Obesity and Diabetes

      Doctors are now said to be urging people to have gastric bypass procedures to loose weight so they can avoid the complications of diabetes, and not save the surgery as a last resort.

     There are far too many people who are obese and then diabetic. From there, their health just worsens as diabetes leads to heart and kidney disease, blindness, and amputations. In other words you have to drop the weight and the fat any way you can or your future is bleak.

Does Diabetes Take Vacations?

     For those of us lucky diabetics with type 2 that is easily controllable with diet and exercise, it's easy to get spoiled.

     But it's a dangerous thing to rely on. We may have great sugar readings, but the minute we think we can let out guard down, we're on our way to trouble. Diabetes doesn't take a vacation. It hides around the corner watching and waiting for us to become too confident and cocky. This is very easy to do when we are on vacation or otherwise let our guard down. Don't ever get too comfortable and feel like you can afford to cheat for a week or two. It will catch up with you.

     If you are doing well stick to your diet and exercise program and you won't have to worry about this beast.

Eat More Fiber To Lower Blood Sugar

          Insoluble fiber takes food through your digestive system where as soluble fiber slows the glucose from being absorbed. People who have type 2 diabetes should increase their intake of soluble fiber for that reason. Eat more high fiber foods like beans, and whole wheat foods.

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Avoiding Stress Helps Lower Your Sugar

     Stress often causes your body to produce adrenalin which in turn releases more energy like glucose into the blood. So it makes sense that avoiding stress will help with keeping an even amount of glucose which will reflect the sugar number in our blood test.

     Don't sweat the small stuff and take the big stuff day by day, step by step.

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Count Your Carbs

     Carbs should be counted and are as important as counting or watching your sugar intake. Once they are in your body they are converted to glucose and absorbed by the cells to be used for energy for your body

     In general women should have about 45 to 55 carbs per meal, where as men should have about 60 to 75 per meal. It's helpful for your body if you spread these carbs over the period of three meals or six smaller meals rather than adding them up into one big meal in a day.