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GeorgeSpilton

Date Registered: Feb 19, 2009

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From the thread Diabetes Diet in the Health Care forum:

It is possible to reverse or prevent the development of type two diabetes. You should be aware that there are many diabetes preventions that you can avail yourself of. If you think that you may be at risk, the first thing you will want to do is do a pre diabetes screening. You can do this online, however the best option is to speak with your family physician.

Pre-Diabetes :

There are often signs and symptoms of type two diabetes before you actually develop the disease, this is known as pre-diabetes. Before you have fully developed diabetes you are likely to have increased, blood sugar levels and these can be an indicator that you are in a pre diabetes state.

The good news is that the condition does not have to be permanent or turn into full-blown diabetes.

Diabetes preventions include :

• Change in diet

• Increased exercise levels

• Medication

• Relaxation

Diet Changes :

The American diet has become on high in sugar or carbohydrates and low in fruits and vegetables. This extreme diet has led to an ever-increasing incidence of diabetes. When you take in high levels of carbohydrates and starches, the body turns them into pure glucose or sugar. This means the pancreas must work overtime to create enough insulin to deal with the sugar levels. In addition, poor diet leads to obesity a risk factor for diabetes.

Posted on February 19, 2009 4:34
From the thread The Weight Loss Miracle in the Health Care forum:

One gram of protein or of carbohydrate yields 4 calories. One gram of fat gives 9 calories-more than twice as much. Since proteins and carbohydrates in equal amounts yield equal calories, you might think them interchangeable in the diet.
Far from it!

Temperament counts! The new knowledge of nutrition gives proteins an increasingly important role, especially in reducing diets.

It is well worth your while, if you yearn to become a high-stepping, high-protein girl or a gentleman of vigor, to see what the scientists have to say about the role of these energetic food elements in giving you a slim figure.

During the World War, thousands of Europeans became overweight from under-nourishment.

They weren't really fat. They were waterlogged. Their tissues held fluids in such abnormal amounts that when a fingertip was pressed into the flesh, a pit-like depression remained for some time. They also suffered an emotional depression. No steam, no zest for life, no come-hitherness or even any interest in it.

Later, when well-balanced diets became available, this torpidity vanished. The fat, puffy bodies became normally slender and once again the Europeans whistled while they worked. No doubt they also whistled once more at the pretty girl passing by across the street. The water retention from which they had suffered is called edema, and their particular brand of it, caused by inadequate diet, is called "hunger edema."

What element was it in the new and better diets that drove out this surplus water? To a large extent, protein! Experiment has repeatedly proved that adequate protein helps to keep the liquid balance of your body at normal levels. Since 70% of your weight is represented by water in one form or another, you can see what a difference protein can make on your bathroom scales.

A protein calorie is a busy, energetic little fellow running a high temperature. It is unequalled in what nutritionists call specific dynamic action. All you have to remember of this technical term is the exciting word "dynamic". It is an apt description of proteins.

Posted on February 19, 2009 4:30