Five different Ways to manage your Diet for Diabetes!

This is my friend’s story which I would like to share with my readers:

Since my diagnosis with diabetes at the age of eleven, my own diet has changed dramatically. I maintain my current healthy weight with a great diet/eating plan. If you do plan on losing more than about a stone in weight then I would visit your doctor for more tips on how to do this without risk.

I've had diabetes for seven years now, but to tell you that how I maintain weight is perfect would be totally wrong of me. However, I can advise you to follow my steps because I know what works and what doesn't. Before I really begin I must also say that I have been brought up by great parents who taught me to eat everything, and so I do! If there is something that you don't like, there are loads of other diabetic recipes and ideas that you will eat and appreciate.

I am a university student and I like to buy fresh and organic produce from where I live. I believe that this is important because it can be the most good for your body and contain more nutrients and vitamins than most supermarket produce. I like to source food from my fortnightly farmers market in town, which sells amazing meat and dairy produce and fresh in season fruit and vegetables. This is another important thing to remember, that eating fruit and vegetables in their season means that they will taste better as well as doing you good. I have a lot of influence from Western European cuisine (mainly France and Italy) as you will tell, but I do not profess to be a chef and everything is easy to make and very convenient.

I have read countless diet books and diabetic recipe/diet books, and I came to a conclusion that I think really works. I fused all the good things from the diets (but not from every diet) and sort of put together my own one. I call this my Juvenile Diabetes Healthy Diet!

The "rules" that I would lay down are as follows:

1. Cut back on snacks and then change the type of snacks you eat.
Certainly my biggest downfall although it wasn't really apparent to me. When I first started at University, I had little or no routine which meant that filling my day was difficult and popping into the kitchen for a snack, no matter how healthy it felt, was a regular occurrence. This is one of the hardest things to do for some people, but establishing a great routine is essential to great diabetes care. The types of snacks to be eating are unsalted nuts, dried unsweetened fruit, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables (I love fresh red pepper and cucumber), dark chocolate (richer and nicer and you only want 2 squares usually).

2. Cut back on white flour and embrace whole meal carbs.
This is the most essential part of your diet, and the thing that can show the biggest increase in loss of weight. Some diets in fact just focus on this point, and are very successful. Whole meal (especially stone ground whole meal) is so good for you and has so much more flavor in it that switching is much easier than you think. Most people are really surprised at the ranges you can get in your supermarket, again remember that the bread that is best for you is the one that is freshest with least preservatives or added ingredients. Also, brown or basmati rice is great with a lovely nutty texture. Whole meal pasta is great and for your potatoes I would totally recommend the smaller new potatoes.
3. Stop drinking cocktails, start drinking wine.
Cocktails are full of sugar, colorants and preservatives. As a student I have had loads of practice at going out and not drinking cocktails, so my drink of choice is Malibu and Diet Coke if I feel I have to drink something and I make it last all night. I can then top up with Diet Coke (which has almost no sugar in it) and it looks as though I am drinking Malibu, who is to know. If you are out at a restaurant, red wine is much better than anything else you can order, (except water of course!) and it has been proven that the anti-oxidants in red wine are great for keeping a healthy heart. The recommended amount is one glass a day with your evening meal.
4. Start cooking more fruit and vegetables.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a great way to get all the vitamins and minerals you need. And there are so many different ways in which to cook vegetables, but I find that raw is the best followed closely by steamed. Both of these ways preserve all their natural goodness as well. I will follow this post with another diabetes recipes post.
5. Drink more water.
I know you have heard people say this many times before, but the benefits of drinking more water are endless. A few tips on how to get more water into your day are firstly to put bottles of water at all the places you go in the house or work. So keep one in your desk, on your desk, a glass in the kitchen, the bedroom, the sitting room, etc. Try and drink all these glasses up and you will be well on your way to 8 glasses a day. The trick is to add a glass every few days or so, if you try to drink all that water in one go you won't be so inclined to drink 8 glasses again, trust me! Have a go; it's amazing how great you will feel.

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What Causes Obesity?

What are the different factors play role in Obesity?


Obesity refers to an arrangement of a person's bodyweight when it's 20% or more above standard bodyweight.

Obesity increases odds of developing high blood pressure, diabetes (type 2), heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease and cancer of the breast, prostate and colon.

In the US, close to 300,000 deaths per year are directly connected to obesity........

It's not just a health hazard; it is a life threatening disease as well.

Understanding what causes obesity will be able to boost you stave off it more effectively.

And You'd think too "no exercise and overeating" are the culprits.......

These 2 of path are the main causes since we are bombarded daily with plenty of exorbitant calorie food, but because of our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, we do not exercise at all or don't do sufficient exercise, so we run true hard not to get fat.

But there are also other causes - other as opposed to the "big 2" - "no exercise and overeating", which contribute to obesity.

Ahem.......If you hate exercise and covet to eat, you can now breathe easier knowing overly "no exercise and overeating" are not the only culprits that lead to obesity......

Which instigate obesity? Let’s have a check at them and see whether they resonate investing in you.

Not Enough Sleep is What Causes Obesity

You're surprised?

You figure it should be the individual opposite, right? That not adequate sleep may motivate you to consume weight (because it affects your body's health), not to step up weight!

However, several studies mean that there is a relationship between how much you sleep and your weight gain.....

The first is the US Health & Nutrition Examination Survey which concludes that if you sleep less than 7 hours per night, you tend to suffer a higher person mass index (BMI) than a person who sleeps a greater amount of hours.


Obesity researchers have suggested this is so due to the fact that if you do not have sufficient sleep, your metabolism could be changed as Leptin, the hormone that equals satiety decreases additionally Ghrelin, the hormone that signals hunger, increases and right now cranks up your appetite.

We all know obesity affects sleep, so these studies' results that say this not enough sleep ought to lead to weight swell are really "eye-openers".......

And we're sleeping less, that's a reality we can't deny, given our hectic lifestyle and the fierce demands life put on us.

The Americans slept a routine of 8.5 hours per night in 1960. In a 2002 poll by the National Sleep Foundation, the normal hour had lowered to less than 7 hours per night.

The possible results confirm that the decreased hours of sleep was partly associated with the increase in obesity.

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