Prevention of Diabetes

Many diabetes patients suffer from type II diabetes. In type II diabetes there is increase in blood sugar level. Diabetes is easy to control; if the patient takes precaution, otherwise it could be dangerous.

Avoid over weight

Being obese or overweight invites different diseases including diabetes
It is studied that, there is more risk of diabetes to an over weight person
Reduce your body weight. It will avoid blood pressure, problem of cholesterol and depression
At age of eighteen, if body weight of a woman increases to ten to seventeen pounds, then it doubles the risk of diabetes
Ninety percent of the patients are overweight. From this figure you will understand that you need to control your body weight

Diet

There is no special diet for diabetes patients, but some precaution can be taken to control the blood sugar
Avoid diet containing carbohydrates
Do not take carbohydrates before two hours of bedtime
Break up lunch and dinner into small meals
Eat high protein breakfast
Avoid white flour, enriched flour, bleached flour, or wheat flour mixed with other ingredients
Always eat whole grain flour, it will save you from glycemic effect
Glycemic effects means these white or bleached flours will work in a negative manner i.e. it will increase the blood sugar level
You can eat preparation made from Soya and Amaranth flours
Oat groats rather than oat meal
Take care that your diet contains grains which are least processed

Drink

Drink necessary amount of water in a day, it doesn't mean that drink lot of water
If blood sugar level is high then drinking more water can be beneficial, because it dilutes blood sugar and salt concentration in the blood
In diabetes, dilution of sugar is necessary, but more dilution can create other health problems
There should be balance of sugar and mineral concentration in the blood

Control smoking

It is good to stop smoking completely
Diabetes patients who smoke face heart disease and BP problems
Smoking can increase the level of blood sugar

Alcohol drinking

Completely stop drinking alcohol
If stopping alcohol is difficult for you then drink only two drinks in a day
Only one drink a day for women
Drinks with low sugar and alcohol for e.g. light beer, dry wine
It is best, if you drink sugar free drinks

Exercise

If the diabetes patient is performing exercise regularly then definitely it will lower the blood sugar level
Sedentary life always creates problems of heart disease, blood pressure and obesity
So, exercise regularly, it will use your saved calories from the body

Irregular menstrual cycle

Irregular menstrual cycle can create problems of obesity and diabetes
It is studied that women who have cycle of more than forty days have more risk of developing diabetes as compared to the women with regular menstrual cycle