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Diabetes
Ammar Saeed
Hantoubi
H00237506
Contents : 1-Diabetes. 2-Diabetes types. 3-What are the causes ? 4-What are the symptoms? 5-The treatment . 6-How to prevent diabetes ? 7-Nutrients that help prevent diabetes. 8-Diabetes in UAE. 9-conclusion.
Diabetes
Group of metabolic diseases that makes the person have high blood sugar.
There are three known types of diabetes
Type 1 Type 2 Gestational diabetes
Diabetes types Type 1: the body cant make insulin. Type 2 : the body makes insufficient
insulin amount or the insulin is not working properly in the body.
Gestational diabetes : only pregnant women gets this type during pregnancy and it may develop to type 2 diabetes.
What are the causes ? Type 1: the body immune system
attacks and destroys the insulin making cells
Type 2: no main reason until now but doctors connect this to genetics and the lifestyle.
What are the symptoms? Frequent urination Increased thirst Sudden hunger Sudden weight loss Vision change Tiredness or lack of energy Slow healing wounds The symptoms shows fast in type 1 but takes long time to appear in type 2
The treatment : Type 1 : insulin injections + special
diet + exercising. Type 2 : tablets + healthy diet +
exercising. Both types last for a lifetime
How to prevent diabetes ? Healthy balanced diet Active lifestyle Exercising Some times change in lifestyle
could be needed like cutting out the sweets
Nutrients that help prevent diabetes Some nutrients can help as doctors say in
controlling the diabetes and sugar level in blood like:
Brown rice Sweet potatoes instead of regular
potatoes Whole wheat food Whole grain foods Foods that contains high fiber like oats
Diabetic food pyramid
Diabetes in UAE Recent studies shows that almost 19.2%
of residents have diabetes in both types.
Diabetes in UAE Government keeps working
on educating population about the diabetes
The different ways to prevent the disease from our life’s
Having lots of activities and encouraging people to have periodic tests for diabetes
Conclusion To prevent the diabetes the best
and most successful ways is: have the right healthy diet exercising and having an active
lifestyle periodic testing for the sugar level in the blood
The end
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Maya , P. (2011, June). Eating to prevent and control diabetes. Retrieved 4 Jan 2013 from http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_diet_diabetes.htm
Medical news today. (2011). Retrieved 4 Jan 2013 from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/
Wikipedia. (2012, January 24). Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 Jan
2013 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus
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