Women in the study were not obese, had not yet reached menopause, and nonsmokers.  At the beginning of the study, women underwent a detailed physical examinations, including measures of weight and body fat. Were also submitted to an analysis of seven days of food they ate, which were weighed and registered to each bite of food they ate.

Three years later, women were subjected to another round of physical examinations and analysis of food intake. The point of departure was no surprise: women tend to gain weight and body fat as they age and become less physically active.

But not all women gained weight. Even without exercising more, women who made an effort to eat less and control food were 69% less likely to win more than 1 kilo and were 2.4 times less likely to gain 3 pounds or more. It is never too early or too late to control what you eat.

Women who increased their “emotional eating”, ie, eating as a way to cope with feeling depressed, alone, bored, anxious, worried or other emotional states, they were also more likely to gain weight than women who did not increase this type of behavior. “To prevent weight gain, these women have to learn to control the consumption of food during emotionally difficult situations.” Some previous studies suggested that women who try to eat less actually end up gaining weight because their feelings of deprivation lead to cycles in eating compulsively but found no evidence of this, despite acknowledging that intake usually occurs in people trying to eat less.

The regulation of food intake through a strict diet can lead to eating compulsively from time to time, but in the long run, fewer calories consumed and the risk of weight gain is much lower in women who try to control food intake. In fact, women have to increase the time in doing this control of food to avoid gaining weight and body fat.

He explained that pre-diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal in a range of 100 to 125 mg / dL, but not high enough to diagnose diabetes. “Primary prevention of this problem is based on a healthy diet and increasing physical activity, actions that can slow or even prevent the disease from developing.”

However, the medical internist also said that when a change in lifestyle is insufficient as soon as possible to use some drugs such as acarbose (Glucobay) recommended by the International Diabetes Federation as an optimal therapy in the care and treatment of prediabetes.

This recommendation was based on the results of the study to prevent diabetes mellitus in non-insulin-dependent (STOP-NIDDM, for short), which showed that acarbose treatment can significantly slow down the glucose intolerance even lead to a normal level, 36% reduction in the progression of prediabetes to type 2 diabetes, in addition to the 49% decrease in risk of first cardiovascular event and 91 percent in a myocardial infarction.

Dr. Alexanderson emphasized that these findings represent a breakthrough, because according to the American Diabetes Association approximately 11% of pre-diabetes can develop in a span of 5 to 10 years type 2 diabetes, even known to be 1.5 times more susceptible to stroke compared to a healthy person.

That’s why, once the pre-detected, physicians should initiate treatment involved mainly in the lifestyle. ” He explained that “only gradually lose weight through a balanced diet, perform 30 minutes of exercise a day and taking their oral medication may be among those Glucobay, patients can slow its progression to the type 2 diabetes.”

Said that cardiovascular disease can appear before clinical diabetes, even with abnormalities that predispose to the development of atherosclerosis (blockage of arteries due to accumulation of fats that impede blood flow). Hence, “normalize glucose levels in pre-diabetes also prevents the deterioration of cardiovascular health, especially in people older than 40 years with a family history of diabetes or other risk factors, including consumption of snuff and high cholesterol.”

The specialist noted that in this sense the self is the compass of diabetes control, as it allows the doctor and relatives view the body’s response to treatment. However, he said that the biggest problem is that patients are not educated to this practice in a proper and mistakenly think that the meters are difficult to use.

However, there are free art calibration equipment for use very simple, to promote patient autonomy and responsibility regarding the control of their disease. “These innovative teams offer an accuracy close to 96 percent, requiring a minimal amount of blood are small, portable, practical and the results are easy to read, so that patients can use safely and with confidence.

It is known that the body has remarkable healing energies given the right conditions. Improving nutrition and some positive changes in the way of life, many couples have achieved excellent results