Type 2 Diabetes Diet Flashcards
Lifestyle to help and even reverse type 2 (3)
Regular exercise
Weight management
Healthy diet
High percentage of people with _ go on to have type 2
Prediabetes
Prediabetes symptoms (2)
Consistently high blood sugar
Hyperglycemia
“Reverse” used to describe
Significantly long-term improvements in insulin sensitivity
People who can get their HbA1c below 42 mmol/mol (6 percent) without diabetes meds are said to
Reversed, resolved, or brought their diabetes to remission
Advice to _ for type 2 is no longer recommend (2)
Avoid all sugar
Cut carbs
People with type 2 should enjoy a
Balanced diet
People with type 2 should consume plenty of
Fiber
People with type 2 should opt for _ to keep their blood glucose levels steady
Whole grains
Even small changes in diet can make a difference such as
Consuming whole fruit over fruit juice
For preventing or controlling type 2, _ control is important
Portion
Increasing fiber helps improve _ in people with type 2
Insulin sensitivity
Fiber slows down digestion, causing
Glucose to be released slowly and steadily
You can still enjoy _ on low-carb diet
Whole grain bread
Few instances that low carb diet recommended
Type 2
Low-carb diet effective way to
Reverse conditions
Sudden reduction in carbs Can lead to
Constipation
Why sudden decrease in carbs Can lead to constipation
Fiber in them keep cut microbiome happy
3 things that contain fiber
Nuts
Seeds
Legumes
Hb1Ac is
Glycated hemaglobin
To diagnose diabetes, _ are tested over a period of 2-3 months
Glycated hemoglobin
When body is unable to use glucose properly
Unused glucose in bloodstream sticks to red blood cells
Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen called
Hemoglobin
Glucose sticking to red blood cells make them
Glycated
High Hb1Ac levels indicate (2)
Prediabetes
Diabetes
