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Let Diet be Your Medicine
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May 31, 2021
#dietplan #weightloss "prevention is better than cure" Let's talk about easy ways to avoid too many medications, by simply being on the right #diet. . SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week. . ❤️For Business inquiries. EMAIL: [email protected] . ❤️ FIND ME. WEBSITE: https://simplenutrition.co.ke FB: https://www.facebook.com/MirriamAkiru/ INSTAGRAM : @mirriam_akiru . ❤️Videos you may Enjoy. . "This channel is intended for educational purposes only. Contains knowledge I have gained over the years in my practice as a nutritionist, and I'm glad to share. It's always a happy learning experience here."
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welcome back to my channel thank you so
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much for tuning in
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if you're new here this is a nutrition
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and lifestyle channel on this channel i
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give you very easy
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very simple tips and tricks that can
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help you
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embrace a healthy lifestyle so please
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consider subscribing and turn on your
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notification bell so that you don't miss
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out on videos
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that i post the last time we were here
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we were discussing about cancer and we
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were talking about how to keep good
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nutrition
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before during and even after
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treatment for cancer and especially
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we're talking about the side effects
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that come about when you have undergone
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chemotherapy
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as a form of treatment for your cancer
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and we discussed
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quite a lot but today we are going to
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talk about a quad
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that is a very very common court and it
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goes like when
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your diet is right then medicine is of
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known need
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okay when your diet is right
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medicine is of no need and we are going
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to talk about so many uh
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conditions how many diseases that you
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could actually prevent
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or you can easily manage it not
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necessarily with
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medicine but with your diet so when
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you're talking about nutrition we are
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talking about all the food groups we are
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talking about the importance of having
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good nutrition
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whether you have diseases or not okay
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and most especially in nutrition you
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want to focus on the prevention rather
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than on the cure
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because there are so many things you
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could do with your diet that would
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prevent you from getting into serious
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serious uh medical conditions
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the first this is uh or the first
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condition i want us to discuss is
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obesity
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so how does obesity come about how do
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you know you are obese
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we use a bmi to tell if you're obese
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overweight underweights or you have a
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normal nutritional status
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and so when your bmi is above 30 that
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means you're obese
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and obese comes about when you have a
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very poor diet
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very poor diet habits very poor eating
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habits
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you're consuming a lot of junk you are
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physically inactive
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you are eating more than what your body
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needs your portion size is a bit
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bigger than you develop obesity and when
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you have
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obesity you are introducing so many
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other medical conditions to your body
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you're talking about heart diseases
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you're talking about diabetes you're
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talking about high blood pressure
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the more diseases you have in your body
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you're giving your body a very very
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difficult time
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okay so obesity is a condition you can
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easily prevent by eating right
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by making sure that it's right and in
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this case i'm talking about
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portion control okay i have done a video
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on portion control and i've talked
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about portion control so many times
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portion control is very important for
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weight management
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okay you don't want to get too obesity
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you want to prevent
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obesity because weight loss can be very
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difficult for most people
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and so you don't want to get a state
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where you will have difficult time
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managing it
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if it's your portion control that is the
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problem you need to change that
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if it is your four choices that has a
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problem you need to change that
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and also did a a video on food choices
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you need to make
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your food choices right all the time in
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this case
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when your diet is right you're
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preventing obesity
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you are preventing occurrence of other
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cardiovascular diseases
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and therefore medicine will be of no
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need
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the second condition i wish us to talk
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about is type 2 diabetes
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okay type 2 diabetes has become so
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so common uh these days and
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mostly it comes because of lifestyle
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changes okay
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most people these days prefer fast foods
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prefer
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takeout prefer junk and
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therefore they develop obviously i've
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said before obesity
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predisposes you to the risk of
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developing type 2 diabetes
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inactivity physical inactivity
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predisposes you to developing type 2
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diabetes
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and when you have type 2 diabetes of
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course you need to be on medication
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okay and the more uncontrolled your
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diabetes is
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the more medicines you're going to use
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so in this case we are going to talk
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about
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not prevention but you already have type
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2 diabetes
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okay diet for diabetes is very important
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keep in mind moderating your sugar
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intake okay keep in mind physical
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activity never forget to
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be physically active patient control
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when it comes diabetes is very important
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and we also have the diabetic plate
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where half of your plate
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is vegetables okay half of your plate is
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vegetables and that is very important
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because the fiber in food helps you
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control the sugars
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in your blood and and more so
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uncontrolled diabetes has
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so many complications okay you you you
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see people diabetic food
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you see people with poor eyesight you
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see people with kidney damage
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and the more medical conditions
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introduced to your body i think
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that introduces more medicines to
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your system so following a very strict
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diabetic that
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helps you also prevent occurrence of
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diabetic
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complications and therefore you're able
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to also reduce the amount of medicines
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that you take that condition you're
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going to talk about is high blood
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pressure
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okay high blood pressure may be caused
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by smoking
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intake of alcohol stress
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poor dietary habits and so much more so
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high blood pressure is also linked to
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diet
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you need to adjust that when you have
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high blood pressure you're already
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diagnosed with high blood pressure you
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need to adjust your diet
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for example if you continue increasing
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your intake of salt and you already have
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high blood pressure
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you will be unable to manage your blood
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pressure i'm going to add a link to the
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video that i did on high blood pressure
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the that mistakes we do when you have
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high blood pressure
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because you need to limit your intake of
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salt
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because of course sodium increases your
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your blood pressure very very fast so in
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your diet you need to limit
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the use of salt especially added salt
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the table salt okay
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you also need to increase your intake of
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fiber
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foods rich in fiber you also need to
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increase
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intake of food reaching potassium okay
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so you'll see the link between that and
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high blood
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pressure it's very important and again
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like i've said in the
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in managing or in management of diabetes
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when you have high blood pressure that
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means you're already on medication
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okay and the more uncontrolled your
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blood pressure is
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that means the more medication you use
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again same thing here
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when you follow a good dab when you
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follow the dietary guidelines for high
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blood pressure
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that means you're able to also reduce
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the amount of medicines you're taking to
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manage your blood pressure
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another medical control that can be
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easily controlled by that is took decay
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i think so many people have problems
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with their teeth and it's because
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of diet you're eating too much sugar
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from sweets or from foods and maybe you
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have very poor dental hygiene
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and therefore that sugar leads to decay
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and when you have to decay are you able
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to eat very well are you able to
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continue
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eating as you always do no when you have
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tooth decay you might have pain and that
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will limit your nutrient intake
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so truth decay is something that you can
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also control you by simply
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following a good diet and in this case
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if you don't have to decay you don't
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need medication okay
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lastly is anemia okay and i'm going to
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talk about the iron deficiency anemia
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because that one is the one that is
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linked to
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to diet when you have anemia what
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happens you become fatigued you become
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weak you develop severe headaches you
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cannot even do
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your normal activities as you wish to
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you also have loss of appetite you also
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have nausea you know you can also
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develop vomiting
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that has a very adverse effect on your
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on your nutrient intake and so you need
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to increase
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your intake of foods eating iron in this
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case red meat we are talking about fish
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we are talking about spinach we are
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talking about beans
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we are talking about peas all these
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foods will help you resolve the anemia
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even with no need for medication
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okay so in a nutshell and what i'm
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saying is
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uh even though prevention is better than
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cure
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sometimes you step into the hospital
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when you already have that medical
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condition
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and um when you are advised to adjust
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your diet here and there it's very
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important for you to follow those
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guidelines
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because that will help you also reduce
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the dosage of medications that you're
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taking reduce the number of medications
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that you're taking so thank you so much
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for joining me today
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i wanted this video to be as short and
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precise as possible
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i'm going to leave a link to the video
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that i did on diabetes
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and also the video that i did on high
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blood pressure so that you can
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get to understand all those that
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mistakes that we keep making
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that we can easily prevent that you can
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easily stop making
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okay and make your diet right so that
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you don't need
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medication okay when your diet is right
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medication is of no need okay
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until next time bye