Diabetes Causes Get Funky and Kids Need More Fiber

Long day today so only a brief post.  I found this well done YouTube video that covers basic risk factors for type 2 diabetes.  It also has some cool music in the background. Another risk factor for type 2 diabetes in adolescents is a low fiber diet. I think it could also affect adults, given the habits we have now.  I lean to a Mediterranean type diet and I get lots of fiber and I will let it go at that.

But first, as always,

The Numbers:

• Fasting Blood Glucose Level:  96 mg/dl
• Weight:  187ish lbs. 
• Exercise:  45 minutes that again would just seemed longer.  Maybe what those Spanish physicists hypothesized is correct, time is slowing down. 
• Mood:  7.0  Good, but just tired all day and it was a long day. 

The Menu:

• Breakfast:  Usual morning fruit medley and oatmeal with craisins. 
• Lunch:  Leftover lentils/salsa stuff and a big, fat, juicy peach.
• Dinner:  Leftover BBQ and as much as I love BBQ, it's getting a big old, and a good salad. 
• Snacks:  Some almonds. 

A Review of the Basic Risk Factors for Type Two Diabetes

Complete with funky cool background music. 



Sadly, no fix or cure for aging, which is better, mostly, than the alternative.

Low Fiber Diets a  Risk Factor for Adolescent Diabetes?

Not to mention heart disease.  Adolescents who did not eat enough fiber had bigger bellies and raised levels of inflammatory factors and those are a pair of classic predictors of type 2 diabetes, not to mention heart disease.

The fix of course of simple, eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes.  Exercise wouldn't hurt either.  Two good diets anyone can spend a lifetime on are the DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet.