Preventing Diabetes |
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Discovering the facts that lead you to preventing diabetes is no different. Once you see the facts and understand how they fit together, the mystery is solved. The only difference is that at the end of your detective work, you're the one who needs to act to prevent diabetes from happening. Well for starters, people who lead an active lifestyle can increase their chances of getting diabetes by 30 to 50 percent. at least 27 percent of the people diagnosed with diabetes might have been able to prevent it if they had avoided gaining weight.
So managing your weight and increasing
your level of physical activity are two crucial steps in your diabetes
prevention efforts. What you eat also matters. If you eat more calories
than you expend in exercise and day-to-day activities, you gain weight.
So, mystery solved. The facts show that our activity level, the way we
manage our weight, and what we cat can and will make a difference in
our plan to prevent diabetes. The detective work may be done, but the
action is just beginning, It's up to you to change your lifestyle for
the better. To prevent diabetes, you need to exercise, manage your weight and
eat nutritious food. Sounds simple? If only it really simple were that
simple. We cannot develop new lifestyle habits overnight, yet we expect
changes to happen quickly, almost magically. If we want to do
something, we just do it, right? Wrong! Bahavior change isn't an event - something that happen or doesn't
happen. It is a process. We cannot build the habits necessary to
prevent diabetes until we understand the change process and are ready
to change our current lifestyle habits to healthier ones. Before you
just jump in and tell yourself you are going to start exercising and
eating better, you need to learn how to make changes for lasting
success. Change - it really is a good thing when it comes to preventing
diabetes and building a healthier lifestyle. |
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