Healthy Weight Helps Slow Down Type 2 Diabetes

Obesity is the common pathological basis for many diseases including dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, diabetes, gallbladder disease, hyperuricemia, etc. Among all these diseases, type 2 diabetes has the closest relation with obesity and therefore losing weight and achieving a healthy weight can help slow down the illness progression of type 2 diabetes.

Though obesity has certain genetic tendency, it is closely related to the increase of life quality, long term high-calorie diets and lack of physical activities. Among those diabetes patients who have the disease after 40, there are more than 60% is over-weight or obese and the incidence can be up to 80% among those that are above 50 years old.

Obesity is often the first sign of type 2 diabetes and it is often an important inducing factor of diabetes. Usually diabetes can be alleviated if the obese people lose weight, therefore it is very necessary important and necessary for the obese to lose weight and gain a healthy weight which plays significant role in preventing and controlling type 2 diabetes and many other diseases.

Actually it is not diabetes itself but the complications of diabetes that are really terrible. Long term poorly controlled high blood sugar will cause many complications such as foot gangrene, kidney failure, ophthalmopathy, encephalopathy, hear disease and skin diseases which are very common among diabetes patients and they are the main cause of death. Therefore we can see that losing weight is very important.

To lose weight effectively, there are 2 aspects that need to be noted---healthy foods and proper physical activities which can help achieve a healthy weight and alleviate symptoms and reduce the risk factors.

What are the healthy foods for type 2 diabetes?

Have more fresh vegetables and avoid eating too many foods that contain glucose and sucrose and avoid overeating.

What are the proper activities for type 2 diabetes?

Choose those low-impact aerobics. The simplest and most suitable exercise for the elderly is walking and other mild activities include tai chi, qi gong, calisthenics, etc.