Type 2 diabetes is not contagious but it is affecting people all over the world… with the rise of fast food chains and the consumption of preservatives, it is really no wonder type 2 diabetes is a common disease plaguing the world.

Your own diagnosis of type 2 diabetes may have come as a shock to you, but you will move past this natural grieving period. It is then time to accept you have a serious condition and will need to learn something about type 2 diabetes… although not curable it is controllable. Good self management requires education, and then the application of effort and patience.

Firstly, type 2 diabetes is characterised by high blood sugar levels and a number of risk factors are known to be associated with this fact. It most frequently strikes men and women who:

• have a family history of type 2
• are over forty years of age
• are overweight
• have sedentary lifestyles
• eat high fat diets
• deal with large amounts of physical and emotional stress

In other words lifestyle factors… are recognised risk factors.

Receiving a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes does not mean you cannot live a rich, full productive life. Why not see it as a challenge, one that can become a turning point in your life? One where you learn about and manage many aspects of your condition. Unfortunately type 2 cannot be cured with a prescription for a medication or even by having surgery. It requires your full participation… at the center of this is a healthy eating plan. Without this nothing else will work… this is the foundation of you conquering:

• weight loss
• reducing your blood sugar levels
• lowering your blood pressure
• reducing your cholesterol levels

Your health care provider will recommend a treatment plan, a plan to treat your diabetes. You must chose to accept these recommendations. One good thing about type 2 diabetes is that now you know the diagnosis you can make a huge impact on it’s direction. You are in control not type 2 diabetes.

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