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Running, jogging, jog “or” running “as you want to call it, is an endurance sport that wins more fans every day, besides being very healthy, pleasant and excellent natural soothing for stress, is one of the most complete out there and one of the most inexpensive and easy to Exercising, get fit and stay.

When you run you use every muscle in the body, allowing you to burn more calories than any other sport (300 to 450 calories per half hour).

Running helps you burn fat and is probably the most effective way to lose weight, though of course it requires diligence and discipline.

Running is one of the sport more accessible, requires no specialized equipment or facilities for practice, you only need good sneakers and comfortable clothing and light.

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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which insulin plays no role, either because the pancreas can not produce in sufficient quantity (Type I) or because the body’s cells do not respond to it (Type II). In any case the result is a concentration of blood glucose can not be absorbed by the body that can damage the nerves, heart, eyes, kidneys and blood vessels among others. Diabetes has no cure but can be controlled with proper diet, exercise, medication and checkups that include periodic measurement of blood sugar.

People with diabetes are prone to foot problems because, as we have seen, nerves and blood vessels can be seen damaged. A diabetic can suffer a stroke or an injury to one foot and not realize it, due to loss of sensitivity, until the infection is well advanced. A small infection in a normal case would easily treated here can result in necrosis would result in the amputation of the affected part.

The medical community stresses the importance of diabetes education in order to prevent any complications. For the proper care of feet is estimated that 75% of amputations could be avoided if adequate attention is paid on a regular basis:

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A few days ago took out a new edition of World Kidney Day, a date which seeks, among other things, that people fail to capture the importance of the kidneys for the proper functioning of the body and promote prevention behaviors. The following are mentioned more details about this international celebration this year had the theme “Protect your kidneys, to control diabetes.”

While all human body organs are desperately needed and each one fulfills a function, the kidneys are vital for human beings because they eliminate waste and toxins from the blood through urine, as reported in this blog.

Such is the importance of these bodies since 2006 has set a day in the year to inform and educate about its function and prevention.

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Diabetes is a disease that may have people of all ages (currently affects almost 220 million human beings in the world, said months ago this health blog). Then there will be a newspaper article about what there is to know about diabetes.

Diabetes is defined as a metabolic disorder that involves having blood glucose (sugar) levels above the levels set. Is taken as normal blood levels between 70 and 100 mg / dl fasting. When levels exceed these values, in chronic form begins with lesions in organs like the heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, feet and blood vessels.

Importantly, there are different types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the absence of synthesis of insulin in type 2 diabetes which has its origin in the body’s inability to effectively use the insulin (the most common and can be prevented) and the so-called “gestational diabetes” which was first discovered during the stage of pregnancy.

In another vein, it is necessary to add that there are certain factors that are associated with diabetes, obesity, stress, poor diet, family history and / or hypertension.

People with diabetes may reduce these risk factors and live a normal life. For this, you must acquire some patterns of behavior such as physical exercise, a controlled medication, a balanced diet as well as having a regular medical checks.

Explains research materials for the realization of this note, which was compiled by the website Cardiosalud.org, patients with this disease can achieve a good quality of life depending on the habits they acquire.

It is important to add that this disease affects about 220 million people, according to official figures published on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, which were published months ago in this blog.

Put honey on the wounds of the foot, is an alternative to avoid the occurrence of amputation in diabetic patients. This is evidenced by a doctor from the University of Wisconsin, USA, which has helped his patients avoid amputation. Now he plans to spread the honey therapy.

According to Professor Jennifer Eddy of the University School of Medicine and Public Health, honey can kill bacteria because of the nature of acid, but that honey is also effective to avoid bacterial resistant properties due to the use of antibiotics. “This is an important thing in the health world,” he said. In this honey therapy, part of the new wounds can be oiled after cleaning dead skin.

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It turned out to have the hunger signal levels, ranging from very hungry, hungry, until a little hungry. This all became the benchmark for controlling the excessive appetite. But if we are still difficult to distinguish hunger, do not worry, use the clock as a measure.

Health experts say, usually to an empty stomach 4 hours after the last time we ate. It means, we are permitted to eat food every 4 hours. This method is even safe to apply to the middle of our diet.

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16 years ago that Raul Besio ophthalmologist and other members of his family live pendant alarm diabetic daughter.

When it rings in the morning and hear that she goes out, you know it’s okay. But when the alarm is still ringing insistently, he or someone in your house has to run away because her daughter is probably in a hypoglycemic coma.

“My daughter is 28, is a doctor. And living at home, aged 12 years and we are, “Raul told a voanoticias.com Besio.

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Alice Posada has marked in her memory December 26, 2006, the day they discovered that her daughter Emily had diabetes type I, a metabolic disease that requires daily insulin injections.

Her daughter, then 18-months old, was rushed and spent several days in the hospital tested until doctors were able to determine the dose of insulin needed to balance your blood sugar level. “I do not understand anything, it was blank,” said Alice to voanoticias.com, who until now had no close relative with Type I diabetes

Hospital Alice and her husband came up with an idea of how the metabolism of Emilia, what dose of insulin would need daily, what kind of diet should continue and at what times I had to eat. In practice, this meant a total rethinking of their lives. Alice had to leave her job of 10 years as a clerk in a blood bank to provide care for her daughter. And over the years, she and her family learned to overcome their fears and prepare for future obstacles.

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Diabetes is a disease that can be controlled perfectly. One of the ways is through a good diet to keep the level of blood glucose under control and assure us a better quality of life.

What we must keep in mind about food for diabetics? First, it must respect the four daily meals and portion control intake. With the main slogan that we should avoid sweets, we present the list of foods in the diet for diabetics.

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You can control the amount of carbohydrates you eat carbohydrate counting practice. This involves keeping track of the total number of grams of carbohydrates you need to eat at meals or snacks, depending on the medication and exercise. Generally, this method involves the use of a book to count carbohydrates, you can buy in a supermarket or bookstore.

People with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of heart problems, so most doctors make a recommendation to limit fat below 30% of total daily calorie intake – this tends to make eating less fat in general and stay away from saturated fat. You should also pay attention to cholesterol levels by eating smaller amounts of meat, and sticking to lean meats like chicken and fish.

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