| Cheap Ways to Prevent or Stop Type II Diabetes | | | | glycemic index (GI). There you can learn a lot about |
| Prevention of Diabetes obviously starts before you | | | | the good and bad carbohydrates and this applies to |
| have full fledged type ii diabetes. If you have been | | | | diabetics and heart disease along with many other |
| diagnosed as a pre-diabetic you have options to stop | | | | ailments. Follow these guidelines to help you prevent |
| it's progress. I've heard people actually stop type 2 | | | | diabetes: |
| diabetes dead in it's tracks, but I don't personally know | | | | - Eat more smaller meals a day and cut out the |
| them. I do know many of us have been able to keep | | | | snacks |
| it under control using these 5 Cheap Ways to Prevent | | | | - Eat whole wheat products |
| Diabetes. | | | | - Eat low fat dairy products |
| *Rest | | | | - Eat more fish and low fat meat . Fish contains oils |
| *Exercise | | | | and are rich in omega-3 oils |
| *Diet | | | | - Eat los of vegetables |
| *Smoking | | | | - Eat lots of fruit |
| *Alcohol | | | | - Stay away from high calorie drinks and limit diet |
| Which of the 5 are the most important? They are all | | | | soda. Water is much healthier |
| important and they all work together to help keep your | | | | - Stay away from fat free food because it can |
| body healthy. Of the 5 you've probably heard much | | | | create a yo-yo effect with your blood sugar levels |
| about smoking and alcohol. | | | | *Exercise |
| *Smoking | | | | Exercise prevents sugar from accumulating in the |
| We all know and have read the reports of how | | | | blood, helps the body's ability to use insulin and helps |
| smoking will kill us. Plugging our lungs with black tar | | | | control weight. If you think about it, we all move |
| hurts the exchange of oxygen into our blood stream. | | | | during the day. The amount of time spent moving is |
| It can also effect our cells ability to absorb and | | | | the problem. |
| transmit. Just suffice it to say, nicotine can do a lot to | | | | Your ultimate goal is to incorporate aerobic exercise, |
| our fantastic bodies and it ain't good. Diabetics do not | | | | strength training and flexibilty exercises into your |
| need to add more stress to our bodies by smoking. | | | | overall fitness enhancement program. |
| *Alcohol | | | | Here is a list of exercises you can incorporate during |
| One glass of red wine a day will keep the doctors | | | | your week that will greatly influence your "fitness level". |
| away. Packed with antioxidants and all this other | | | | - walking up and down hills |
| good stuff except the fact that it can create a yo-yo | | | | - jogging |
| with our blood glucose levels. Did you know by | | | | - bike riding |
| drinking that one glass before ordering dinner it can | | | | - stationary bike in the home |
| influence your food choice? Good healthy choices | | | | - tennis |
| for a great diabetic dinner can quickly go out the door | | | | - swimming |
| when you are feeling "happy". | | | | - yoga |
| *Rest | | | | - bowling |
| Our American lifestyle has us running around with our | | | | - dancing |
| heads chopped off most of the time. Others are so | | | | - low impact areobics or water areobics |
| focused on advancing our careers we forget that rest | | | | - ice skating |
| is needed for our bodies to re-charge themselves. if | | | | - stength training with elastic bands, tubes or weights |
| we don't do it, then the body will do it for us. Rest of | | | | - daily flexibility exercises or stretching exercises |
| at least 7 hours of sleep has been found to be the | | | | before activities |
| most beneficial for diabetics. | | | | We are a product of our environment. The choices |
| *Diet | | | | we make or don't make can greatly influence our lives |
| The stabilization of blood sugar levels is greatly | | | | and when it comes to health, you don't want to hear |
| influenced by our diet. Eat the wrong foods and your | | | | the word "diabetic". You can prevent diabetes and |
| sugar levels will spike really high. Eat the right kind of | | | | it's the choices you make today that will help you stop |
| foods and you can easily stabolize your blood sugar | | | | it dead in it's tracks. |
| levels. The one place we spend a lot of time at is | | | | |