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healthy lifestyle can help people live life to to spend their retirement years doing whatever the fullest. There are many components to a they please. healthy lifestyle, and few may be as influential One disease that can be especially limiting is type as prevention. 2 diabetes. According to the National Institute on Preventive measures to reduce one’s risk for Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, diabetes various diseases can have a long-lasting effect, occurs when blood glucose levels are too high. Blood helping people maintain their independence well glucose, sometimes referred to as “blood sugar,” comes into their golden years. In addition, a proactive from the foods a person eats and is the main source approach that focuses on disease prevention can of energy for his or her body. Insulin helps glucose improve the chances men and women will get from food get into the body’s cells so they can use
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