Eating with controlled intervals avoiding prologados fasts ;
Avoid very large meals ;
Avoid eating sweets excessively ;
Maintain an appropriate weight for height . Not being overweight ;
Physical activity regularly.
These tips are for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes , and are especially important among individuals who have close relatives with diabetes because in spite of diabetes is a disease that has no cure , it can be prevented simply with a healthy lifestyle .
Type 2 diabetes can develop at any person in particular that with poor eating habits and after 45 years of age .
Prevention of Type 1 diabetes
Making prevention of type 1 diabetes is not possible because this type of diabetes is genetic . The child is born with type 1 diabetes , even if you have not noticed at birth .
In the case of type 1 diabetes is very common that there is a history of diabetes in the family and it is important to note if your child has symptoms of diabetes such as:
excessive thirst ;
significant weight loss without a reason justifying ;
urinate often ;
dry mouth despite the intake of water ;
very hungry ;
frequent tiredness ;
weakness ;
mental confusion ;
Cloudy or blurry vision ;
sickness ;
dizziness .
Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed between 10 and 14 years of age but can occur at any age .
Treatment includes taking insulin , food and exercise. Insulin is prescribed to be taken by the physician according to the way the disease manifests itself in the patient . The diet should exclude sugars and controlling carbohydrate foods so it must be accompanied by a dietitian . Exercise should be daily .
Prevention of gestational diabetes
Prevention of gestational diabetes can be doing prenatal care as early as possible , to have a healthy weight before becoming pregnant , make healthy before and during the first months of pregnancy nutrition , and physical activity allowed during pregnancy .
Gestational diabetes can arise arise in women over 25 years old, obese or pregnant when you have an intolerance to sugars . But can develop in younger or normal weight women . Treatment may involve the use of insulin in addition to diet for diabetes.
The consequence of gestational diabetes is the baby receive too much sugar during pregnancy and this can cause an overgrowth of the baby. In general baby born to mothers who developed gestational diabetes is not indicated for the natural birth because they are very large .
The babies of mothers who had gestational diabetes are born usually higher, but do not have diabetes and the mother also gets to have diabetes after giving birth , but usually the development of gestational diabetes indicates a tendency to develop diabetes in the future and so it is important to redouble care for the prevention of diabetes.
