Healthy Way To Lose Weight When You Have Diabetes
February 15, 2008 by Leila
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Loading ...What is the right way to loss weight? It is an easy question to ask. Of course an easy question to answer also, if you are not responsible for the health of the patient. But if you are a diabetic or you have a close relative with the silent killer it is definitely a difficult question. Losing weight is always a challenging job, and when you have diabetes the magnitude of the challenge multiplies. The people with type 2 diabetes need to eat at regular intervals and it naturally makes you obese. When diabetic people go on diet their blood glucose levels drop drastically and it is fatal to health.
We can simplify the right way of losing weight for diabetic people as follows.
- Get ready to change your eating habits permanently.
- Consult your doctor and make an effective diet plan.
- Combine exercise and medication in your diet plan.
- Monitor blood glucose levels regularly and report to the doctor.
- Make necessary changes in diet , medication and exercise regularly
You will soon end up with little medication and better health.
Let us elaborate these points:
Short, sharp diets are not suitable for diabetics even if those diets are based on healthy food; because the weight loss achieved by them is usually temporary. The more promising path is to change your eating habits. You need to fundamentally change your eating habits if you want to lose weight permanently. Be careful about juice fasting, which is not a good idea. Experts suggest cutting 500 calories a day. Cutting calories across the board; from protein, carbohydrates, and fat is the best way. The ideal strategy is to cut 50% to 55% of carbs, 30% of fat and 10% to 15% of protein.
Consult your doctor or a qualified dietician to plan your diets. Discuss with them to find more practical ways of dieting. There is no absolute ideal way that suits every one. One of the benefits of exercise is that it helps keep your blood sugar in balance, so you won’t have to cut as many calories. Walk an extra 20minutes a day, and you can eat a little bit more. So instead of cutting 500 calories, you can cut back just 200 or 300 calories, and still get excellent results in weight loss. You’ll also control your blood sugar. And the weight will be more likely to stay off if you lose it slowly, safely.
Have knowledge about each type of exercise and its effects on blood sugar.
Aerobic exercise can lower your blood sugar immediately. Weight lifting or prolonged strenuous exercise may affect your blood sugar level many hours later. When you are trying to loss weight when you have diabetes, you need to know about Low blood sugar level which is fatal at times. Low Blood Sugar (hypoglycemia) occurs when the amount of insulin in the body is higher than your body needs. Low blood sugar is common when people lose weight, because cutting calories and weight loss itself affect blood sugar levels. If you don’t reduce your insulin dosage or pills to match new blood sugar levels, you’ll be risking high blood sugar.
Finally you need to know that Weight Loss is not a diabetes cure but it is hugely beneficial as a diabetes symptom reliever. In most cases dropping 10% weight will lead to a 50% improvement with type2 diabetes.
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