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These 10 Myths about Diabetes Could be Dangerous || Simple Nutrition
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Jun 2, 2025
#diabetes #healthydiet #portioncontrol In this video, we're going to dispel 10 popular myths about diabetes. These myths can be dangerous if you don't understand them, and can lead to misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment. So be sure to watch this video, and don't let any of these myths continue to hold you back from getting the care you need for diabetes. By understanding them, you can make sure you're getting the most accurate information and treatment possible! Everyone deserves a share of good life, with or without diabetes, we talk about Diabetes myths. . SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week. . ❤️For Business inquiries. EMAIL: marriamakiru@gmail.com . ❤️ FIND ME. WEBSITE: https://simplenutrition.co.ke/ FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/MirriamAkiru/ INSTAGRAM: @mirriam_akiru . ❤️Videos you may Enjoy. DISCLAIMER!!!
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hello and welcome back to my channel
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you're new here this is a nutrition and
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talk about various ways to manage
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diseases so that you can maintain a
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that you don't miss out on the videos
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that i post
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so
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the two most recent videos that i've
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done were about diabetes first we talked
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about the diabetic pledge method and
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also talked about the foods that you
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should eat when you're done dating but a
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while ago i also did a video on the
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overview of diabetes what diabetes is
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what are some of the causes of diabetes
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what are some of the risk factors and
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how easily can you manage diabetes so
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i'm going to leave a link to all those
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videos down below so that you can watch
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those videos and catch up on what
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diabetes is and how to prevent it but in
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today's video i'm going to talk about
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the seven most common derivative myths
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so there's so much really going on
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diabetes is on the rise most people are
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already suffering from dead deities and
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there's so much information going on
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that may not be true
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that is what this video is going to
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focus on we want to talk about these
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things that people are already talking
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about so without wasting a lot of time
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let us go into the first point
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and the first point is that eating sugar
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causes diabetes eating sugar causes
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diabetes what do you think is it true or
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false
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so when you're talking about diabetes
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you're talking about very high blood
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sugar level that is hyperglycemia and
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very low blood sugar levels which is
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hypoglycemia
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and every food that you eat whether they
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are carbohydrates whether there are
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proteins they get broken down and then
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they get they get absorbed into our
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blood and into ourselves so that you can
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use them for energy for our day-to-day
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activities we need these foods for all
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the food groups all the foods that we
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eat
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so
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there are so many foods that already
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contain too much sugar and these are the
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over processed foods we are talking
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about those foods that are over
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processed they're already having added
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sugars most of them have added fats most
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of them had um have added salt and so on
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and so forth these are foods that are
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going to provide too much sugar to your
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body so when you're diabetic these are
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foods that you want to avoid when you're
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diabetic but you cannot say that sugar
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on its own causes diabetes there's so
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many causes of diabetes there's also a
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history a family history of diabetes we
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have gestational diabetes we have
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lifestyle changes there's so many causes
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of diabetes so sugar alone cannot cause
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diabetes so when you're eating all this
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over process for the junk foods that
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contain too much added sugars you're
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predisposing yourself into becoming
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overweight
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and obese and these are these factors to
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getting diabetes you see i've already
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mentioned lifestyle changes so when
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you're into these kinds of food you're
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eating too much
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of these foods and you're physically
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inactive then you're at risk of getting
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diabetes so it's not like
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straightforward that sugar directly
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causes diabetes but it disperses you
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into becoming overweight and though and
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the bees hence damages so you see the
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relationship between sugar and diabetes
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to maintain a healthy lifestyle to be
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able to manage your blood sugar levels
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if you're already diabetic this is one
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thing you want to avoid you want to
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avoid sugar and all these foods that
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contain too much sugar that is one way
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of helping you prevent and even manage
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blood sugar levels so the point number
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two is that only overweight and obese
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individuals get diabetes only overweight
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and obese individuals get
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diabetes so i've already mentioned that
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being overweight and obese is a risk
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factor these are things that predispose
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you into developing diabetes because
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even if you already diabetic and you're
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overweight or obese it becomes even more
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difficult for you to manage your blood
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sugar levels at a normal range so when
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you're talking up when you say like only
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overweight in these individuals that i
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are going to get diabetes that is not
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true because i've already mentioned that
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there's so many causes of diabetes you
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know family history like type 1 diabetes
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always runs in the family so you're at
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risk of getting
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diabetes if someone in your family mind
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had a written we also have diabetes that
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develops when you're pregnant the
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gestational diabetes so it is not um
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obvious that when you're all overweight
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or obese you are going to get diabetic
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but it's a risk factor it's one of the
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causes of diabetes
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however you need to maintain your weight
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at a healthy weight range because in
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that way if you're really diabetic
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you're going to be able to manage your
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blood sugar levels very easily and if
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you're not diabetic then you're going to
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be able to prevent diabetes so is there
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something you need to watch out for so
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the third point is you cannot eat
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carbohydrates when your diabetes you
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cannot eat carbohydrates when you're
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diabetic so i think i've talked about
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carbohydrates so many times on my
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channel before
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so there are three key points that you
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need to consider when it comes to
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carbohydrates
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how much of carbohydrates are you eating
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what kind of carbohydrates are you
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eating and how often do you eat these
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carbohydrates okay what kind how often
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and how much of this carbohydrates
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you're eating so in the video that i did
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on the diabetic the diabetes plate
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method it was very um
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well explained that using your plate you
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can be able to do what we call portion
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control and torsional portion control is
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a very very important aspect when it
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comes to
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managing your blood sugar levels so
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in the diabetes plate method we divide
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our plate into half so that the first
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half is for vegetables and the other
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half we divide into quarters one quarter
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for the proteins and the other quarter
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for what carbohydrates so you see the
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portion size of carbohydrates is very
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small like when you do your face like
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this it's very small so when when you're
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diabetic it does not mean you cannot eat
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carbohydrates you really need just to
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watch out on what kind of cabarets
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you're eating how often you're eating
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these carbohydrates and how much of this
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carbohydrate you're eating so it is not
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true that when you're diabetic you
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cannot eat carbohydrates no
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just like any other person even diabetic
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patients require carbohydrates for full
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nourishment they need them for energy
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carbohydrates provides even minerals
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that you need for your day to day
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activities for your body functions so
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you cannot deny adiabatic patient
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carbohydrates because just like any
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other person they do require
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carbohydrates so that they get full
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nourishment the fourth point is that
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people who are diabetic should only eat
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diabetic food
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so i'm just going straight ahead and
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to ask this question
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is there something you consider a
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diabetic food
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diabetic food i'm putting that in quotes
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because maybe there is maybe there isn't
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what we usually talk about is modified
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uh diet modified diabetic this is just
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normal diet that has been modified to to
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make to to to make it possible for this
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person with high blood sugar levels to
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be able to moderate it to be able to
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keep the blood sugar levels at a normal
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range okay
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the diabetic plate method ensures
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portion control and that is what is
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important it is normal diet okay the
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usual carbohydrates that you eat from
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the whole grains the sodium the milk the
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mains the rice party but portion control
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is what is important is important here
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according to the diabetic plate method
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carbohydrate has a very small portion
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and also the proteins and and the larger
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person is for vegetables so it's the
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usual foods that we eat around you
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cannot limit a
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person suffering from diabetes to a
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certain type of food you know it's just
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the variety of foods that we eat what we
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want to consider here is portion size
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portion control because the more variety
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of foods you eat the more nutrients you
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get from these foods and the better uh
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healthier you become so i don't want to
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mention i don't to say that it's
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diabetic food however it's modified that
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is modified
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it's just the normal that that it's the
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normal foods that you need however it's
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modified to ensure that this person is
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able to live a normal life and also at
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the same time maintain their blood sugar
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levels at a normal range and so the
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fifth point is that you're going to go
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blind and lose your leg when you become
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diabetic
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so
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going back to the video that the
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overview about diabetes we talked about
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the courses we talked about the risk
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factors they also talked about
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management and what we call
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complications
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so for people who have uncontrolled
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blood sugar levels
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they are at risk of developing diabetic
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complications and there are so many you
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have kidney problems you have the
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blindness you have amputation because of
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poor food care
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poor management of blood sugar level
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comes with a lot of complications
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but are you not safe if you're following
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a good diet if you're doing food care if
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you're taking medications when you're
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also physically active you're able to
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prevent this diabetic complication and
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therefore do you have to worry about
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blindness you have to worry about
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amputation and losing your leg no so
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this statement is not true
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unless you're careless and you're not
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controlling your sugars when you're not
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following a proper diet you're not doing
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food care you're not taking your
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medications on this it is recommended
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then definitely you are exposing
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yourself to a lot of complications and a
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lot of money is going to be used to to
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be for you to be able to manage these so
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many other diseases that you may come
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along however 60 percent of your of
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management of diabetes comes from your
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diet that means you have control
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over your blood sugar levels just by
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using your diet so using the potion
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control method looking at how much of
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what
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food you're eating then you're on a
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safer side also medications following
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your medications properly as recommended
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by your doctor is very important and
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another thing is food care when your
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diabetes can get cats and wounds they
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take too long to heal because
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elevated blood sugar levels make a very
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good environment for bacteria and where
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bacteria is it makes impossible
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very difficult for ones to heal so that
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is what not russia diabetic patient
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would want to get into
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so
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it is not true that you'll definitely go
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blind don't lose your legs what you need
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to do is to control your blood sugar
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levels when
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diet food care medications physical
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activity is your way to go
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and so the sixth point is diabetic
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people cannot be involved in sports
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activities
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so
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is it true was it false is it true is it
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false so you cannot limit someone into
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participating
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in sports activities however when you're
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talking about diabetes you're talking
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about hyperglycemia i save it and
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hyperglycemia so over exercising
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vigorous activities can easily lead to
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hypoglycemia
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so if you're a diabetic patient and you
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are in a sports activity then you need
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to work very closely with a doctor with
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a nutritionist so that you can be able
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to uh
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avoid getting into hypoglycemia so
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because over exercising like i've
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already said might
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might lead into hypoglycemia and
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hypoglycemia is very bad it can lead to
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loss of life so that is not what you
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want to get to so we are not limiting
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anyone into sports activities however
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close monitoring is very important okay
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last but not least is that people who
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are diabetic are prone to so many
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infections
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yes this is true because uncontrolled
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sugars okay when you have uncontrolled
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sugars when you're already a
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non-diabetic patient then your immunity
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is going to be to become low
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like i've already said uncontrolled
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blood sugar levels lead to so many
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medical complications already and so
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lowering your immunity
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even welcomes more infections and more
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diseases into your system that is not
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what you want when you're already
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diabetic so it is true that a diabetic
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patient is at risk of infections only
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when the sugars are not controlled but
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for a person who is following the diet
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where controlling their sugars well then
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there is no
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fear of having a low immunity
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and therefore you're able to prevent
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these infections so
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i wanted this video to be very brave so
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that i open a discussion i want you to
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leave all your concerns about diabetes
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down on the comment section below i'm a
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nutritionist i can be able to handle
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most of your questions however if the
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questions are not at my capacity i'm
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able to link
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you to a professional who can be able to
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help you get answered to your questions
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so this video plus the diabetic plate
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method video plus all the foods you need
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to iterate onto your diabetic from the
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overview of diabetes all these videos
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are very nice and very informative i
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want you to watch all these videos share
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to your friends and family leave your
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questions also um
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i do have a facebook page that also
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carries a lot of nutrition information i
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love to talk about health and nutrition
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because my motto is embracing a healthy
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lifestyle no matter what
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in diseases once you're in diseases or
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without diseases you'll still want to
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maintain a healthy lifestyle so that is
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very important is a very important
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aspect in maintaining a healthy
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lifestyle so thank you so much for
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joining me today
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and until next time
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bye
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