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Xiao Liang is a programmer in his early 30s, and lately he has been feeling inexplicably tired, his mouth is dry, and his appetite has become unusually strong.
At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was just a physical discomfort caused by work pressure, but after resting for a while, the symptoms did not ease, but tended to intensify.
Under the urging of his family, Xiao Liang decided to go to the hospital for a proper examination.
At the hospital, the doctor carefully inquired about Xiaoliang's symptoms and usual habits, and then prescribed him a series of checklists, including fasting blood glucose, postprandial blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, etc.
Xiao Liang waited for the results of the examination with some apprehension, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
A few days later, the doctor found Xiao Liang with the test sheet and said seriously: "Xiao Liang, your fasting blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin are higher than normal, combined with your symptoms, the preliminary diagnosis is type 2 diabetes."
Xiao Liang felt a thunderbolt from the sky, he didn't expect to get this disease at all, he couldn't help but ask the doctor: "Doctor, I'm only in my 30s, how can I get diabetes?" Is there a mistake with the test sheet?"
The doctor explained that type 2 diabetes is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, but in recent years, there has been a trend of younger people.
This is closely related to genetic factors, unhealthy lifestyles, such as sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, overeating, preference for high-calorie, high-fat foods, etc.
Xiao Liang listened to the doctor's words and suddenly realized that the nature of his work determined that he needed to work at the desk for a long time every day and be sedentary;
In order to catch up with the project, he often stayed up all night, day and night reversed; In addition, meals are inseparable from fast food box lunches, and vegetables and fruits are rarely eaten, so it is no wonder that you get diabetes.
The doctor went on to say that although type 2 diabetes cannot be completely cured, it can be well managed by improving lifestyle, controlling diet, and exercising.
Poor blood sugar control can lead to various complications, such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, etc., which can seriously affect the quality of life.
The doctor told Xiaoliang to monitor blood sugar regularly, take medicine on time if necessary, and adjust the diet structure as soon as possible, eat more coarse grains, fresh vegetables and fruits, eat less refined foods and sweets, exercise moderately, and control weight.
Xiao Liang asked the doctor that he saw someone on the Internet saying that not eating staple foods and only eating meat dishes can reverse diabetes, but he didn't know if it was reliable.
Doctors shake their heads and say that while limiting carbohydrate intake can help control blood sugar, less is not always better.
Although an extreme low-carb diet can lower blood sugar in the short term, it does not fundamentally improve insulin resistance, and blood sugar is likely to rebound once a normal diet is resumed.
Moreover, it is easy to cause nutritional imbalance and other health problems if you hardly eat staple foods for a long time.
The most important thing is that this diet is difficult to adhere to in the long term, and many people will eventually give up. After leaving the hospital, Xiao Liang was determined to manage his diabetes well.
He began to learn about diabetes, and under the guidance of his doctor, he formulated a diet plan, reasonably combining staple foods, proteins, vegetables and fruits, and minimizing the intake of refined carbohydrates such as white rice, white noodles, and sweets.
At the same time, he began to keep exercising, walking or jogging for 30 minutes every day, doing several sets of stretching exercises in the office space, and getting up to move his muscles and bones after sitting for a long time.
In this way, Xiao Liang persevered for several months, and the effect was obvious.
His fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar have dropped, his weight has slowly decreased, and his mental state and sleep quality have improved a lot.
At the follow-up visit, the doctor affirmed his blood sugar control and encouraged him to maintain good lifestyle habits.
Xiaoliang's experience has taught us that although type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease, with good self-management, complications can be avoided or delayed and quality of life can be improved.
Instead of blindly believing in the so-called "reversal" recipe, it is better to follow the doctor's instructions, adjust your diet, keep exercising, and monitor regularly to keep your blood sugar within a safe range.
At the same time, it is important to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude, not to see diabetes as an invincible enemy, but to learn to live with it and live a wonderful and quality life.
Controlling type 2 diabetes does not happen overnight and requires long-term adherence to a healthy lifestyle.
But as long as we have determination and perseverance, I believe that we will be able to manage this "sweet burden" well, so that the tree of life will be evergreen, and the road of life will be broad and long.
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