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A diet containing the proportions recommended to the main elements that make up the food (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals and water) contributes to the diabetic maintain optimal levels of glucose in blood, can prevent the hypoglycemias, and long-term avoids the complications of the disease.
Why puts me to eat all that grass if I always ate my sancochitos and my meat with the fat rico and I never became nothing? Only now to my 60 years is that I was told that had diabetes! Never before had felt nothing. Once in a while I am tired a little because I am slope kilos, but no more. That is why I do not exercise”.
Phrases such as the previous are common in the Office. This person without realizing it, it was the key by which became diabetic: obesity, the poor eating habits and inactivity. If the people eat a lot and puts on weight may acquire more often diabetes than a normal weight.
The lead a healthy food from birth can avoid the appearance of some diseases in the future. Here is the reason for the title of this article: “Tell Me what comes and will tell you how much live”.
A healthy lifestyle, to prevent the appearance and the evolution of the acute and chronic complications of diabetes, requires among other things learn and follow a few nutrition recommendations specific to conform to the style of life, the economic capacity, to the habits and tastes and preferences foods of each.
What I win with feed well?
Then you will see why the person with diabetes will benefit if it is fed properly:
* It helps to have figures of blood glucose as close as possible to normal, when in addition to make a balance between the consumption of food, the practice of physical exercise and the use of drugs or insulin if needed.
* You can prevent the emergence of the complications acute (ketoacidosis and state hyperosmolar) to avoid elevations marked in blood glucose (hyperglycemia).
* You also prevent the emergence of hypoglycemias (low blood sugar).
* It helps to achieve optimum levels of lipid (cholesterol or triglycerides) to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
* It serves to achieve or maintain proper weight depending on your physical construction, age and activity.

It is said, and with good reason, that the “diet” of diabetic is the healthiest and, therefore, which should make all the people with or without diabetes. A little of each nutrient
Although it is not intends to make a treaty on nutrition, and then explain some characteristics of each of the nutrients and its importance for the agency.
Proteins
An adequate supply of proteins is necessary to achieve a normal growth and development and to ensure the replenishment of tissues. These are in the beef, chicken and fish, dairy products such as cheese, yoghurt, and the milk; in eggs, and chickpeas, lentils, beans and peanuts, among others.
As special recommendation is suggested to the people select lean meats.
Of the total calories consumed in a day, the proteins must provide approximately 15%
Carbohydrates
The carbohydrates are the major providers of energy of rapid employment, the nutrients more abundant in the nature and that are consumed in greater amount (about 55 percent of the calories a day). After its digestion part becomes glucose for energy form and the other stocks in the form of triglycerides.
Depending on its absorption known two different types: 1) carbohydrates that are absorbed quickly as the sugar, the brown sugar, honey, and food prepared them as ice cream, desserts, so sweet. Should Be restricted in people with diabetes because rapidly increase the blood glucose; and 2) carbohydrates that are absorbed slowly as the oats, rice, barley, maize, and the products manufactured by them as bread, biscuits, the pone and pasta, the tubers, such as the pope, the cassava and bananas and, finally, which are in the legumes such as the beans, lentils and chickpeas. The quantity and type of carbohydrates, which has to consume a diabetic must as far as possible be indicated by a health professional, preferably a nutritionist.
Fats
The fats are the most concentrated source of energy, lining throughout the body protecting the cold, containing vitamins A, D, E and K and by their sensory characteristics and taste, aroma and texture to food.

Recommended the fat of vegetable origin such as the oils derived from the sunflower, the oil, and soybeans, and fat from the fish because favor the decrease in the blood cholesterol.
On the contrary saturated fat in butter, cream of milk, meat fat, preparations chips, not advised because favor an increase in the blood cholesterol and can contribute to the emergence of atherosclerosis or fatty deposits in the wall of the arteries.
Fiber
Some foods are rich in “fiber” from the point of view of composition are carbohydrates such complex in its structure that little or nothing are absorbed.
The fiber can be classified in soluble and insoluble. The first part of the structure of fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses. It is also called “dietary fiber” and helps reduce and regulate the cholesterol levels, glucose and insulin in blood. The insoluble, as the bran, can help prevent or correct the constipation, diverticulitis colon, hemorrhoids and some types of cancer of the digestive system.
To take advantage of the fiber contained in the fruit, it is recommended that they are consumed complete, or in portions and not in juices. The amount of these foods rich in fiber should be discussed with the nutritionist.
Vitamins and minerals
The vitamins and minerals governing vital processes for the cells, are indispensable for the normal growth, to have a good vision, to maintain a healthy skin, for the proper functioning of the nervous system and, in order to avoid many diseases. They are mainly in the fruit and vegetables. It is good noted that if a person eats in an appropriate manner does not require consume tablets of vitamins. In fact, many people consume excess vitamins in preparations trade with the intention to improve many symptoms of diabetes; the best is to make a proper control of the diabetes! The prescription of extra vitamins with your doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

In the conference of the days of health, coexistence and culture organized by the area of Social Services of the Municipality of San Martin (Spain), the doctor Jose Antonio Noya Mejuto is focused on the prevention of diabetes. He pointed to two elements that can help significantly to avoid the appearance of the disease: the food and the exercise.

Diabetes is a very common disease, characterized by the excess of expulsion of liquids and high levels of blood sugar. Known two types of diabetes: the type 1 diabetes and the type 2 diabetes. The two are eleven levels of blood sugar, but both have different effects.

Particularly the type 2 diabetes is the generated with the increase in the age. It takes place with the inability of the glucose to manage energy to our agency, and becomes the pancreas which is responsible for producing insulin.

This disease is highly serious, and those who suffer many ills, not counting that have a diet very strict and limited. That is why Noya pointed to the diabetes prevention through activities that are beyond the reach of the entire population. Read the rest of this entry »