Simple Steps To Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Filed in archive Lifestyle on January 25, 2007

If you could prevent yourself from acquiring a potentially devastating disease, would you do it? How about if the prevention was simple? Of course you would. At least, that's what doctors are hoping, as they continue to offer helpful advice on preventing, or eliminating, Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers say that people at risk for type 2 diabetes can reduce their risk by making just a few small lifestyle changes.

More than 54 million Americans are on their way to developing diabetes, and many don't even know it. They have a condition called prediabetes, which means their blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diabetic.

"There is now scientific proof that they can prevent or delay the disease and its devastating complications," said Wilma Wooten, MD, principal investigator for the National Medical Association's Diabetes Project.

The key to diabetes prevention is taking small steps toward living a healthier life, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program, which is jointly sponsored by National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has the support of more than 200 partner organizations.

Read on for more excellent advice. What lifestyle methods do you use?