Diabetes is a common disease caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. It is mainly characterized by high blood glucose, with common symptoms such as excessive drinking, excessive urination, excessive eating and weight loss. If diabetes is not effectively treated, it can cause damage to multiple systems and even endanger life. So what are the good habits you need to adopt in life to keep away from diabetes? Meng Changhai, Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1.Pay attention to diet
Diabetes can be triggered by improper diet. A study on diabetes published in the October 2008 issue of American Literature proved that people who drank more than two servings of sugary fruit juices a day had a 31% higher rate of diabetes than those who drank less than one serving of sugary fruit juice a month. An important principle in preventing diabetes is to find out which fruits have less fructose before eating them.
2, pay attention to exercise
If you do not exercise and sleep properly, the same may lead to the development of diabetes. Do aerobic activity at least three times a week, no less than half an hour each time; every hour, to stand up and move around. Such simple exercise principles, for the prevention of diabetes also have guidance.
3, sleep enough
Sleep well can also prevent diabetes, 7 hours of sleep per day is the healthiest. When you sleep less than 6 hours a day, the risk of diabetes will increase twice; 9 hours of sleep a day or more, the chances of diabetes can increase three times.
4.Control sugar intake
This is relatively speaking, diabetics can not eat sugar, refers to the daily diet can not directly consume sucrose and glucose, fructose is allowed to eat, the breakdown of fructose does not require the participation of insulin. But the main component of honey is fructose and glucose, please patients eat honey carefully.
5.Do not overeat and have a regular life
As far as possible, do not eat foods containing large amounts of glucose and sucrose in a short period of time, chew and swallow carefully and eat more vegetables, which can prevent blood sugar from rising rapidly in a short period of time and help protect the function of the pancreas, especially for people with a family history of diabetes.
6.Take preventive medicine regularly
Take three months of niacinamide, Vb1, Vb6, methyl Vb12 (Micropol) every year to enhance the function of the pancreas; take half a month of Vc and Ve at the change of seasons in large doses to improve your immunity and remove free radicals.
7, more physical exercise, less late night
Sleep deprivation, will trigger hormone secretion pressure, the body will store fat to cope with, when people’s meals become larger, which is also one of the factors triggering diabetes, so in daily life should be to do enough sleep; whether fat or thin, should be to exercise more than half an hour a day. Do not look down on exercise, in fact, exercise can also be very good to achieve the role of blood sugar.
8, the control of obese patients
Life often see the obese patients, to prevent diabetes first we must defend the symptoms of obesity, according to research, every increase in weight a pound, the probability of suffering from diabetes increased by five percent, if you are obese patients should try to lose weight, to ensure a healthy body.
9, eat boiled peanuts can prevent diabetes
Boiled peanuts retain the original plant active compounds in peanuts, such as plant sterols, resveratrol, saponins, antioxidants, etc., for the prevention of malnutrition, the prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity has a significant role. In particular, beta-gluten sterols have a preventive effect on prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer and cardiovascular disease.
10.Regular checkup
Monitoring of blood sugar and triglycerides. Efforts should be made to control fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose and triglycerides in the normal range, so that fasting blood glucose <6.0 mmol/L, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose <8.0 mmol/L; triglycerides <1.7 mmol/L. If the measured value reaches the upper limit of normal or exceeds it, continue to do the glucose tolerance test, and after the diagnosis is confirmed, carry out treatment early.
11.Living environment
To choose an environment where the surrounding soil, air and drinking water are not seriously polluted, and the decoration of the living room should not have phenols and other volatile gases. To establish a good lifestyle, do not smoke, drink less alcohol, and pay attention to the regularity of life.
12.Drug prevention
For pre-diabetic patients who are not effective after diet and exercise therapy, drug prevention should be carried out early. Patients must choose the most suitable drugs for themselves under the guidance of doctors.
Warm tip: After the onset of diabetes, patients should have regular medical checkups, and should not be unchecked because the symptoms are not obvious. In particular, urine microalbumin should be checked. For diabetic patients, regular checkups not only help to understand their condition, but also help to prevent various complications, which is very helpful for diabetic patients to control their condition.