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Start Now to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes.

Did you know?

• Diabetes is a very serious disease which can lead to blindness, loss of limbs, and death.
• One in three people with diabetes have not been diagnosed.
• Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death due to disease in the U.S., and the third leading cause in some minority groups.
• 11% of Americans already have diabetes and ¼ of them don't even know it!
• Of people 65 and over, 25% already have it.
• Over 40 million Americans have pre-diabetes (early type 2 diabetes).
• Given current trends, 33% of adults will have the disease by 2050.
• Type 2 diabetes (adult onset) is almost entirely preventable, if you have a healthy weight and exercise properly, you will have a 92% lower risk of contracting it.
  

What is ?If your fasting blood sugar is higher than 125 mg/DL you have diabetes. If your If your fasting blood sugar is between 120 and 125 mg/DL, you have pre-diabetes. Contrary to popular belief, insulin does not directly neutralize glucose (sugar) in your bloodstream, rather it signals your cells, mostly muscle, to draw the glucose from the blood for energy storage. Most people with type 2 diabetes manufacture sufficient amounts of insulin by their pancreas, the problem lies with the signaling device. The insulin is there but the body just isn't moping up the glucose and this is dangerous. The condition is called "insulin resistance". There is a disconnect between the insulin receptors in cells communicating with the glucose receptors in cells, hence the glucose is not removed from the bloodstream. The more muscle mass you have, the more cells you have to mop up and store the glucose. Due to Sarcopenia, if you don't strength train, you will automatically lose 5 lbs. of muscle mass per decade starting at age 40, you need to put most of that back. As you reach age 45 and older, your chances of contracting type 2 diabetes will steadily increase.

4 Simple Steps to Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

• Excess body weight is, by far, the strongest risk factor for diabetes and the visceral fat, or belly fat raises the risk the most. So, get your weight in line.
• Limit sweets especially sugar sweetened drinks.
• Get enough vitamin D.
• Exercise more: 30 minutes of brisk walking or other aerobic exercise every day; 2-3 strength training sessions per week.
  

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