Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes are often directly related.
67% of Americans are overweight and 34% are obese according to the Center for Disease Control and the rest of the world is catching up.
Our progress toward obesity, and more alarmingly our acceptance of overweight and obesity as normal, has been gradual but has reached a critical point where we must take action.
Obesity is determined by Body Mass Index (BMI).
A BMI greater than 30 is considered obese.
Over 35 and you are morbidly obese.
Many people are quite surprised to find they are clinically overweight or obese.
You're more likely to develop a number of potentially chronic health problems if you are obese, including Type 2 Diabetes.
Regardless of outward appearances obesity has a detrimental effect on quality of life.
Mobility is restricted and even daily activities become a challenge.
Obesity can interfere with everything from family activities to intimate relations.
As bodies measurably grow larger public tolerance is evaporating and many challenge the logic of "supersizing" seating and other public accommodations.
discrimination is very real for those suffering obesity.
One of the chronic diseases often associated with obesity is Type 2 Diabetes.
In most cases the extra mass of an obese person puts excessive demands on the pancreas to produce insulin.
If you are new to Diabetes, it is an insidious disease.
My grandfather lost a leg to it.
My mother suffered diminished quality of life and died before her time.
In the case of Type 2 Diabetes, it is treatable, reversible and preventable.
If you suspect you have Diabetes seek care by a physician.
At the same time a careful evaluation of your nutrition can have a dramatic and lasting effect.
In conjunction with the treatment recommended by your doctor a personal wellness coach can help you use nutrition as a tool to reverse the ill effects of the disease.
If you choose to get aggressive about attaching the likely contributing factors of your Type 2 Diabetes, let your doctor know you are working on your weight and nutrition and have yourself tested regularly.
As you improve and your body heals your doctor may want to adjust your insulin or meds.
Taking a nutritional approach treats the root of the problem.
Providing nutrients on the cellular level brings wellness and energy and allow you to return to a more normal lifestyle.
For a person suffering Type 2 Diabetes as a result of obesity, a personal wellness coach can be helpful to provide objectivity and consistent motivation.
An experienced coach can monitor and point out the progresses that are being achieved.
This positive reinforcement and objective viewpoint can often be the difference between success and failure when it comes to managing diabetes through nutrition.