Do you understand what type 2 diabetes is? In a nutshell, it's a health condition that causes your blood sugar levels to fluctuate above or below acceptable clinical levels due to the insulin in your body not doing its job.
Insulin is a hormone that moves sugar from your bloodstream into your body's cells...
amongst other functions.
Insulin acts like a key, opening the doors to your cells, and this allows the nutrients inside.
So when insulin arrives at the surface of your cells and opens the door, glucose is then able to enter your cells.
Then your cells use it for power.
You'll be glad to know that you can reverse your type 2 diabetes but there are often five mistakes many people make: 1.
Lifestyle, Not Genetics: Genes are not destiny.
Many people do have a genetic predisposition to developing type 2 diabetes but that doesn't mean that every single person will get it.
It occurs because people don't follow a healthy lifestyle.
Those people who follow a healthy lifestyle can keep those triggers at bay.
Sometimes you hear people say type 2 diabetes is not in their family.
So far, what is known is it is genetic, and if you don't know of anyone in your family with type 2, its because they didn't trigger it by their lifestyle choices.
2.
Following An Unhealthy Lifestyle: There are many people who don't have a healthy lifestyle and eat whatever they can get their hands on; foods that contain hidden sugar and lots of fat.
There was a time people could eat these foods and work it off by exercising or playing.
However, today's lifestyle finds many people at computer screens and/or television sets.
3.
Prolonged Health Problems: If you choose to ignore your type 2 diabetes condition, your diabetes can reduce how long you live and how you live.
Not controlling your blood sugar levels can cause three conditions:
No Annual Health Checkup: It's a necessity for you to have a yearly health checkup to ensure that you are not developing type 2 diabetes; doctors will conduct a fasting blood sugar test to see whether or not you have higher than normal blood sugars.
Having a yearly check-up ensures you will catch prediabetes early...
it is easier to reverse it at this time.
5.
Ignore Doctor's Advice: Many people who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes tend to ignore the medical advice their doctor gives them to stave off any complications.
People often continue to live the lifestyle they did before, even though they know it's what caused them to develop type 2 diabetes.
Each person with type 2 diabetes has a unique ability to heal and return to health.
The ability differs from one person to another...
but age, weight, or any other factor need not be a barrier to improvement.
What will your decision be? Will you lose weight so that you reverse your type 2 diabetes diagnosis...
decrease your blood sugar levels, medication dose and all complication risks?
Insulin is a hormone that moves sugar from your bloodstream into your body's cells...
amongst other functions.
Insulin acts like a key, opening the doors to your cells, and this allows the nutrients inside.
So when insulin arrives at the surface of your cells and opens the door, glucose is then able to enter your cells.
Then your cells use it for power.
You'll be glad to know that you can reverse your type 2 diabetes but there are often five mistakes many people make: 1.
Lifestyle, Not Genetics: Genes are not destiny.
Many people do have a genetic predisposition to developing type 2 diabetes but that doesn't mean that every single person will get it.
It occurs because people don't follow a healthy lifestyle.
Those people who follow a healthy lifestyle can keep those triggers at bay.
Sometimes you hear people say type 2 diabetes is not in their family.
So far, what is known is it is genetic, and if you don't know of anyone in your family with type 2, its because they didn't trigger it by their lifestyle choices.
2.
Following An Unhealthy Lifestyle: There are many people who don't have a healthy lifestyle and eat whatever they can get their hands on; foods that contain hidden sugar and lots of fat.
There was a time people could eat these foods and work it off by exercising or playing.
However, today's lifestyle finds many people at computer screens and/or television sets.
3.
Prolonged Health Problems: If you choose to ignore your type 2 diabetes condition, your diabetes can reduce how long you live and how you live.
Not controlling your blood sugar levels can cause three conditions:
- nephropathy...
kidneys enlarge as a result of the increased glucose and water that flows through them.
Changes occur in the kidney tissues...
this is the beginning of kidney damage - neuropathy...
just about any nerve in your body can be damaged by the effects of too much glucose in your blood - retinopathy...
diabetic retinopathy is responsible for up to 20,000 new cases of blindness every year.
Good control of your blood sugar levels reduces this complication by 75%
No Annual Health Checkup: It's a necessity for you to have a yearly health checkup to ensure that you are not developing type 2 diabetes; doctors will conduct a fasting blood sugar test to see whether or not you have higher than normal blood sugars.
Having a yearly check-up ensures you will catch prediabetes early...
it is easier to reverse it at this time.
5.
Ignore Doctor's Advice: Many people who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes tend to ignore the medical advice their doctor gives them to stave off any complications.
People often continue to live the lifestyle they did before, even though they know it's what caused them to develop type 2 diabetes.
Each person with type 2 diabetes has a unique ability to heal and return to health.
The ability differs from one person to another...
but age, weight, or any other factor need not be a barrier to improvement.
What will your decision be? Will you lose weight so that you reverse your type 2 diabetes diagnosis...
decrease your blood sugar levels, medication dose and all complication risks?