Posted on June 11, 2008 in Latest News
Medical research has proven that diabetes prevention is possible. Studies indicate that people at high risk for type2 diabetes can delay the onset of the disease, if not completely prevent it, by losing five to seven percent of their body weight. This can be achieved by eating healthier and getting thirty minutes of physical activity just five days a week. It is advisable for people suspecting they have some diabetic symptoms to raise their awareness level about the risk for developing type-2 diabetes and taking necessary steps to delay/prevent the disease. When this knowledge is applied through proper management for change in attitude and lifestyle, be it measures for dietary modification or physical activity, it has shown positive results for diabetes prevention. In a recent National Healthcare Committee study, people at risk of type-2 diabetes were able to cut that risk fifty eight percent by exercising moderately for half an hour a day and by losing as little as 5 percent of body weight. The study showed that for people over 60, this risk was minimized by about seventy percent.
Many serious risk factors lie in wait for people at the pre-diabetes stage, including inactivity, obesity and heart disease. Prevention and disciplined management of diabetes, under the trained guidance of healthcare professionals can help with choosing the right diabetic diet, assistance with meal planning, weight maintenance monitoring and the best options for regular physical exercise that individuals can take up. Those already affected by diabetes can control the effects and minimize health risks by monitoring blood glucose levels at home, maintenance of an ideal weight range and sticking to a healthy diabetic diet. Timely meals, snacks and medication, if necessary, are the other factors that go a long way in diabetes prevention.
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