Diabetic Article

Diabetes: Put Yourself at Zero Risk

Middle-aged women who:

• Exercise
• Eat a healthy diet
• Drink alcohol in moderation
• Do not smoke
• And most importantly, are not over weight

... can virtually eliminate their risk of diabetes.

Some specifics:

• Women who are overweight are eight times more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than lean women.
  Obese women are 20 times more likely.
• Women who do at least seven hours a week of brisk walking, heavy gardening or houswork or other activities vigorous enough to build up a sweat have a 30-percent lower risk than women who exercise less than half an hour a week.
• Women who do at least seven hours a week of brisk walking, heavy gardening or houswork or other activities vigorous enough to build up a sweat have a 30-percent lower risk than women who exercise less than half an hour a week.
• Women who eat the most high-fiber cereals and breads (rather than sweets, potatoes, and other refined carbohydrates) and the most polyunsaturated fats (rather than saturated and trans fats) have half the risk.