Many people believe or have likened diabetes to a death sentence, that when one has it, it would be difficult to recover from or totally eliminate it. Diabetes Mellitus continues to be among the Top 5 causes of death in the Philippines.
Many people believe or have likened diabetes to a death sentence, that when one has it, it would be difficult to recover from or totally eliminate it.
Medically speaking, this means having Hemoglobin A1c , a test that determines the body’s blood glucose levels for two to three months, levels at below 48mmol/mol or 6.5 percent, a definition that has been agreed upon by a team of international experts from Diabetes UK, the American Diabetes Association, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, it said.
He said that following a very low-calorie diet and time-restricted fasting for 16 hours can help persons with type 2 diabetes lose weight, which ultimately can induce diabetes remission. Dr. Hamdy also mentioned the Diabetes Remission Outcome Protocol , which used this nutrition intervention for 12 weeks together with strength training, and then followed by nine months of a low-calorie diet and exercise.
It is for this reason, Dr. Dimaano revealed, that Abbott, together with an international group of experts, developed what he called the “transcultural Diabetes Nutrition Algorithm” or “tDNA,” a global diabetes nutrition care model that translates nutrition recommendations based on cultural differences in diets and lifestyle to improve diabetes management and outcomes.
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