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Diabetes
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Did you know that you can be 'just a little bit diabetic'? The
condition is technically called 'pre-diabetes', and it is characterized
by persistent high blood sugar levels. Pre-diabetes is a serious condition,
though its symptoms may be so subtle that you don't notice them affecting
your life. More importantly, it's an indicator that there is something
seriously wrong with your body. Left untreated, over 50% of those diagnosed
with pre-diabetes will develop Type 2 diabetes within ten years.
If your doctor has told you that you are one of the more than 16
million Americans who has pre-diabetes, the American Diabetes Association
has some very good news for you. In March 2005, the ADA released the
results of the multi-year Diabetes Prevention Project. In a study that
followed thousands of patients across the nation who had been diagnosed
with pre-diabetes, the Diabetes Prevention Project found that patients
who lost a 'moderate' amount of weight reduced their risk of developing
full-blown diabetes by over 58%. Even more encouraging, many of those
patients had managed to reverse their condition, and their blood sugar
levels were well within normal ranges.
This was a result that the researchers had not expected. Diabetes (and
pre-diabetes) is the result of changes to cells in the pancreas that
reduce the amount of insulin that they can produce. Doctors have always
believed that those changes are irreversible. Now however, the research
seems to suggest that losing weight with a healthy balance of exercise
and diet can actually heal those early damages caused by diabetes.
Here's the even better news. Those results were achieved by people who
lost 'moderate' amounts of weight - from 5-7% of their total body mass.
In other words, if you weigh 200 pounds and have been diagnosed as
pre-diabetic, losing just 10-15 pounds can more than halve the risk
of
developing full-blown diabetes, and may reverse your condition entirely.
Here are some healthy weight loss tips from the American Diabetes Association:
1. Keep your diet balanced. Eat a variety of foods in all food groups,
with an emphasis on grains, starches and fresh vegetables and fruit.
2. Learn to eyeball portions. Portion control is far more important
than restricting what foods you eat. A 'portion' of raw vegetables may
be considerably larger than a portion of the same vegetables cooked.
There are some handy reference guides on their web site at www.diabetes.org
3. Add one half hour daily of moderate exercise to your daily routine
five days a week. This one single lifestyle change seemed to be the
key
to both weight loss and the beneficial effects derived from it. It was
the single significant difference between the two groups in the study.
The results of the Diabetes Prevention Project only confirm what has
been the best advice in dieting circles for years - losing weight with
a balanced diet and exercise is the healthiest way there is. For more
information on the diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association,
visit their web site at www.diabetes.org
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