Nutrition and Diet Tips

In France: More than 2.5 million people (nearly 4% of the population) have diabetes reported in 2008, with an increase in prevalence from 2.7 to 3.6% from 2000 to 2005 (average annual increase of 5 , 7%). The age and geographical disparities are high: The disease is diagnosed at an average age of 64.8 years. The “75 years and over” are the most affected (13.4%) just before the 65-74 age group (13.3%). A fifth of the population over age 75 has diabetes. The overseas regions are most affected with 7.8% of Reunion, Guadeloupe 7.3% 6.8% of Martinique. In metropolitan France, diabetics are more numerous in North-East quarter of the country and particularly in Seine-Saint-Denis (5.1% of the population), the West is less affected.

The diet to deflate the body in a day is a type of diet recommended for those people who, for a change in food, environmental, physiological or whatever reason, feel bloated and uncomfortable.

It is important not to prolong this diet more than a day because it could cause disorders in the metabolism of the individual. On the other hand will recommend drinking plenty of water as it not only detoxifies the body but also helps to eliminate fats and combat fluid retention that causes swelling.

The diet to deflate the body in one day is not indicated for people with diabetes and is recommended under the supervision of a specialist.

Procedure:

For breakfast:

* 1 or 2 cups of weak tea with a slice of lemon and a teaspoon of honey.
* 1 natural fruit juice and sugar to taste. (more…)

Eating fish regularly can provide protection against type 2 diabetes, but eating shellfish might have the opposite effect, according to a study that evaluated a risk of about 25 percent.

They found that men and women who consumed amounts of seafood mainly shrimps, crabs and mussels, had about 36 percent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

But “can not be the seafood which increased the risk of diabetes,” said Dr. Nita Forouhi, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge.

Rather, cooking and processing methods used in the UK, would be responsible, as for example when frying oils or butter and mayonnaise served with seafood sauces, may increase cholesterol intake , which in turn may increase the risk of diabetes.

Forouhi and colleagues assessed weekly intake of seafood besides fish white fish like cod, haddock, sole and halibut, or fatty fish such as mackerel, salmon, tuna and salmon, about 12,183 men and 9801 women who participated in the study aged between 40 and 79 years old, who until now and had no history of diabetes.

During an average of 10 years, 725 of these men and women developed type 2 diabetes.

Both the lower risk associated with white fish and fish oil and the increased risk associated with seafood intake remained when the researchers evaluated a number of risk factors for diabetes including physical activity, obesity, alcohol consumption and consumption fruit and vegetables.

Nutrition during pregnancy is one of the main factors we must consider must pay special attention to:

• Folic acid is a vitamin that needs to drink daily. Deficiency leads to anemia, premature detachment of the placenta, infants with low birth weight and some malformations, mostly of the nervous system.
  Although present in many foods, which are subjected to heat during the cooking process makes it possible to destroy, so it is necessary to consume fresh fruits and vegetables without cooking, and, as ordered, take a multivitamin with this vitamin.
• If a pregnant woman has some degree of malnutrition may occur low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation and fetal or neonatal death. In addition, it increases the risk of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes in adolescence and adulthood.

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