Healthy Lifestyle

I often hear diabetic people say: "I take diabetes medicine every day, why do I still have so many complications?" How to avoid the above problems? Diabetes is a lifelong disease, and good blood sugar control can reduce or delay the occurrence and development of diabetes complications. Diabetics should learn self-management, self-monitoring, and work with diabetes specialists and nurses to overcome diabetes. So, what is included in the daily self-monitoring of diabetic patients? Blood sugar control goals: Fasting 4.4-6.1mmol/L, non-fasting 4.4-8.0mmol/L. The monitoring of blood glucose can be determined according to the actual needs of the disease. It can be divided into 8 monitoring points: before breakfast, 2 hours after breakfast, before lunch, 2 hours after lunch, before dinner, 2 hours after dinner, before bedtime, and 3:00 at night. According to the condition and the doctor's request, record the daily blood glucose value. Urine ketone body monitoring: People with ty

1. Not all people with type 2 diabetes are obese. Experts say people who are neither overweight nor obese can develop diabetes. Excess body fat can lead to insulin resistance and accelerate the progression of type 2 diabetes. But about 20 percent of obese people do not have diabetes, and 15 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are of normal weight. Therefore, thin people should not ignore diabetes screening. 2. Diabetes risk increases with age, but health changes are always beneficial. After middle age, the risk of diabetes increases year by year. Most new cases of type 2 diabetes are between 45 and 64 years old. However, the onset age of diabetes is getting younger, with 370,000 people in the United States aged 20 to 44 diagnosed with the disease in 2012. In addition to age, poor diet and inactivity are also important reasons for the increase in type 2 diabetes. However, positive lifestyle changes at any age can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes.