Diabetes type 2 is a medical condition usually developing when a person is over 40 years of age. However, it is a life-long condition and whenever it is discovered it will change your life. It is a condition which lasts forever, caused by the body disability to regulate the amounts of glucose in the blood in the appropriate way. It appears when the individual body does not respond to the natural hormone called insulin, which quite often is a result of another phenomenon - overweight.
Many people are living with this. This type is the more often encountered one in comparison with type 1. The condition is often discovered after a routine medical check for some basic symptoms such as: excessive passing of urine, constant thirst, tiredness, blurred vision or itchy skin around your genitals or regular infections, such as thrush. If you have some of those, it might mean you have diabetes type 2. However, do not panic, because there are so many reasons for the problems to occur.
But how can you help yourself if you already have this condition?
First of all you should start eating healthy. This means a balanced diet of the five food groups (bread, cereals and potatoes; protein; dairy; fruits and vegetables; fat and sugar;). What is important about your diet is to eat with less salt, sugar, fat and more fruits, vegetables and wholegrain starchy foods (the first group). There are no foods which a diabetic person is forbidden to consume, however you should take into consideration that everyone, especially you, should try and eat foods with less sugar. Some fruits are high on fructose, which is the fruit sugar, and the over consumption of them can cause your blood sugar levels to rise quickly.
Second you can exercise. A regular training routine, combined with the right diet and (if prescribed) medicines, will help you take control of the levels of your blood sugar and also your weight. It can improve the use of insulin, muscle strength, blood circulation. Exercising can reduce stress, blood pressure, body fat levels and others.
So, at the end of the day, although it is an illness, diabetes can make your life healthier and more active. You just need not stress and think that it is all over, because many people are living with diabetes type 2 and they have perfectly normal lives. You have to embrace your fate and try to help yourself.
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