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How to Manage Diabetes Naturally with Diet: Smart Eating Tips for Better Blood Sugar Control
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Jun 2, 2025
Learn how to manage diabetes through diet with practical tips on healthy eating, portion control, and balanced meal planning. Discover the best foods to stabilise blood sugar and support long-term wellness.
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so why nutrition someone would ask you
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you know i want to go to the hospital i
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want to see a doctor the doctor
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prescribes drugs for you
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medication you start taking your drugs
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but why is nutrition
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important so 14th of november
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every year is world diabetes day
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and i'm sure a number of you have very
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many questions about diabetes
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what is diabetes am i at risk of getting
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diabetes
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okay when i have diabetes what signs and
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symptoms would i have
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okay if my father had diabetes would i
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get diabetes
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all these questions will be answered in
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this video so please if you're
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interested
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keep watching hello guys welcome back to
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this is where we talk about nutrition
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these are talk about health
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we promote healthy lifestyle every
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single day
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and every week i post a video with tips
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and tricks and which are very very easy
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to follow
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that will help you keep a healthy
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lifestyle so without further ado
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why don't we dive in so the most
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common question about diabetes is what
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exactly is diabetes
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so a simple definition of diabetes would
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be
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a diabetes is a condition where your
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body produces
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very little insulin or the insulin being
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produced
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is not being used effectively by your
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body okay
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and therefore if insulin is not being
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produced or is not being used properly
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that means the sugar that you the sugar
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that you get from food
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will not be able to enter into your cell
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so that it can be used for energy for
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your body
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and therefore the sugar remains in your
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bloodstream and that is what we call
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high blood sugar levels because all the
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foods that you eat eventually become
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sugar they get broken down to glucose so
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that
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and they enter into your bloodstream
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from your bloodstream
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with the help of insulin they enter into
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your cells and from your cells it
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produces energy
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that are necessary for your normal
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day-to-day
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body activities so the next uh
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common question is am i at risk of
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getting diabetes
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there are several ways you can know
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you're at risk
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number one is if your family
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history has someone with diabetes
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especially for type 1 diabetes
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okay if someone in your family has
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diabetes of her diabetes
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whether it's your mother your sister
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your brother your grandparents
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you are at risk of getting diabetes
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another reason is that you're
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physically inactive if you're physically
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inactive
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okay that means the sugar in your body
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you're not using the energy
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in your body that means sugar is
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meandering in your body it's not being
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used
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okay it's not being used for energy and
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that excess sugar that excess glucose
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is what causes your blood sugar levels
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to go up
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another reason why you'll be at risk of
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getting diabetes is if you have a
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history of gestational
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diabetes that is if you have diabetes in
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pregnancy
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okay if you're over 45 years of age
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especially for
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type 2 diabetes type 2 that is normally
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developed
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later in life at old age when you're 45
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years old
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age and above so if you are 45 years age
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and above
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uh you are at risk of getting diabetes
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and if you have been diagnosed with
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pre-diabetes pre-diabetes is a condition
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where your blood sugar levels are high
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but not high enough to become type 2
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diabetes
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therefore if you have pre-diabetes that
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means you're showing signs and symptoms
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of
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diabetes therefore you are at risk of
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getting diabetes in future
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and so now that you've known you who
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is at risk of getting diabetes why don't
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we discuss
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some of the common signs and symptoms of
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diabetes
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how do you know you might have diabetes
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okay
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and um in most cases you won't really
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know you have diabetes because you might
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not show any symptoms especially
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for pre-diabetes okay but if you start
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having frequent urination
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frequent tasks you're always hungry
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hunger all the time you feel like eating
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something
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you feel like you have to take some
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water you are irritable
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like a silica like you don't want people
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to disturb you
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you feel tired you're just tired you're
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fatigued you don't have energy you're
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lazy just sitting around
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blood vision sometimes you cannot see
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clearly none it's not like you have uh
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you have had a problem with your eyes
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sometimes you just have a blood vision
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you can't see things so clearly another
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thing is
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frequent infections okay and sometimes
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you might have wounds or cats and they
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take too long to heal okay so
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watch out for these symptoms okay
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sometimes it you might be
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so busy or doing other things and not
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really
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be able to see these signs and symptoms
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early
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and therefore bring more problems in
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future or develop diabetic problems
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quickly so pay attention to your body
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okay
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frequent urination frequent tasks
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frequent hunger you're always hungry
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okay you are irritable
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you don't want people to disturb you
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sweaty and then you're like ah
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okay goodness you know unexplained
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fatigue and explain fatigue
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you're always energetic you're always up
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and down always active but all of a
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sudden
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you don't have energy to walk around you
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don't feel like
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uh you know walking and therefore i know
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i know some of you are wondering like
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okay explain why insulin why glucose
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sugar why are you talking about these
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things
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so can we talk about how insulin works
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okay first of all insulin gets produced
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by a
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pancreas okay pancreas pancreas produces
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insulin
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and that insulin works by lowering
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your blood sugar levels by enabling the
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sugar to enter your cells
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so that they can be used for energy okay
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insulin helps the sugar from your
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bloodstream
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to enter into your cells so in a
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scenario when you have not eaten
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okay there is a glycogen stored in your
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liver glycogen glucose excess glucose in
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the body gets stored
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as glycogen in the liver okay
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so when you have not eaten anything that
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glycogen
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gets broken down and used for energy
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okay
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but suppose you've eaten too much and
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maybe your body has a problem producing
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insulin
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or there's no insulin enough insulin to
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to remove that sugar from your
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bloodstream through the cells
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that means there's some sugar lingering
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around in your bloodstream
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then high blood sugar levels okay
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and so in extreme scenarios when you
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have maybe an accident or your pancreas
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is damaged or
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your cells are resistant to insulin
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that would mean the sugar remains in
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your bloodstream
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and therefore high blood sugar levels
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okay i don't know if that is simple
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enough for you guys to understand but if
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you have any questions
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comment down below in the comment
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section so that i can elaborate
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more so why nutrition someone would ask
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you
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you know i want to go to the hospital i
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want to see a doctor the doctor
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prescribes drugs for you
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medication you start taking your drugs
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but why is nutrition important
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okay we are talking about sugar
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and therefore we are talking about food
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okay
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and as i've said before sugar all the
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foods that you eat
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end up being glucose and the glucose
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that you're talking about
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is the one that enters your bloodstream
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is the one that goes to your cells for
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energy so nutrition is important because
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a nutritionist will help you select the
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most appropriate
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foods that you can take in order to help
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you manage your blood sugar levels
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okay and nutrition is to take you
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through the foods that have a lower
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glycemic index
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the foods that will help you get satiety
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so that you don't have
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hunger all the time foods that will help
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you keep hydrated foods that will help
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keep your blood sugar levels
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on a normal range okay maintaining a
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healthy weight
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like i mentioned on the previous video
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but if you haven't watched that video
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please go ahead and watch
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the previous video i talked about how
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you can achieve and maintain
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a healthy body weight a healthy body
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weight will help you manage your diet it
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is
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very very easy okay when you're obese or
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overweight
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it's very hard for you to manage your
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blood sugar levels at a normal
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range and so uh there is something that
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we call the medical
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nutrition therapy and the three most
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important reasons why medical nutrition
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therapy is important
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especially in patients with diabetes or
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those people who are at risk of
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developing diabetes so number one
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medical nutrition therapy helps you
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prevent the occurrence of diabetes
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if you have a proper diet if you eat a
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balanced diet if you're avoiding added
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sugars
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okay you're eating well that means your
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risk of getting diabetes goes
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low and i'm not saying it's sugar that
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causes diabetes okay
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there are many results that causes
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diabetes that are like i've mentioned
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before but a proper diet
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proper lifestyle changing lifestyle
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physical activity
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will help you prevent occurrence of
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diabetes
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number two nutrition helps you manage
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your blood sugar levels i've explained
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that very well
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the the foods that you choose to eat
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will deter
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will affect your blood sugar levels okay
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and the nutritionist can take you
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through all the
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good foods all the good choices that you
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can make i also did a video on food
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choices if you guys can remember
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it's very important to make wise
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decisions when choosing
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your foods okay also the third reason is
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you already have diabetes
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but proper nutrition therapy proper
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medical nutrition therapy
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will help you prevent occurrence of
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diabetes complications
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okay diabetes has many complications
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like i'll mention later in this video
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so proper medical nutrition therapy will
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help you prevent
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uh early or uh even
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any diabetic complications in the future
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so medical nutrition therapy is very
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important
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besides you going to the doctor to get
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your medications also see a dietitian
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also see a nutritionist
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talk about food okay and therefore
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what does a nutritionist recommend
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there are specific dietary
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recommendations that a nutritionist will
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take you through when you have diabetes
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you know after you get out of the
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doctor's office the doctor will tell you
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oh go to the next room
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go talk to your dietician and then what
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does the nutritionist say
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i did a video on the food pyramid and
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the food
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pyramid talks about five
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food groups okay when it comes to
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diabetes
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fruits and vegetables should be your
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friend okay
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and when it comes to fruits you know
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fruits have sugar okay
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and they're not those fruits which have
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too much sugar and those fruit that
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don't have too much sugar
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so when you don't talk to a nutritionist
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you're not going to be able to
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understand that fruits and vegetables
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are important because first of all
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they are low in calories full of
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vitamins
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full of minerals okay and fiber
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and why is fiber important you know
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fiber is important because
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it helps you maintain
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a normal weight okay
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how eating foods that are rich in fiber
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gives you some sort of satiety you're
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not going to get hungry often so
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therefore you don't have to eat all the
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time
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therefore you're able to maintain a
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healthy weight another thing
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fiber helps slow down digestion
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and when the addition is slowed down
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that means sugar enters into your cells
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in a model in a moderate manner polypoly
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polypoly
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therefore there's no rash the your blood
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sugar levels not go high
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so quickly okay and moreover fruits and
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vegetables provide
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flavor into your food they add flavor
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into your food you know
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always make sure you have fruits and
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vegetables in your diet every time
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and the recommended amount of fruits and
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vegetables is five portions per day that
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is very easy
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include that food for your breakfast for
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your snack for your lunch
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for your meal snack between light and
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supper and also for supper include a
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fruit and a vegetable
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okay and a tip i'm going to give you
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guys is that if you're diabetic
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and you're provided for our food it is
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ways to divide that fruit
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into pieces you know into hers into
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quarters don't just
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munch on the fruit hole okay
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divide it into into pieces so that you
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can eat it now
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and then later and then later okay
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small frequent meals is very very
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important
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the next food group is touchy foods and
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this is where they they
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the questions always come like
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nutritionist always recommend that oh go
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for brown bread
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not white bread brown rice not fried
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rice and then people are like
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i think these things are the same
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eventually they are all carbohydrates
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why should i care but the secret here is
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uh
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why do we recommend whole grains when it
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comes to diabetes
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i have mentioned before about fiber
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whole grains contain
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not enough fiber okay they contain um
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enough minerals okay so when you go
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for whole grains they are less processed
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and therefore digestion
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is slowed down there's too much there's
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enough fiber so you're able to maintain
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your weight eventually
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healthy weight is very very important
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i've said that
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so many times okay like i've said uh
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stretchy foods
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all the they become glucose and it's
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that glucose that is broken down and
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goes into your cells and for energies
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india
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but taking foods that are uh whole
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grains
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whole grains are less processed that
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means your digestion will go slow
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the sugars will go slow into your cells
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and you're able to maintain a normal
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uh blood sugar level that's why you
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always go for brown bread you know
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antarctica party from whole wheat
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you know less processed foods the less
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you eat
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processed foods the better it is for you
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the next food group is proteins you know
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i always
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advocate for healthy proteins i've
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mentioned this in the video i did about
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healthy eating
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less processed meats less processed
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meats all the processed meats
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we talked about sausage you talk about
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bacon status you know when
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people love these things and these
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things are very
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very have very very many bad effects to
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your body
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okay so less processed meat less red
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meat
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replace these meats these are animal
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proteins with plant
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based proteins okay plant-based proteins
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also come along with fiber and acid
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fiber is very very important
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you get your protein you get your fiber
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you get your minerals
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once in a while eat your meat but don't
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make it a habit of eating too much meat
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too much processed meat because also
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your risk of obesity goes high your risk
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of heart
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attack stroke and all these
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cardiovascular diseases
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increase when you you have that
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lifestyle of eating a lot of meat and a
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lot of processed meats
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and when it comes to diabetes you really
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need to watch out on how much meat you
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eat
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and the next category is uh the dairy
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foods dairy foods is a milk
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okay milk is essential because it
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provides the proteins and the calcium
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you need this okay
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but when you're buying your milk from
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the supermarket
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check for added sugars as you know
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there's a meals that are added uh with
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flavor the added sugars
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i i totally don't recommend okay because
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you need uh the calcium for your bones
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for your teeth you need uh
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proteins for for for growth and
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development
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so it's just ways to choose milk that
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has low fat
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no added sugars just to be on the safe
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side
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the last category is oils and fats oils
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and fats
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saturated fats and unsaturated fat
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i've said this so many times saturated
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fats you need to to make a habit of
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using unsaturated fats and unsaturated
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fats are from nuts and seeds
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okay and lastly this is not a food group
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and i'm not going even to to put it in a
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food group
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is a junk say no to added salts
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say no to added sugar say no to adding
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fat
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and most junk foods have these things in
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plenty
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if you start making a habit of avoiding
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junk
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foods you prevent junk addiction because
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when you get to junk addiction it is
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very very hard
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for you to come out of it so preventing
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its occurrence is better than managing
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the consequences i had mentioned about
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complications related to diabetes there
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are very very many and then the first
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one is cardiovascular diseases
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heart attack stroke okay proper
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nutrition helps you prevent this because
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you'll be able to
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eat well maintain a healthy weight and
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when you have a healthy weight every
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other thing is very easy to
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to manage another complication is
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nephropathy
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nephropathy is kidney damage okay
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and uh kidney damage may lead to kidney
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failure so preventing occurrence of this
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is very very important another
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complication is neuropathy neuropathy is
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a
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nerve damage and that damage can even go
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to to the extent of
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erectile dysfunction okay diabetes can
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cause erectile dysfunction as especially
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high blood sugar levels can really
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affect
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your your nerves and therefore extremes
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like erectile
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dysfunction another complication is
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retinopathy eye damage okay like i've
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said blood vision and sometimes even
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blindness
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that is just diabetes okay
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and then foot damage when you get uh
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that's why i always advise uh
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people living with diabetes protect your
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feet
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protect your hands when you're going to
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the garden and you're going to do manual
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work
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wear gloves put on gumbo so that you
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don't have to want to have cards and
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and wounds because i've said cats and
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woods take a very
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very long time to heal especially when
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you have diabetes so preventing the cats
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and wounds is very very
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important and other skin in conditions
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hearing issues all these are
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complications
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that come with diabetes so do you see
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the importance of preventing occurrence
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of diabetes if you don't have it
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and help using nutrition to manage
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using nutrition and your medications to
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manage diabetes so that you don't have
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to get into
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diabetic complications okay
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and even before i forget sometimes
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diabetes also gets some people to
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depression and if that is not
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very very okay so what am i saying
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this video is a bit uh short but there's
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so much talk about
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diabetes and um
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your health is wealth okay
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when you hear about these things when
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they tell you avoid too much of this
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avoid taking alcohol think twice sit
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down and think about it because you want
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to live longer you know
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you're out there going to work
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collecting money becoming financially
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rich but you're not watching on your
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your health you want to enjoy these
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things
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watching your health health is wealth
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invest in it
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okay so i had posted in my social media
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you asked me anything about diabetes
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unfortunately not so many people
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um posted their questions but i have
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three main
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questions that i'm going to answer today
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the first question was
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my father had diabetes will i get
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diabetes too
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the thing is not it's not guaranteed but
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there's a possibility because i've said
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diabetes sometimes is
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runs in the family family history if
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someone in your family had diabetes
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their heart chances of yourself
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getting diabetes but if you don't have
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diabetes yet
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lifestyle changes physical activity
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proper nutrition
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will help you prevent the occurrence of
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diabetes even later
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in life uh the question number two is
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brown bread or white bread i've answered
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that already
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brown bread it is preferred because as i
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said whole grains are preferred
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as compared to processed grains because
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we are talking about fiber talking about
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more minerals
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most processed foods exist have been
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snatched away these things they have
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been removed of
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fiber they have been removed of some
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minerals in the process of processing
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and even another thing that i need to
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eat that you don't necessarily need like
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added fat added sugars you don't need
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that
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so brown bread it is preferred
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compared to white and same applies to
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brown rice
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and white rice i i eat too much
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junk i love sugar i eat too much candy
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will i get diabetes this is obvious yes
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i'll say this because lifestyle changes
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is very important in managing diabetes
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you're eating these things you're eating
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junk your risk of being overweight your
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risk of getting to obesity is very very
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high
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there you're just putting yourself at
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