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Some Typical Symptoms of Diabetes

 
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Factors that increase the risk of developing diabetes, but there are ways you can prevent and reduce its effects. If you are overweight, are over 45 years and family history of diabetes, could be in a state of prediabetes. Millions of people are pre-diabetic without knowing it.

Pay attention if you experience some of the typical symptoms of diabetes:

Frequent urination;
feels an unusual thirst;
excessively hungry;
feel fatigue and irritability for no apparent reason;
have blurred vision.

If you have one or more of these symptoms, get a medical examination as soon as possible. A blood test showing abnormal levels of glucose may be a sign of prediabetes.

Your doctor will tell you the steps to follow and if you need medicine to stop the development of diabetes. Maybe it’s just necessary to take certain precautionary measures and make some changes in your daily routine.

Watch your weight. Overweight is a major factor in the development of diabetes also increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

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Excess body weight in pregnant women

 
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Being overweight or obese increases the chances that a woman delivering a baby extra-large, and that excess weight significantly increases the risk for preeclampsia, a potentially fatal complication of pregnancy, according to specialists from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Women have more difficulties in the delivery of babies when they are very large, while infants are also at risk of injury during birth, including shoulder dislocation.

While women who are overweight or obese are known to have a higher risk of having very large babies and experience other pregnancy complications has been difficult to separate the effects of maternal weight, the gestational diabetes.

This led to investigate whether body mass index (BMI), or standard measure of weight relative to height, which is used to measure the weight of a person who could influence the risk of pregnancy, fetal health and newborn health, regardless of blood sugar levels of the mother.
Recent studies have shown that dietary changes can effectively treat gestational diabetes by more than 90 percent of women with the condition.

Mediterranean diet as a balanced diet

 
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More and more we witness the importance that health professionals and nutrition experts give the Mediterranean Diet. A healthy diet is the cornerstone upon which rests our day to day. Make food that is composed of all the nutrients our body needs is personal responsibility, so it is critical to be aware of the nutritional properties that gives us each food.

The Mediterranean diet is one in which there are many plant foods, taking advantage of the season, nuts, vegetables, lean meats, fish, eggs, milk and dairy products, and moderate amounts of wine and beer, using cooking oil and use oil, olive oil. All that with a low intake of saturated fat.

However, it is essential to the variety and quantity of each food consumed and its mode of preparation, part and parcel of good habits among which regular physical activity. The combination of these foods are what give value to the overall healthy diet.

In the Mediterranean diet is essential to use olive oil as main fat addition. Plant foods is essential to take daily and in abundance, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts, especially raw vegetables is essential to take daily, through salads.

Fresh fruit should be the dessert of choice, however, on special occasions can opt for homemade sweets. Bread, pasta, rice and especially its integral manifolds are part of the daily diet. We must take advantage of seasonal and local foods, as they are the easiest to find with a high quality. The milk intake should be daily,
integrated into yogurt and cheese menu.

Water is essential, must be taken in abundance, in amounts which are around 1.5 to 2 liters. In addition to water, wine and beer are part of the Mediterranean diet, and healthy adults can consume during meals in moderation, one glass for women and two men.

Diabetes – Let Sports

 
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Diabetes - let sports
When you think of diabetes, we believe diet and medications. And we often forget the sport. Yet it is a weapon of choice to prevent and combat this disease. The most incredible challenges were made by diabetic so why not you?

Diabetes affects nearly 2 million people in France. For these patients, life is punctuated by a treatment often cumbersome and restrictive diet. And for good reason: he must know that this disease is characterized by an excess of glucose in the blood, the body does not secrete enough insulin to digest the sugar found in foods. If Type 1 diabetes requires daily treatment with insulin, diabetes type 2, which includes nine of ten patients can be treated with medications, a balanced diet and regular physical activity. Sport is one of the means available to them to be fulfilled beyond their illness.
Preventing

Diabetes sportler in sport is primarily a preventive measure. Prevent see delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes is possible by practicing regular physical activity and watching his weight. Sport contributes to the smooth functioning of our bodies and our well-being. And when you know that diabetes is directly linked to overweight and physical inactivity, there is more reluctance to have.

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