World diabetes day November 14

I don't do any special exercise or doing sports. I am type of people who don't like to linger in the chair. I am a moving person. I don't drink sugar a lot.I think the only way to prevent us from the diabetes and the only way to reduce the sugar level in our body by consuming plenty of water and exercise as well and ignore foods that contain lots of sugar of course.

Am little confused Raviji You go for walk with your Papa, how old he is? As i have said else where in the kid's hospital at bhubaneswar they did more than 33 tessts, i have been advised treatment, for stones in gall bladder, i have started taking DrReckeweg's Homoeo preparation R7, this is imported from Germany. Hope i get cured, though not 100%.

Because of the fact that I've known so many people that are diabetics, I know that it is important to keep exercise and healthy eating as a part of your lifestyle and I try to do that to the best of my ability. However, I also know that though some kinds of diabetes can be reversed by us and our lifestyles, there are other types of diabetes that truly are chronic conditions and I wish that one day there will be a cure for this type of diabetes.

Yeah I know so many people dealing with it now including my dad. He already got it for more than ten years and yes he control his diet and practice regularly. I think what concern me is, there are few people at my age got it too. One of cousin got it when she was in her twenty but she had worse condition than my dad. She had to do hemodialysis every week because her high blood sugar made her kidney stop to work.

There is hereditary predisposition in my maternal lineage. My mother was diabetic and my maternal uncle too. But I admire my mother [who passed away four years' back] who managed to keep it under control through prudent habits all along. The problem with her though was that she was obese too. Even then, with my father being a good support, she would regularly walk a kilometer every day without fail until she had a fall and sustained back injury which immobilized her for a long time. She developed osteoporosis which troubled her quite a bit. But because he maintained her discipline for long time before being indisposed, she endured it well. Whenever I get a thorough check up, I have had relief from the fact that results for sugar & BP have been negative. I have to guard against overweight though. I follow some workouts from my yoga training in the past.

I have had diabetes now for about 6 yrs. It's such a weird disease. Nothing works the same anymore. Diet and exercise do help for sure. I find it difficult to keep doing it all the time though. It's not something I did before and so it requires self discipline and so forth. Things that i am not good at like eating on a schedule. My sleep is so erratic that I find keeping a schedule very hard. Any suggestions?

Actually I just learned that today is the Diabetes Day from MSN. This is a new day for me as I haven't heard of it before. But I think this disease has become much more popular since today people have over nutrition and less exercise. I hope it will make people to realize this disease and try to do something to avoid it. I love China

Lifestyle, eating habit are common reasons for diabetes (aside from genetic cases) My mother in law is also a diabetic patient and is working with aerobics and they have a group who are helping each other and also a counseling mentor with them.

Hi ravisivan, If we can modify our lifestyle to a healthier one than we can keep diabetes at bay. Health experts have ruled out that the best way to manage diabetes is to walk. By walking we can increase our insulin sensitivity by 3%. It even reduces our BMI,( Body Mass Index)by 1%. A 30 minute walk daily will ensure a better blood glucose level. It's actually quite a simple theory. When we workout, our muscles absorb blood sugar thus preventing it from building in our bloodstream. The result is lower blood glucose level.That's why a simple form of physical activity like walking is effective to combat diabetes. I hit the treadmill daily for 10 to 15 minutes. However I do feel that a stroll in the park is a better choice as it allows us to connect with nature.

For me yes that's good thing to be done to cut diabetes a way and drink also more water like 16glasses because all of our sick now is due to lack of water.

happy childrens day as today is november 14th ,we celebrate this as to the remembrance of Chacha Nehru.It is his Birthday.

My blood sugar is now normal thanks for early walking daily. I also stay away from sweets like chocolates and drink a herbal tea for maintaining my blood sugar level. I thin sedentary life is one cause of diabetes and do avoid it to be active and have exercise as part of our daily routine.

You are right uncle now diabetes patient are increasing day by day now this disease are most popular. Ohhhh if you feel good after walking then you should daily walk. My husband has acidity problem so they daily walk at least 15 minutes and then they fill good.

Wooooo sir today is most important day because children day and diabetes day both. Diabetes is not good disease but walking is good for it.

Actually I just learned that today is the Diabetes Day from MSN. This is a new day for me as I haven't heard of it before. But I think this disease has become much more popular since today people have over nutrition and less exercise. I hope it will make people to realize this disease and try to do something to avoid it. I love China

hi ravisivan its Sunday here in the US so your dad has diabetes but it sounds like he is really taking charge and getting exercise. my doctor told me he wished he could prescribe exercise like a medication as it does so much for us diabetics. since my fall I have had to use a walker and honestly I have not got my thirty\ minutes of exercise I should be doing.I did enjoy walking now i need to force myself to do it. My doctor found I also have low thyroid so he feels that with the new medication I may be able to lose weight and for a diabetic that really helps too.You have got the right mind set and I think you will be able to avoid diabetes for yourself. if you are at all overweight losing a little weight will also help to avoid diabetes, I got it in my forties so am almost 85 as my birthday is Tueday Nov.15 lol.Great discussion

My father is also a diabetic since he was in his late 50's. He's 77 now. And he has a prostate cancer which was discovered more than 7 years ago. But because he watches his diet well and is always doing exercise, he was able to control his diabetes . For his prostate cancer he chose alternative medicines. They are a costly though, but at least he's still alive, after being told before, by the doctor that he only have 5 years to live.

we want to be healthier from child hood.we want to keep going .then only we can be out of diabetes

talking about diabetes, i become scared when i hear such word. it is because we have it in our genes. the irony is that, even though i know the effects of diabetes, i am not doing anything to control my diet and lifestyle. i do it because i still don't manifests the symptoms. but i realize now that, prevention is better than cure. so now, i'm gradually changing my lifestyle. and i hope i won't acquire diabetes when i become older because i want to live longer. :-)