Healthy You Segment by Kanisha L. Meaders, FNP-BC, MSN According to the American Diabetes Association “Nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Another 57 million Americans have pre-diabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. One out of every 3 children (and 1 in 2 minority children) born in the United States today will face a future with diabetes if current trends continue”.
Unfortunately, diabetes has caused undue harm to many of our loved ones. Nerve damage caused by uncontrolled diabetes has resulted in a number of problems including nerve pain in hands and feet, heart disease, stroke, and is currently the leading cause of kidney failure and new cases of blindness in adults. Even more alarming is the rate of amputations in those with diabetes, which is said to be 10 times higher than those without diabetes.
BUT… (Cancelling everything above) THERE IS HOPE! An ounce of PREVENTION is worth a pound of CURE!
Understanding diabetes and its risks and complications will help us focus on ways to prevent the development of diabetes and/or help those who have been diagnosed with diabetes better manage their condition.
Medicine, as with any other occupation used to function in this physiological world, is a provision by God to aid in the care of His body (which consists of all of us). However, the physical body is only the transporter of the true life that dwells on the inside of this temple. That is why we should be mindful of how we care for our bodies. We should make sure we are consuming foods that give life to the body (lean meats, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables) rather than foods that only contain empty calories with no nutritional value (high sugar foods, over processed foods, and food with unnecessary high fat that clog arteries). We should also focus on getting regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight so that we do not put extra stress on those organs that are so vital to our existence. After all, we are to be good stewards over everything, including our body and our health.
The wealth of knowledge that God has allowed us to understand about the body is only a portion of what still is to be known about this unique creation He calls man. Psalms 8:4 says ‘What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visits him?” God makes it clear that “man” has a place of honor with Him. He has made provisions for man’s comfort even to the point of saving him through the finished works of Jesus Christ. Now that in itself is truly humbling and enough to be grateful for.
Be BLESSED ;D
~Kanisha L. Meaders- Family Nurse Practitioner~
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