Control Your Diabetes by Losing Weight in Midsection (the midriff region of the body) Diabetes is a disorder in which the body stops registering or producing the insulin hormone which is responsible for the consumption of glucose by the body cells. Almost 95 percent diabetics suffer from type 2 diabetes which occurs when their body is ‘conditioned’ to stop registering the insulin or stops consuming glucose. This conditioning occurs due to lack of exercise and improper eating habits. In fact, it is a known fact that midsection weight is one of the main attractors for diabetes.Therefore, it might not be wrong to state that losing weight in midsection can help control diabetes. There are several ways and tips to go about it and some of them include: Cardiovascular exercise is very important to lose weight in midsection area. These exercises involve taking the heart rate to 70-80% of the maximum 4 times a week. This can be done by working out for 30 minutes in every session. It is one of the surest ways to burn calories and fat and control diabetes. Right eating is also important for reducing weight in the midsection. It can be started by cutting the unhealthy foods and swapping them with bagels, fits and nutrition [...]
Control Your Diabetes by Losing Weight in Midsection (the midriff region of the body)
by on 30. Mar, 2010 in control and management
Diabetic retinopathy – Symptoms, treatment and management.
by on 20. Jan, 2010 in control and management, Diabetes Complications, diabetes symptoms
Diabetes remains one of the leading causes of blindness; this clinical condition is called Diabetic retinopathy. There is a medical report which suggests that, the culprit for the development of eye damage is the duration of diabetes you are suffering from. Statistics say that if you have been suffering from diabetes since 30 yr, you got a 90 % risk of developing retinopathy and if the duration is 10 yr only also, you are at a risk of 50 % for the development of eye manifestations. Symptoms: Initially no loss of vision at all!! But this may be followed by severe vision loss without any pain so it becomes a necessity “to get yourself checked, if you have diabetes and not wait until u develop the symptoms”. Who is at risk? 1. Pregnant ladies: it is very important for pregnant to get checked, as they might get blind owing to the affects of diabetes during this time. 2. Smokers 3. Alcoholics What happens in diabetic retinopathy? 1. There is proliferation of blood vessels in retina of the eye, which bleed, which are felt as “floaters “in the eye. At this stage you should at once meet your health care professional. 2. Leakage of blood vessels, which may fill the vitreous [...]
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