Tips for healthy eating

Tips of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier choices:

1.         Base your meals on starchy foods

Starchy foods should make up around one third of the foods you eat. Starchy foods include potatoes, cereals, pasta, rice and bread. They contain more fiber, and can make you feel full for longer.

2.         Eat lots of fruit and vegetables

It’s recommended that we eat at least five portions of different types of fruit and vegetables a day.

Tips for Breastfeeding Success

1.        Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff.

2.        Train all health care staff in the skills necessary to implement this policy.

3.        Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding.

4.        Help the mother initiate breastfeeding within a half hour of birth.

5.        Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from their infants.

6.        Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk unless medically indicated.

7.        Practice rooming-in; allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day.

8.        Encourage breastfeeding on demand.

9.        Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers) to breastfeeding infants.

10.    Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.

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Can Diabetes be Prevented?

The origin of the name “diabetes mellitus” is Greek, referring to sweetness or honey (mellitus) that passes through (diabetes). The two most common types of diabetes are Type 1 diabetes (the insulin dependent type)  and Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent).

Type 1 diabetes is the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Type 2 diabetes is that the body does not make enough insulin to meet its needs and the insulin does not work normally to control glucose levels. This is termed “insulin resistance” and leads to hyperglycemia.

Although an area of active research, there is currently no proven means of preventing type 1 diabetes. However, these lifestyle changes minimize the risk of, and may actually prevent, type 2 diabetes:

Maintain a healthful weight

Most people who develop type 2 diabetes are overweight. Aggressive efforts aimed at achieving and maintaining a healthful weight may be beneficial, especially in combination with exercise.

Eat a balanced diet

A diet low in saturated fat and sugar and high in complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber also has been linked to a reduced risk of diabetes.

Exercise

People who exercise regularly have a significantly lower incidence of type 2 diabetes.