Type 2 diabetes and healthy living: why you need to invest in your health every day

Health tips are everywhere for good reason. People are pushing their ideas because there is a demand for it. It is more than interesting material for many people; it is often crucial information that we all need to be aware of.

Your health and well-being become a more relevant topic with each passing day. No one is getting any younger and few of us are preparing to get old. You need to invest in your health every day. A little goes a long way, especially when you consider the benefits you’ll gain and the health problems you’ll avoid.

It’s not just about feeling better, being the right weight, and having the freedom to eat the foods you want instead of being shackled by high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes and their problems and drawbacks. It’s about preventing what can…

• put you in a hospital bed,

• demand an emergency procedure and potentially cause an early death.

First, it starts with your weight. Most of the health problems affecting adults these days have to do with excess body fat. You may think it’s trivial to consider since you only gain a “couple” of pounds in a year. The difference this makes may seem insignificant. However, at this rate, ten years does quite a bit of damage. Poor nutrition and an inactive lifestyle add insult to injury.

Consider for the second half of this timeline you have elevated blood sugar, which may be due to prediabetes or perhaps your problem has progressed to type 2 diabetes. Now that’s a lot of years of damage to your body. You are not getting any younger, and neglecting your health in this way would also mean that you will not enjoy good health in the future.

What has been mentioned above is an example, and only part of it may apply to you. However, the principle remains. Will you take care of your well-being from today? You need to invest in your health, because if you don’t, you can pay dearly…

• your kidneys,

• your liver,

• your heart, even

• your brain could suffer a stroke or dementia.

Taking care of your health one day at a time will add up. Even a little detail like…

• take the stairs at work instead of using the elevator or escalator every time you leave your office or workplace,

• skipping snack,

• park your car towards the back of the parking lot at the mall and walk towards the stores instead of parking near the entrance, and

• cook your dinner instead of eating processed foods

it will make a difference. You can count on him.