Most Eating Carbohydrates Can Care For Children With Diabetes

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JAKARTA - Type 2 diabetes in children can start from a diet with a high glycemic index such as high carbohydrates, flour, sugar and transfat oil.

Chairman of the Central Board of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) reminded parents that if children from the beginning were constantly fed high foods in the glycemic index, especially low-nutrient snacks but high in fat or junk food levels, then this can quickly increase blood sugar and drop it back drastically.

"They are hungry again, eating something like that continues like that so insulin will be produced continuously. Insulin will continue to have high levels in the blood and then the pancreatic will work too much (so that diabetes occurs)," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 2.

Not only type 2 diabetes, children who contain type 1 diabetes if they are constantly given junk food will also cause their blood sugar to fluctuate easily.

"Even type 1 diabetes children, if they are constantly given junk food, the need for fast work insulin will be very high and blood sugar sometimes hyper, hypo, need insulin and this increases health costs," said Piprim.

Piprim advises children to get animal protein food plus green vegetables so that they are full longer so they don't eat unhealthy snacks.

In addition to maintaining a diet, children also need to adopt other healthy lifestyles such as being active in moving, exercising, and getting enough sleep.

"Other lifestyle styles such as gadgets, children who don't want to move, exercise, lack of sleep will also accelerate the occurrence of generative diseases, premature aging due to chronic inflammation," said Piprim.

Piprim said diabetes begins with insulin resistance which begins with continuous insulin levels triggered by height so that the body becomes resistant, then finally the pancreatic is tired so that diabetes occurs. This condition, once again, is closely related to eating patterns.

According to him, type 2 diabetes, which is usually experienced by adults aged 40 years and over, now also attacks many teenagers. Diseases, which include diseases related to aging problems, are also referred to as new diseases due to lifestyle, new lifestyle disease.