Control Diabetes

FM Bureau | 01-April-2014

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If you manage your diabetes properly, you can prevent or delay the complications. However, diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke

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Home monitoring of sugar: Simple gadgets are available in the market to check the capillary blood sugar at home. Frequent monitoring can help to achieve a smoother control of diabetes.         

Diet: It is very important for a diabetic to avoid highly refined food like sugar (foods with high glycemic index) because this can lead to rapid absorption and rise of blood sugar. So it is essential that the diet is as natural as possible. Excess eating should be avoided so that the body weight remains under control. It is extremely important to bring the body weight near ideal figures. A balanced diet containing cereals, pulses, fruits, vegetables, milk and milk products would suffice.

Exercise: Exercise in any form improves sugar control. It increases the sensitivity of insulin. One should not stop exercise in spite of the frustration of not losing weight.

More activity, more benefit: Keep in mind that 2-1/2 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity a week is an excellent starting point, not an upper limit. Exercising longer, harder, or both can bring even greater health benefits. Also bear in mind that your 2-1/2 hours of activity should be in addition to the light activity that is part of everyday living.

Start slow, increase as your fitness grows: The physical activity guidelines for Americans are general recommendations aimed at the general population. The problem with guidelines is that they try to cover as many people as possible. In other words, they arent right for everyone. How much exercise you need depends on your genes, your diet, how much muscle and fat you carry on your frame, how fit you are, and your capacity for exercise.

If you find an exercise or a physical activity hard, maybe it is affecting your heart. If you are currently not active at all, it may be daunting to start with 30 minutes a day of activity, five days a week. So start with a shorter, less-intense bout of activity, and gradually increase over time until you reach or exceed this goal.      

Celebrities with diabetes

Diabetes has not dampened the spirit of this versatile actor. He easily balances a hectic schedule and his Type 1 diabetes and even finds time to encourage other diabetics to take charge of their lives. Preventive measures can help the patients and their families avoid going through the burden of diseases like kidney failure, diabetes and heart problems, Kamal Haasan says.

The king of swing of Pakistan cricket was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 30. It was shocking for the ace swing bowler who always associated diabetes with a sedentary lifestyle. Nonetheless, he modified his diet and exercise regime to counter the illness and also took insulin doses. The disease didnt stop him from making his mark in the cricketing world, and becoming one of the greatest bowlers cricket has ever seen.  

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