Prevention of Diabetes Possible Through Changing Lifestyle

Manager of Health Network of Bardeskan referred to recognizing 2200 patients with diabetes in this County and said: we can prevent from diabetes by changing inappropriate behaviors.

According to WebDa, Dr. Mohammad Hosseinzaded said about diabetes, its symptoms and how to control it: diabetes is a chronic disease which occurs due to a decrease in the release of insulin hormone in the body or due to inability of the body to use insulin and improving lifestyle which is never late can be a big step toward prevention of diabetes.

He noted that the basis for prevention of diabetes is weight loss and observing a healthy diet and said: five things should be observed to prevent diabetes: increasing physical activity with aerobics and strength exercises; receiving more fiber through using fruits, beans, vegetables, whole grains, walnuts, nuts; using more whole grains including all bread; weight loss; and healthier diets.

He added: to prevent type 2 diabetes which is the most common type of diabetes, observing the above principles is very crucial-especially if risk factors such as excessive weight or family background for diabetes exist in you.

Dr. Hosseinzadeh referred to doubling of the number of diabetes patients during recent years and said: unfortunately, according to the World Health Organization statistics the number of people with diabetes in the middle east will double by 2040, and as cardiovascular diseases are the cause of 50 to 80 percent of deaths from diabetes, change in lifestyle is effective in order to reduce premature deaths and to prevent from diabetes.

To this aim, he suggested: if you are below 45 years of age and one or more risk factors for type 2 diabetes such as inactivity and family background for diabetes exist in you, ask your doctor to test your blood sugar.

It should be noted that the slogan for the World Diabetes Day changes every year. The theme of World Diabetes Day 2016 is Eyes on Diabetes. Diabetes is a threat to eye health and is one of the main causes of blindness in the world since it affects eyes and eyesight in various ways and leads to eyesight disorder, Cataract in early childhood, Glaucoma, effects on the optic nerve, temporary paralysis of the extraocular muscles and Strabismus, but the most common complication is diabetes’ effect on the retina.