Diabetes and Hypertension Prevention

Hypertension is blood pressure of 140/90 or higher. Hypertension and Diabetes are very serious illnesses that can put you at risk of a lot of complications. In addition to taking the medication prescribed to you by your health care professional, you have to follow the diet and exercise program in order to remain healthy.

 

According to our gust speaker today, Mrs. Dionne Dames-Rahming pictured below;

 

A typical diabetic's plate should be half filled with green vegetables, a quarter of the plate should be lean meat or fish (not fried fish), and the other quarter should be carbohydrates, which can also included starchy vegetables like corn and peas.

 

 

Salt has a horrible relationship with Hypertension (High Blood Pressure). When you have a high salt content in your diet, it raises your risk for one of the diabetic complications such as Stroke and Heart Attack, so we definitely need to reduce our intake. Any type of aerobic exercise, or any exercise that will get your heart beating will help you to lose weight.

 

So in summary, in order to control Diabetes and Hypertension, we have to do the following;

Together let's stay healthy and safe.