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General guidance on a healthy diet will include the following:
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 	<li>Increase consumption of a low Glycemic index carbohydrate food</li>
 	<li>Increase Fiber intake (Fruits and vegetables)</li>
 	<li>Reducing intake of saturated fatty acids</li>
 	<li>Reducing Sugar intake</li>
 	<li>Reducing Salt</li>
</ul>
<strong><u>Diet Control (Very Low Calorie Diet) </u></strong>

Very low calorie diet is defined as the one with a calorie intake of 1,000 or less. The recommended calorie intake for adults is 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men.

A very low calorie diet includes replacing conventional foods with diet milkshakes, soups or bars.

<em>Recommendations</em>: A very low calorie diet should not be maintained as longer than 12 weeks as it will lead to complications like heart problems.

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column offset="vc_col-md-6"][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="2412" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="0" full_height="0" row_padding="no_padding" particles="0"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1679731191889{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]<strong>That’s why the risk factors play a key role:</strong>
<ul>
 	<li>You are at increased risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes if you are already suffering from Blood pressure</li>
 	<li>If you are white and above 40 or you are African, Caribbean, Black African or South Asia (Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) and above 25 then you are at increased risk of developing diabetes.</li>
 	<li>You are 2 to 6 times more likely to get Type 2 Diabetes if your parents are suffering from diabetes</li>
 	<li>If you are overweight, then you are at increased risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.</li>
 	<li>Eating red and processed meat predisposes you to higher risk of developing diabetes</li>
</ul>
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row color_set="light_section" full_width="0" full_height="0" row_padding="no_padding" sep_bottom="separator_bottom sep_angled_positive_bottom" particles="0"][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-md-4"][vc_empty_space height="48px"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="2164" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" offset="vc_col-md-4"][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title="Diagnosing Prediabetes"][vc_column_text]The most precise test for diagnosing a prediabetes is checking your HbA1c levels which gives you a measure of average blood sugar for the last 3 months. It should be below 5.7%, a level of 5.7% to 6.4% indicates prediabetes and a level of 6.5% or more indicates diabetes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="48px"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="2307" img_size="290x174" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]