Kalpa Pathak, Diabetes Canada
Our guest speaker, Kalpa Pathak, is the Community Engagement Coordinator from Diabetes Canada and has been with the organization for over a year.
Diabetes is Serious! 11 Million Canadians currently have diabetes or prediabetes. 14 Million Canadians will have Diabetes or Prediabetes by 2027. One Canadian is diagnosed with Diabetes every three minutes and 1.5 million Canadians have type 2 Diabetes and don't know it.
What is Diabetes? It is a disease that occurs when your bloor sugar is too high. This happens when your body cannot produce enough insulin or cannot properly use the insulin that it produces. It is a chronic often debilitating disease.
Types of Diabetes: Type 1, Type 2, Gestational and Prediabetes
Prediabetes: Blood glucose levels are higher than normal but below the level to be diagnosed. There is a higher chance of developing Type 2 diabetes and there may be no symptoms.
Type 1: About 10% of people with Diabetes have Type 1. People with Type 1 must inject insulin multiple times a day. Diagnosed most often in children and young adults and cannot be prevented.
Type 2: About 90% of people with Diabetes have Type 2. The pancreas does not work properly.
Gestational: This is Diabetes that develops during pregnancy. It affects 3.7% of all pregnant women. Gestational Diabetes cannot be prevented and places women at higher risk for type 2 Diabetes.
Signs & Symtoms: Need to urinate often, feeling very thirsty, rapid changes in weight, feeling very tired, blurred vision, many infections, cuts and bruises are slow to heal, tingling or loss of feeling in the hands and feet. For Type 1 Diabetes, symptoms appear quickly and for Type 2 there are often NO symptoms. Sometimes symptoms may be slow to develop. Many people who have Type 2 Diabetes don't know they have it.
Healthy Food Choices: Vegetables, Grains & Fruit, Meat & Alternative, Fats & Oils
Top 5 Healthy Eating tips: Eat three meals per day at regular times and space meals no more than six hours apart; at each meal have at least three of the four key food groups from Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide; Eat high fibre foods; Follow the recomended portion sizes from Canada's Food Guide; Make lower fat choices.
Becoming More Active: 20 minutes every day (or 150 minutes each week); Resistance exercises are great for exercising many major muscle groups and do not put extra pressure on your joints.
The Vision of Diabetes Canada is to have a world free of the effects of Diabetes.
The Mission is to lead the fight against Diabetes by helping those affected by Diabetes to live healthy lives; Preventing the onset and consequences of Diabetes; Discovering a cure.
Induction
The Rotary Club of Brampton welcomes Emmanual Nwamadi who was inducted May 13, 2019. Emmanual’s classification is Manufacturing. Congratulations Emmanual and We look forward to working with you.
Coin Show
On Sunday, June2, 2019 the Coin Show will be held at Century Gardens. All volunteers are welcome. Please let Matt or Willard know if you are able to help out.
Poor Boys and Girls Luncheon
On September 30, 2019 our regular Monday meeting will be held at Century Gardens in honour of the Poor Boys and Girls Luncheon. This year Rotary Club of Heartlake, Rotary Club of Bramalea and Rotary Club of Brampton will be involved in supporting this event.