Type 2 Diabetes
By Dannielle Long ABS 8
General background
Dietary Recommendation
Having Type 2 Diabetes, it is important to eat healthy and make smart decisions with your food. Some healthy recommendations are:
- Eat varieties of foods, such as vegetables, lean meats, fruits, and beans (for protein)
- The number of calories eaten should balance with your activity level
- Pick foods that are rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables
- Limit intake of cholesterol, salt, saturated fats, and added sugar
For help contact your nutritionist or dietician. Or click the following link to visit a website to help with making meal plans.
http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/topics/diabetes+type+2+exercise/
Role of Blood Sugar Monitering/ Adjustments
Exercise Recommendation
Exercise is important for someone with diabetes and has many benefits. Some of the benefits are:
- helps the body use the insulin
- burns extra fat (even when you don't have diabetes)
- helps to lower your blood sugar
- helps with stress
- has heart disease and strokes less likely (diabetes can raise risk)
- helps with energy
When you exercise, you regularly burn some of those built up glucose, which in return you are having a better time and more energy.
Lifestyle Recommendation
Importance of Staying Fit
Three Professionals
Nutritionist: Health professionals who create meal plans and can oversee the preparation of meals. This professional is someone who you would want to contact incase you have any questions or need some help with meals to have as a diabetic. (for contact if you don't already have one please call, 310-576-3456)
Psychologist: Study the behavior in animals and humans and the mental process they posses. They collect information be group trails/studies and start to form theories that helps explain certain behaviors and reactions. They can help with forming symptoms of people with diabetes who keep track of their blood sugar levels and healthy/fit lifestyle and those who don't. (Contact, 310-334-0989)
Certified Diabetic Educator: They educate the patients on the changes that have to be made in their diabetic lifestyle. These are the people in the profession on informing the patients of the way they will have to change what they do in how they eat and exercise, aswell as how the insulin and monitor work for checking you blood sugar levels. (If you have not had this done and met with an educator, call, 310-454-2234)
Cites
- Facts About Type 2: American Diabetes Association®. (2014, October 9). Retrieved from http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2/facts-about-type-2.html
- Diabetes Dietitian - Advice from Diabetes Dietitian. (2014, October 6). Retrieved from http://diabetes.about.com/od/dieticiansadvice/
- Diabetes Type 2 Exercise. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/topics/diabetes+type+2+exercise/
- Nutritionist Job Description - Job Descriptions. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://jobdescriptions.net/health/nutritionist/