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Miguel Ángel Martínez-González (born in 1957 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish medical doctor, epidemiologist, professor, and nutrition researcher [1] [2] He has been often a visiting scholar at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Dept. Nutrition).
Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright (MD, FACE [1]) is a physician (endocrinologist) [2] and an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine [3] who serves as the Clinical Director of the LatinX Diabetes Clinic at UW Medicine's Diabetes Institute.
A diabetic diet is a diet that is used by people with diabetes mellitus or high blood sugar to minimize symptoms and dangerous complications of long-term elevations in blood sugar (i.e.: cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, obesity).
The main goal of diabetes management is to keep blood glucose (BG) levels as normal as possible. [1] If diabetes is not well controlled, further challenges to health may occur. [1] People with diabetes can measure blood sugar by various methods, such as with a BG meter or a continuous glucose monitor, which monitors over several days. [2]
Diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States in 2020. People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart disease or stroke as people without diabetes. There are three types of diabetes: Type 1, Type 2, and gestational (diabetes while pregnant). Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90%-95% of all cases. [1]
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Javier Mejías Leal (born 30 September 1983) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2017 for Fuji–Servetto, [3] [4] and Team Novo Nordisk. At the age of fifteen, Mejías was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. [2] Mejías was born, raised, and resides in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. [2]
Impaired fasting glucose is often without any signs or symptoms, other than higher than normal glucose levels being detected in an individual's fasting blood sample.There may be signs and symptoms associated with elevated blood glucose, though these are likely to be minor, with significant symptoms suggestive of complete progression to type 2 diabetes.