Prevent diabetes complications is one that Shields focused on and is to be commended for being such a good role model for diabetic to emulate. For in only looking after ourselves in changing our lifestyle to a healthy one will we be able to avoid the complications that type 2 diabetes can bring along.
Preventing diabetes through lifestyle changes has been documented and proven by studies after studies. People at risk for developing diabetes should stand up and take notice of this. The trouble is people who read this type of item either has diabetes or know someone with the condition.
That said, those who are at risk and are not interested in alerts such as this will not know that they can prevent diabetes. So it is for us people to try to spread the word around so that all those concerned will avail themselves of strategies that can prevent diabetes.
One such study was conducted by researchers in Finland. They found that eating healthy and exercising were able to stave off the beginning of diabetes. They studied 522 middle-aged people who had impaired glucose tolerance. We know that this is an intermediate step to develop diabetes. They divided this group into two sets.
They assigned one set to receive ordinary help and advice while the other group received personalized guidance and health counseling on eating healthy and moving more. They named this set the intervention group. Which group did better? I know that in your heart, I will bet my bottom dollar, you know which group showed better rates, diabetes-wise.
You are right for at the end of the research, they found the intervention group who received personalized care from exercise specialists and dietitians had better diabetes rates meaning, the number of people who developed diabetes was 58% lower. In fact, 27 people developed diabetes compared to 59 in the group that received the standard care.
Can you blame the lead author of the study for saying that they have proven that type 2 diabetes can be prevented? The lead author, Jaakko Tuomilehto, MD, PhD, said further that the lifestyle changes do not have to be drastic. Even small changes can help. The people in the intervention group, for example, lost an average of 9.26 pounds during the first year of the study.
So what is the recommendation? Talk to your doctor about the ways you can become healthier and your risk to develop diabetes. The benefit is not only confined to diabetes but also there is improvement in blood pressure, blood lipid levels like triglycerides which can show the risk to develop heart disease. So spread the word to your friends and loved ones so they can prevent diabetes.
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