic or his visits to
your residence. But you are your own doctor for 24 hours all through the
months and years with diabetes. How many times a day, you contemplate
about the words diabetes?
But don't you despair. You can fight it out with proper care.
The two words that stand uppermost, in diabetes care are diet and
exercise! If you are disciplined in these two areas, half of your battle
is won!
Be in the know that 50 to 60 percent of daily calories come from
carbohydrates, 12 to 20 percent from proteins, and not more than 30
percent from fats.
As for diet, let the balance weigh heavily in favor of fruits, vegetables and lots of fiber.
More intake of fiber will help you immensely. And give up your past
habit of taking heavy meals. Take in small quantities, as and when you
are hungry. Extremely high or low blood glucose levels need to be
avoided. As for losing weight, “slow and steady wins the race.” You
have already consulted your doctor, you strictly go by the norms given
to you and you lose two pounds per week. Very good! That's good
progress.
The risk of heart diseases and liver problems are ever
there for diabetics. The food items that are major sources of saturated
fats must be avoided. Olive oil is often recommended as a good source of
mono unsaturated fat, the healthiest type of fat.
You must remember the following points, which are your lifelines:
1) Maintain the normal blood glucose level
2) You have the possibility of heart and liver diseases. Limit your food items from this point of view.
3) Maintain the desired level of weight.
With all the emphasis on diet, research on influence of various types of foods on the diabetes patients is still going on unabated. Researchers in this area are the most confused lot. They are certain about effects of some items of food. Vague opinions also float. For example, the researchers are sure that cooked foods raise blood glucose higher than the raw foods. Whether foods with sugar raise blood glucose higher than the foods with starch, is still uncertain!
Diabetes care will, perhaps, be a hot subject, for all time to come—so
far diabetes is alive and kicking!
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