Diabetes Cuts Lifespan

When you are diagnosed with diabetes, it is possible to live a fulfilling life, but it’s important to make some changes.
Eating right is helpful in treating diabetes, but without exercise it won’t do much. You need to burn 5 to 7 percent of your body fat, and stick to a regular exercise schedule.

Starches and Diabetes

Just starting to eat healthy because of diabetes? The first thing you should do besides limiting sugar intake is to start eating lots of starches. Starches have lots of energy packed in them and will last much longer than that sugar rush. Starches combined with whole grain can make a bigger difference than you think. Eating foods like cereal without milk, cooked black beans and a bagel with a teaspoon of jelly will fill you up faster and better than pure sugars.
Keep in mind it is still important to take in some sugars, but be sure to monitor how much sugar you consume.

Diabetes Stats

Diabetes has affected an estimated 23.6 million people in the U.S. alone, and 90 percent of those people have type two diabetes. Right now 12 million men and 11.5 million women have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Unfortunately, it appears that ethnicity does play a role in the incidence of diabetes. 14.9 million Caucasians have been diagnosed with diabetes. That is almost 7 times more than Hispanics (2.5 million) and 5 times more than African Americans (3.7 million)

The reason being that racial groups like Asians Latinos and Africans share what is called the "thrifty gene" left over by their ancestors that helped them through "feast and famine" seasons.:http://nyp.org/health/diabetes-stats.html

The Cure to Type I Diabetes?

After three decades of fruitless trials, scientists are still unable to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. They conduct their studies by testing animals for a cure. However, scientists are not able to translate their findings to cure humans. Should scientists give up? For more information, click on the link.  

Children Today Are At Greater Risks

Studies show that children today have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes at a younger age as opposed to children twenty years ago. Some suggestions to prevent this include doing more recreational activities and managing diets. You can purchase some video games which involve exercises such as the Wii Fit. 

Quitting May Be Beneficial In More Ways Than You Think

If you are having doubts whether to quit smoking or not, the following information may help you make that decision. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, "current smokers have 44 percent greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes than non-smokers do."

Gastric Bypass Helps Type 2 Diabetes Patients?

The International Diabetes Federation claims that gastric bypass may help treat type 2 diabetes. Improvements in health have been reported after surgery. 95 percent of those who underwent the surgery claimed to have improved their quality of life.