Diabetes - Don't Fool Your Body
Diabetes can be a
problem for people over 40, especially if they're
overweight or have a family history of diabetes.
Foods we eat are converted to sugar and the sugar is
used by your body for fuel. Insulin is a hormone
produced by the pancreas that controls the amounts
of sugar in the blood. Without insulin the body can
not use or store sugar so it remains in the blood.
Diabetes come in two types
Type 1:
The pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, therefore it must be
injected. This disease can occur at any age but is more prevalent in
children and teenagers.
Type 2:
The most common form of diabetes, when body cells become resistant
to insulin. This reduces the amount of energy that can be used by
the body from the blood stream at any given time. Think of diabetes
as the body's inability to get energy from the foods you eat.
Type 2 can be controlled through healthy eating
habits (eating foods with more nutrients), weight control, and
regular exercise. The worst thing we can do as NON DIABETICS is to
put our bodies through the same stress by skipping meals and not
eating for many hours. The results are almost the same. The body has
no energy which is why so many people feel tired and complain of low
energy level. The solution is not a pill. A good weight loss diet
plan includes eating more often through the day so your body doesn't
starve.
The best way to decide if you have diabetes is to
have a blood test because symptoms tend to be vague and
multi-faceted.
DON'T TREAT YOUR BODY LIKE DIABETES !
We actually put our bodies under a stress similar
to that of diabetes by not eating THROUGH THE DAY. Eating large
meals a few times a day particularly at night, floods the body with
energy at a time when it's not needed which quickly turns to fat.
If we knew how to listen to our body we would hear
it telling us to feed it through the day when energy demands are
higher and less at night when we are least active. That's why it's
important to eat most of your food between 7a.m. to 4 p.m. when
we're most active. Of course this assumes a 9 to 5 work schedule.
DARE to break bad eating habits, change the way you eat and work
with your body not against it. This approach is the smart way to a
healthy weight loss diet program.
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