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what is types 2 diabetes and how can it be treated?

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By skmazeethPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
what is types 2 diabetes and how can it be treated?
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Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common health problems in India today. It is a condition in whichthe body slowly loses the ability to use energy effectively.

Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common health problems in India today. It is a condition in whichthe body slowly loses the ability to use energy well.

Let's look at a simple example to see how it works: Suppose you eat a piece of bread. This piece ofbread has starch in it, which will be digested and broken down into glucose, its most basic form.

glucose is taken up by your blood from your intestines. When the amount of glucose in the blood goesup, a hormone called "insulin" is made to use this glucose. This insulin is kind of like a guard who letsglucose into the cell. Glucose from the blood can get into our cells with the help of insulin.

This insulin function isn't as good in people with type 2 diabetes. The insulin can't get the cell's gate toopen so that glucose can get in. This is what we call "insulin resistance." When glucose can't get into

the cell because of insulin resistance, which means glucose can't get into the cell, two things happen: The cell keeps not getting enough energy, which leads to weakness, muscle loss, overeating,fatigue, and cravings for sugar.

The amount of glucose in the blood is higher than usual. This causes long-term harm tonerves, the immune system, the eyes, the kidneys, and other parts of the body.

All of this sounds like too much, and it is, but the good news is that we can stop it with simple changesto how we live, and people with diabetes can control it with simple changes to what they eat and how

they live.

The key to dealing with diabetes is:

Keeping glucose levels from spiking

Keeping insulin working as it should

Giving the body raw materials that will help it heal itself and get as close as possible to its natural

state

Here are six changes that will make it easy for you to prevent diabetes, manage it, and get off your

medications:

Find out what happened: Some common habits are eating late at night, eating meals that aren'tbalanced, sitting for long periods, having a lot of stress, and sleeping at different times every night.Once you know where you're going wrong, it's easy to figure out what to do next.

Get rid of these four types of food:

Foods that are baked, such as khari, croissants, bread, cakes, biscuits, etc.

Wheat and wheat products are known to raise blood sugar levels and cause inflammation,which both make the levels worse.Ultra-processed foods like refined flour, white sugar, sherbets, ready-to-eat meals, andpremixesAll kinds of sugar, including white sugar, honey, jaggery, maple syrup, and artificial.

sweeteners

Add these three types of food:

Natural fats like almonds, pistachio, sesame seeds, coconut, avocado. These fats keep bloodsugar levels steady, stop cravings for sugar, and give you protein, minerals, and fibre. Legumes are all kinds of beans, lentils, and dals. This group has the right amount of protein,

carbohydrates, and fibre. Using this group in new ways is the key to better care for type 2

diabetes

 Greens with leaves, such as spinach, fenugreek, amaranth leaves, Malabar spinach, and so on.

This group has a lot of phytonutrients, which are known to help repair damage caused by a

bad carbohydrate metabolism over a long period of time.

Switch to a diet that is mostly made up of plants: You can't eat milk, eggs, seafood, chicken, or redmeat.

Even though this one change is hard, it is one of the best and quickest ways to bring down your.

values.

Start lifting weights: 150 minutes a week of strength training can improve insulin sensitivity and solve

the problem at its source.

Handle your mood's ups and downs: In just 10 minutes, a stressful phone call can raise your blood

sugar from 120 to 200. So, it's important to deal with stress in general, but what needs to be done

right away is to deal with how you react to stress.It will take some time and work to make these changes. It's best to make these changes slowly andgradually, one at a time. When you stick to this new way of life for eight weeks, your HbA1c level and

inflammatory markers like CRP and ESR will go down.

You should be able to slowly stop taking your medicine in another 12 to 16 weeks.

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