Today, more
than 30% of the population
suffer from diabetes (DiabetesStatistics). This disease affects more people every year, including
children. There are two types of diabetes:diabetes type one, which is commonly
called juvenile Diabetes, and type two, which most of the time affects adults. Both of them consist of a lack of insulin in the body, causing the
levels of sugar in the blood to rise higher than normal. There are many causes
that lead to the development of Diabetes.
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One of the main
causes of diabetes is the amount and quality of carbohydrates that people
consume. There are two types of carbohydrates: fast absorption and slow
absorption. If people consume fast absorption carbohydrates, then this will increase
the levels of sugar in their blood. Those kinds of carbohydrates are all the
products made with processed flower, such as white bread, desserts, chips, etc.
If people instead, consume slow
absorption carbohydrates, the body will have enough time to metabolize those carbohydrates,
and the sugar in the blood will not rise so quickly.
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Another cause of
diabetes is a sedentary style life. When people exercise, they reduce their
risk of suffering from this disease. For example, walking 30 minutes every day
helps the body keep the levels of sugar on track and within acceptable
parameters by accelerating the metabolism and allowing a person to burn blood
sugar for 24 hours. Also, exercise often
reduces cholesterol and any possibility of getting hypertension.
It is
important to know that diabetes can
leave a person more vulnerable to getting several health issues ,such as insulin dependence, renal failure, amputation, blindness, diabetes coma, and
even death. Adults and parents have to be aware about this problem and take
action against it as early as they can. Making small changes, such as changing the
kind of bread they eat and getting enough exercise is a big step in the fight
against Diabetes.
