...Diabetic Diet: A Healthy Diet Conditions related to obesity and unhealthy eating like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer are some of the causes of death that can be prevented ("Overweight and Obesity", 2014). According to Centers for Disease Control and prevention “More than one-third of U.S. adults (34.9%) are obese”. How can a healthy eating plan help? A Healthy eating plan can help stop the rise in people becoming overweight or obese by following a diabetic diet even if the individual is not diabetic. Knowing what the diet consists of and following it can help promote a healthier weight. Improving a diet can help a person ward off certain types of diseases and knowing why it is hard to stick to a specific diet can help a person’s chances at succeeding. Although obesity and its related diseases are on a rise, healthy eating plans like a diabetic diet can contribute to a healthier lifestyle. What is a diabetic diet and why is it recommended even if people do not have diabetes? A diabetic diet is about eating food that is naturally nutrient packed and low in fats and calories ("Diabetes Diet: Create Your Healthy-Eating Plan", 2013). This diet consists of healthy carbohydrates, High fiber foods, low sugar, moderate protein, and “good” fats. Healthy carbohydrates consist of eating fruit, vegetables, whole grain, and legumes (which are also high in fiber). Eating sugar and “bad” carbohydrates like white bread and pasta raise sugar levels in a...
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...Diabetes: the most common disease that runs in my family A Research Paper Presented In partial Fulfillment of the Course PE 211 04 Health Principles To Professor Earl Henry December 4, 2013 Health Principles December 4, 2013 Abstract Diabetes is a disease that runs on my mother’s side of the family. This paper will pull out the different types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Each type has different symptoms that will show the requirements of receiving diabetes. Diabetes can be treated but it can’t be necessarily be curable. It is important that to motivate people to start taking care of their body’s. Young children around the world, especially in America start getting treatments for being diabetic. It is devastating to see young children suffer at young ages because of the foods they eat and not getting plenty of exercises. Having a good health is very important and for young children there should not be any excuses. The reason why I picked this topic is because my mother’s side of my family are diabetics and it is very common to them. My grandmother has to take medications everyday for her diabetes. My family has the decency to take care of their body’s, but it’s a disease that runs in our family. There is a great chance for me in the future to catch this disease if I do not pay attention to my own health. Everett Grant Professor Henry Health Principles December 4, 2013 Diabetes There are many risk factors for type 2 diabetes, it goes through family history...
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...of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes, which is five percent of the total number of diabetes cases, is caused by a deficiency of the hormone, Insulin. It is produced by the pancreas. Insulin regulates blood sugar levels (glucose). It is not known as to why people develop Type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a little different in the fact that it can usually be prevented. Type 2 diabetes is due to the body being unable to respond or it becomes resistant to insulin. Blood sugar levels may be high, low, or regular. The pancreas tries to make more insulin to make up for irregular levels of glucose. The cells that make the insulin become tired or the body then becomes resistant to the insulin. There are many complications that go along with diabetes. Heart attacks, loss of limbs, strokes, blindness, and kidney failure are just a few of the things that could be prevented if you never got diabetes in the first place. Diabetes is a very serious and sometimes deadly disease. There are certain risk factors to diabetes. Genetics plays a role in increasing the chances for contracting diabetes, however, these chances can be greatly reduced by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating correctly, and exercising regularly Lack of physical activity and excess body fat are a major cause of diabetes. If a person chooses to be inactive on a daily basis their chances increase greatly. A person should exercise at least three hours a week to prevent diabetes from...
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...Healthy Eating There are many risks that come with eating unhealthy food that a lot of people do not think about when eating. Eating healthy should be an important part of everyone’s life. Healthy eating and being healthy controls your whole life. Healthy eating become most effective when you are working out while eating healthy, this helps reduce health issues also. Healthy eating consists of eating foods that are low in calories and fat, cutting fast food out of your diet, and portioning your meals. An average man between the ages of nineteen and thirty should consume between twenty-four thousand to twenty-eight thousand. An average women between nineteen and thirty should consume between two-thousand to twenty-two thousand. These are a healthy eating calorie intake for an average American. Children’s calorie intakes are different than an adult’s intake. Calorie intakes can also change depending if the teen or adult is active. Americans should be on a healthy diet because it reduces the chances of health issues such as diabetes, heart issues, and obesity. Eating healthy is the most important part of any Americans life, not many Americans know why healthy eating is the most important part of being healthy. Eating healthy consists of eating fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods, meats, and poultry. Healthy eating is most effective when you are working out also if you do not work out, but you are eating healthy you can still become obese. If you are a couch potato and...
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...report that will be explaining the possible influences on dietary intake on the students of Our Lady’s Convert High School. It shall contain information about the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Black British population. A description of the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition, personal preferences access to food outlets, choices of food at morning break, results of questionnaires. Our Lady’s Convent School is a Catholic girl’s school located in Stamford Hill. The school’s ethnics has all races. The school’s ethnics is mixed making up of Africans, black Caribbean, Asian, white, Hispanic and so on. 80 percent of the school population are Catholics, 65 percent are Black African or Black Caribbean and about 4O percent of the students do not speak English as their first language. It is located in a deprived area. As deprived as it is, it is also surrounded by many schools. Stamford Hill has two main supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury. Our Lady’s Convert is also situated near food outlets. These food outlets sell cheap fast foods for example dixy chicken, Tastie Pizza, Dominos and a couple of corner shops. Many of our students obviously opt to have these fast foods because they are cheap and convenient even though they are not healthy. Considering the difference between prices of healthy foods...
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...Diabetes Mellitus The term "diabetes mellitus" refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood glucose, commonly called blood sugar. Glucose is vital to your health because it's an important source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. It's your brain's main source of fuel. (Turner, 2010, p.18) of you have diabetes, no matter what type, it means you have too much glucose in your blood, although the reasons may differ. Too much glucose can lead to serious health problems. Chronic diabetes conditions include type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Potentially reversible diabetes conditions include prediabetes — when your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes — and gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy. (Turner, 2010, p. 22) Diabetes symptoms vary depending on how high your blood sugar is elevated. Some people, especially those with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, may not experience symptoms initially. In type 1 diabetes, however, symptoms tend to come on quickly and be more severe. Some of the signs and symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes include: Increased thirst Frequent urination Extreme hunger Unexplained weight loss Presence of ketones in the urine (ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough insulin) Fatigue Blurred vision Slow-healing sores Mild high blood pressure Frequent infections...
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...Healthy Eating Chris Williams Com/172 10/27/2014 University of Phoenix Healthy Eating A person who eats a healthier diet or improves their diet will have less risk of getting type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancers. A person who is obese has an increased chance to becoming type 2 diabetic. When a person eats healthier, their chances of becoming obese are slim. Reducing their weight by 5-7 percent can greatly reduce the chances of developing diabetes ("The Facts about Diabetes: A Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.", N.D.). To reduce your risk of heart disease, a person needs to have control over their cholesterol, blood pressure, and weight. Eating a healthy balanced diet can help a person achieve this. It also reduces a person’s chance at having a stroke ("Nutrition’s Role in Disease Prevention", N.D.). It is shocking to know even a healthy diet can prevent cancer. With obesity being at an all-time high in America, and causing a lot of health problems, people are not eating healthy as they should. The result of this is people catching diseases like diabetes, having strokes and heart failure from clog arteries. Let’s not forget Cancer. The reason for this is that the body is lacking all of the vitamins and minerals and other nutrients that comes from healthy eating, and not to mention key ingredients that can ward off cancer. By consuming a healthier diet you can reduce the risk of developing many different types of cancer to include; uteral,...
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...Five Quick Tips for Following the Healthy Eating Plate and Healthy Eating Pyramid 1. Stay active. A healthy diet is built on a base of regular physical activity, which keeps calories in balance and weight in check. Read five quick tips for staying active and getting to your healthy weight, and 20 ideas for fitting exercise into your life. 2. Go with plants. Eating a plant-based diet is healthiest. Make half your plate vegetables and fruits (potatoes and French fries don’t count as vegetables). Cook with healthy plant oils, like olive and canola oil. Get most or all of your protein from beans, nuts and seeds, or tofu. Check out these delicious healthy recipes that bring the Healthy Eating Pyramid and Healthy Eating Plate into your kitchen. 3. Pick healthy protein sources like fish and beans, not burgers and hot dogs. Eating fish, chicken, beans, or nuts in place of red meat and processed meat can lower the risk of heart disease and diabetes. So limit red meat—beef, pork, or lamb—to twice a week or less. Avoid processed meat—bacon, cold cuts, hot dogs, and the like—since it strongly raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and colon cancer. Read more about choosing healthy proteins. 4. Make your grains whole grains. Grains are not essential for good health. What’s essential is to make any grains you eat whole grains, since these have a gentler effect on blood sugar and insulin. Over time, eating whole grains (brown rice, whole wheat bread, whole grain pasta) in place...
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...Diabetes Chronic Diseases A chronic disease such as diabetes disease is becoming the top killer of Americans. Diabetes is a main risk reason for heart attack and stroke. In addition, it is the second leading cause of blindness and kidney failure. While diabetes can be treated, it is better to avoid developing it in the first place by taking the preventions necessary. There are several types of diabetes; Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes. “Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5% of all cases of diabetes and is characterized by a deficiency of the hormone insulin that regulates blood sugar level.” (Life Resource Center). However, in the far more common Type 2 diabetes, the level of insulin can be low, normal or high. In addition, Gestational Diabetes is built-up during the pregnancy stage; on the other hand, it is frequently fixed after the birth of the child. A risk factor is something that influences your probability of getting a particular disease. There are several risk factors for the diabetes disease; there are some risk factors you can control and some you cannot control. Some of the risk factors that can be controlled are your current and future conduct. For example, some things you can do to control to avoid getting this disease are eating healthy, having an exercise routine and avoiding the use of drugs such as tobacco, alcohol and cigarettes. However, some you can't control include genetics, and environmental exposures or behaviors that occurred in the past....
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...have become very lazy. Instead of making the nutritional homemade meals, they have been getting fast food. That is fine every now and then but, not every day. Eating fast food every day is very bad the body. Fast food may be cheaper but, a home cooked meal is healthier for you. Too much fast food can lead to health problems, a higher calorie intake, and weight gain. Eating fast food every single day is not a good thing. There are many reasons to not eat fast food every day. One is too much fast food will lead to health problems. It is very bad for your body secondly. Fast food as of now is all over the world in most of the countries in the world. With so many fast food chains and restaurants it is no wonder why people are having so many health problems and becoming obese. If you have time to go through a drive thru window, than you can make a home cooked meal. When you go to a fast food place you are not just paying for the food. If you think about it, you are paying for the supplies and the employees working there too. Fast food meal prices are absolutely ridiculous. It would be better for you and your wallet to eat a healthy, home cooked meal at home. With eating too much fast food there are a lot of health problems. The health problems that go along with eating too much fast food are endless. You can get diabetes, cancer, arthritis, reproductive complications and even premature death. Your arteries can also clog and lead to heart attacks as well. Once you have consumed...
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...Chronic diseases are long- term diseases that are not contagious and largely preventable. They are the most common cause of death in the world and present a great burden for society particularly diseases such as breast cancer diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Eating a well balanced diet can help reduce people’s chances of enduring chronic diseases such as cancer diabetes and cardiovascular disease while at the same time helping them promote a healthy and longer lifestyle. Implementing more vegetables fruits and whole grains in[change to “into” a diet] a diet can be the way to a longer healthier life for people of any age. Lifestyle changes have been seen in studies to decrease cancer risk even in high-risk women. One of the lifestyle changes that can help reduce the risk of cancer is eating a well-balanced diet. Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains can help reduce a person [Add apostrophe person’s chances of cancer] chances of cancer. The expert panel of the World Cancer Research Fund found that dieting improperly cause [causes] around one-third of all cancers deaths. It suggest[add “s”] dietary diversity to increase the likely hood of increasing balanced as well as more sufficient diets. There was compelling evidence of a well balanced diet or dietary protection against cancer of many portables. The evidence was more compatible for diets with more fruit and vegetables. In Australia in 1995 about 44% of males and 34% of females did not eat fruit...
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...Resource Management Eating is crucial for an individual to survive. Food is full of nutrients and vitamins that give the human body energy. Depending on the age of the individual determines the intake of food, and what foods are better or worse for the human body. Proper nutrition is essential for an infant to develop and grow into an adolescent then an adult. Eating food is easy, but eating healthy actually takes preparation and a proper understanding. A proper education of nutrition is essential for a family to grow healthy together. If there is a lack of understanding, malnutrition can harm the body and lead to even worse health conditions such as diseases. Ones social behaviors, and environmental surroundings can translate into nutrition. Social-Economical status plays a role in food decisions, such as preparing, storing, or obtaining. With the right management and education a family can be healthy together and avoid health risk. Lack of education on nutrition is becoming a problem for families in the United States. In todays society it is easier and cheaper to eat fast food. Fast food such as McDonalds, and Burger King serve processed foods, which don’t have the vitamins the body wants. But it is more convenient because it’s inexpensive and quicker than preparing something at home. What one eats, and how much they eat can determine their health. With the wrong diet intake, too little or too much can lead to diseases such as anorexia or diabetic. Diabetes is a disease where...
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...Fed Up, I knew that obesity was an epidemic affecting the United States. I knew it was affecting the kids, as I have a twelve year old cousin who has type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is strong on my mother’s side of the family, so I know quite a bit about it. So I understand that no one is an exception to getting diabetes. Though, I never realized that healthy foods are no where near as advertised as unhealthy foods are. Companies are quick to point out the “good” of their products, but shy away from answering questions on how unhealthy their products are. I also never knew how badly sugar could negatively affect someone’s health. I have always thought it was only bad because of the sugar rush and crash it causes....
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...In this article I will be talking about diabetes. I have chosen diabetes because my grandmother has it and I would like to know what it is and what diabetes does. I have always wondered why diabetics have to take insulin. I will be talking about the disease and its symptoms, possible treatments if possible, and healthful behaviors that can help prevent a person from getting the disease if possible. There are two type of diabetes, type one diabetes and type two diabetes. Type one diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Type two diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar. The symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, thirst, weight gain, blurred...
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...factors for the disease • Lifestyle choices you can make in your life to decrease your younger adults. modifiable risk factors for this disease I took the assessment on the risk of diabetes. Diabetes is when the level of sugar in your blood is high or is too low. There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is most common in kids and young adults. This type of diabetes means that your body does not produce enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when your body produces too much sugar. Some risk factors to this are genetics and family history of having. If someone in your family has it, it is a big possibility that you will more than likely get it based on genetics. Obesity is another factor to having higher chances to being diagnosed with diabetes, not eating healthy or living a healthy life will put you more at risk to get it. Some of the things that I can do in my everyday life to reduce my chances of getting diabetes would be to live a healthy life. My dad and my grandmother on my mom’s side both have diabetes so the chances that I will end up with it are higher. I know I can still slim the chances slightly or at least reduce the possibility or getting it sooner by changing a couple thing in life. Eating healthy is something I can and will start doing. Packing a healthy lunch for my week of...
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