Avoid Diabetes by Lifestyle Change

Hereditary factors influence whether a person may develop diabetes or not. Besides heredity, lifestyle also plays a major role. Type 2 diabetes often occurs in people who are obese. Obesity or overweight is the trigger of the most important cause of diabetes.

What's Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which levels of glucose (simple sugar) in the blood is high because the body can not release or use insulin adequately.
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas, which is responsible in maintaining normal blood sugar levels. Insulin incorporate sugar into cells so that it can produce energy or stored as energy reserves.
Well, how much blood sugar levels, called high? According to the diagnostic criteria Perkeni (Society for Endocrinology Indonesia) 2006, a person is said to have diabetes if you have a fasting blood sugar> 126 mg / dL and on tests when> 200 mg / dL.
Blood sugar levels vary throughout the day which will increase after the meal and returned to normal within 2 hours.
Normal blood sugar levels on the morning after the night before fasting is 70-110 mg / dL of blood. Blood sugar levels are usually less than 120-140 mg / dL at 2 hours after eating or drinking liquids that contain sugar or other carbohydrates.
Normal blood sugar levels tend to increase in mild but progressive (gradually) after age 50 years, especially in people who are not actively engaged.
Increased blood sugar levels after eating or drinking stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin, which prevents blood sugar levels rise further and cause blood sugar levels slowly decreased.
There are other ways to lower blood sugar levels by performing physical activity such as exercise because muscles use glucose in the blood to be used as energy.

Pregnant Women Eat Vegetables, Baby Away from Diabetes

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Eating nutrient-dense foods such as vegetables and fruits during pregnancy is extremely important for the fetus. Evidence of recent studies also show, custom mothers keep their babies ate vegetables from the threat of disease.

Research scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy Switzerland, published in the journal Pediatric Diabetes states, pregnant women who eat vegetables every day tend to have children who were free of type 1 diabetes.

Ward off disease with Healthy Eating

Many diseases can be prevented by lifestyle and healthy diet. Among these are cancer, which is also one major cause of death in many countries, including Indonesia. There are many things that allegedly triggered the emergence of cancer in the body, and one of them is not good eating. Although not all cancers associated with diet, but a healthy diet is clearly going to reduce the risk of cancer. In addition, a healthy diet has also proven useful to prevent the occurrence of coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and kidney damage.
Here are some tips on healthy eating that can be used: