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Food and drinks can trigger diabetes. In this life force of law “savings”. What do we do to savings in the future. What we tube will gradually feel the results many years later. So too with the disease.

Starting from a glass of your favorite beverage to enjoy watching TV until late. Who presume that it may increase the risk of diabetes?

1. Sweet tea
The explanation is simple. The high intake of sugar causes blood sugar levels soaring. Yet the risk of excess calories. A glass of sweet tea contains approximately 250-300 calories (depending on the thickness). Caloric needs of adult women the average is 1900 calories per day (depending on activity).

Of course our sweet tea was able to 1000-1200 calories. Currently plus three meals of rice and side dishes. Reasonably suspected that the excess of our daily calories. End: obesity and diabetes.

Succeeded: Water, tea without sugar, or limit consumption of sugar is not more than two teaspoons a day.

2. Fried
Because of the small, one fried not enough for us. And fried is one of the high risk factor triggering degenerative diseases, such as cardiovascular, diabetes mellitus, and stroke. The main causes of cardiovascular disease (PKV) is the blockage of coronary arteries, with one of the main risk factor was dyslipidemia.

Dyslipidemia is a disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by elevated levels of total cholesterol, LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides, and decreased levels of HDL (good cholesterol) levels. Increasing the proportion of dyslipidemia in the community due to the habit of eating a variety of foods low in fiber and high in fat, including fried.

Succeeded: Nuts Japan, or fruit pies.

3. Like snacking
We thought that by limiting the afternoon or evening meal may shy away from obesity and diabetes. Because not full, the stomach is filled with a piece or two pieces of biscuits and snacks like potato chips. In fact, biscuits, potato chips, cookies and other sweet containing high carbohydrate content and without adequate food. All the food is classified in foods with high glycemic index. Meanwhile, sugar and flour contained in it have a role in raising blood sugar levels.

Substitute: fresh cut fruit.

4. Lack of sleep.
If the quality of sleep is not obtained, so disturbed metabolism. Research experts from the University of Chicago revealed, lack of sleep for 3 days resulted in the body’s ability to process glucose declined rapidly.

That is, the risk of diabetes increases. Lack of sleep also can stimulate the kind of hormones in the blood that trigger appetite. Driven hunger, sleep disturbances triggered patients to eat high-calorie foods that make blood sugar levels rise. Read the rest of this entry »

This cream-craving with just seeing the photo accompanying this recipe. Besides all the ingredients are low in fat and / or sugar, making them an ideal dessert for people with diabetes.

6 servings

Ingredients:
* 125 g wheat flour
* 1 egg
* 250 ml of skim milk
* 1 teaspoon butter
* 1 / 2 cup mashed avocado
* 1 / 2 cup artificial sweetener (sucralose)
* 1 / 4 cup natural cocoa (unsweetened)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 3 pieces of kiwi, peeled and thinly sliced.

Preparation:
1. Place flour in medium bowl and pour over the egg. Gradually beat the milk, beating with the help of a balloon whisk.
2. Get a smoothie almost liquid to be poured into a nonstick skillet and warm in very small quantities, to form a thin film. Turn it bubbles just begin to appear across the surface and set aside.
3. Melt butter in a saucepan; add the avocado, sweetener, cocoa and vanilla. Beat until smooth. The taste is delicious and no one will guess the vegetable food, rich in omega fatty acids and vitamins that hid in this tempting dish.
4. Crepes filled with avocado mixture. Garnish with kiwi and coconut sauce, water and sweetener that has been heated until thickened.

Nutritional Information:
Calories 167 Kcal
Carbohydrate 23 g
6.0 g protein
5.5 g fat
3.5 g fiber

Mangosteen, also called mangosteen or jobo of India, comes from Indonesia and is considered one of the most powerful naturally occurring antioxidants have significant effects on cardiovascular health, with anti-inflammatory and antibiotic.

In the rind of the mangosteen and abundant proportion are in the mangosteen xanthones, and mangosteen Alpha mangostin and gamma, which increases energy and protect against free radical damage, also have a number of benefits that help fight infection and strengthen the immune system and provide elasticity to the joints and promote mental acuity.

Among the benefits of this fruit, are remarkable protection of the heart muscle, dementias such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, preventing hardening of the arteries. It is an excellent antidepressant and prevents anxiety.

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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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People with diabetes are always increasing in number from year to year. Countries rarely have reduced the number of diabetes population. But Singapore did it and maybe it was exemplary Indonesia. What’s the secret?

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With the program “Obeldicks” there has long been an age-Weightloss program for obese children. First study results when tested with 60 children who were on average 11 years old, showed that the success rate 6 months after study entry was 86%.

Obeldicks to help obese children to reduce their long-term weight and have more fun in motion. Unlike weight loss programs for adults, to be achieved in Obeldicks weight loss by the natural growth of children. So the goal is only once a Gewichtsstabilisation, so that the extra pounds to grow gradually. More than 400 children and young people have now participated in Obeldicks and most managed to maintain their weight long term. “The success rate at the end of the training is 71 percent,” says Dr. Thomas Reinher, the initiator of the project. However, the success is measured primarily by whether the participants can apply the long term at home what they have learned in the training: Three years after the training were currently at least 67 percent of all children maintain their weight.

How does Obeldicks?
In Obeldicks meet children aged 4 to 16 years, 6 months of time on dates once or twice a week in the pediatric ward. Meet girls and boys separately in the same age groups at the clinic for half a year together practicing exercise, eating habits, frustration control and nutrition. The parents and families of participating children can get at parents’ evenings and individual advice and tips to help their children. Moreover, there are also parents meetings where stands of experience with cooking recipes, weighing and sport motivation in the foreground. At the beginning of each Obeldicks-course is a thorough medical examination of the child. This possible diseases to be detected lead to obesity. Sometimes seen in this investigation that the cause of obesity is a psychological problem, such as a trauma from violence or abuse experience. In this case, the child is hospitalized before Obeldicks program on the station of the psychosomatic Child and Adolescent Clinic. Obeldicks also the program itself is designed so that the children only for the duration of the training unit must say a few hours of one to two days per week in the hospital. Read the rest of this entry »

Having diabetes does not mean you can not eat sweets. Nor does it mean you can not eat sugar, but it is true that sugar intake is very restricted for diabetics because it is the type of carbohydrate that is absorbed faster and more raises the level of glucose in the blood, says voanoticias. com nutritionist Andrea Nebel, a member of the Uruguayan Society of Nutrition in Diabetes.

“It is not banning sugar by a diabetic can save in the case of hypoglycaemia. But it should be handled. Consumer is not free, “says nutritionist.

The same explains the American Diabetes Association: “Doctors used to recommend people with diabetes to avoid sugar. They thought that sugar consumption levels would cause the blood glucose level very fast. We know that all carbohydrates affect blood glucose levels in the blood almost to the same extent. ”

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People with diabetes should avoid foods made from raw flour such as bread and noodles during the month of fasting, and should eat when breaking the fast in small amounts but more often.

According to nutrition experts, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Prof. Dr. H. Hardinsyah MS, type of food consumed with diabetes do not differ essentially when fasting or not fasting. It’s just that, eat only small amounts and more often.

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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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