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A Healthy Future Starts With A Change In The Present

sugary and fatty foods. It doesn’t have to be completely, but lowering your intake of these two unhealthy eating habits will do you more good than you think.

Eating vegetables daily along with fruit and food high in fiber and low in fats is the way to go when changing your diet. Find good recipes that appeal to your taste buds and are good for your body.

Substitute carbs with whole grain foods (bread, rice, pasta, etc). Doing your own research and talking to a nutritionist is a great way to go about a healthier lifestyle as well. 

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Prevention Tactics You Can Do To Lower Your Risk

Besides changing your diet and eating more fruits and vegetables instead of processed, fatty and sugary foods, there are other ways to prevent type 2 diabetes.

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Exercising is one of them. You can start out slow, but keeping your body moving every day and working up a slight sweat on the regular can help with prevention drastically. This can lead to weight loss, which is another way of preventing diabetes (type 2).

Another way is making sure you don’t stay inactive for too long. Every 30 minutes to an hour you should be getting up and moving around unless you absolutely can’t.

As mentioned before, success looks different for everyone but the one thing everyone can have in common when it comes to a successful life is making sure that on top of your end goals, you are living a healthy life for your mind, body and spirit.

May 17, 2022 by Jaleesa Robinson

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