On 14 September, the birthday of the meter on the YouTube channel DiaChallenge released the first of a series of unusual reality show. The season will last 3 months: every Friday, the creators lay out one issue, showing the lives of people with diabetes of the 1st type.
It was removed for people who have the same diagnosis?
Not only, though for them in the first place. Diabetes is the real pandemic of the 21st century: with such diagnosis in the world live more than 400 million people. From it nobody is insured, but at the same time around the disease is still a lot of myths and prejudices.
So show DiaChallenge all you need. Through such projects, people making insulin shots in the street, stop to look addicted in the eyes of others. And classmates, hearing the diagnosis of “diabetes” will not be otkazyvatsa in school, thinking that it’s contagious.
Besides, recommendations for people with diabetes often coincide with the recommendations for people without diabetes. Experts DiaChallenge is a psychologist, endocrinologist, trainer. They tell not only about disease but also about proper nutrition, sports and control of their emotional state. The show will be interesting to all who are interested in their own health.
Why is it important?
Life with diabetes is hard work, every second a struggle. For someone disease becomes a burden for someone- incentive, but for someone – and those and others simultaneously. Task DiaChallenge – to challenge that part of yourself that wants to give up. To show that with diabetes, you can operate and control it.
The creators of the show tell about the lives of people with this diagnosis, destroy harmful and dangerous stereotypes like “diabetes is sweet”. And the project clearly shows that quality of life varies greatly, if the health be approached comprehensively.
What are the participants of the show?
First of all, the ability to understand your body and control the disease. And the participant who reached the best results, will get 100 000 rubles.
Here is what the experts project:
“To fully compensate the patient with the experience of 20 years in 3 months is impossible. But to determine the vector work really. Together with psychologist and coach, we helped participants to challenge laziness and indecision, to assess the benefits of quality self-control, balanced diet, competent approach to sports activities, efficient allocation of time and other necessary to compensate for factors”
Anastasia Plesea, endocrinologist, head of the Department of endocrinology and nutrition network of clinics “Capital”, the employee fgbu “SSC immunology Institute” FMBA of Russia, author and host of “Hormones under the gun” on Mediametrics
“I have the same as the participants, type 1 diabetes. When I was diagnosed, I heard different tips, including “quit the sport”. I haven’t done and have no regrets. My task on the project was to help participants learn how to combine sports and insulin, in particular, to avoid episodes of hypoglycemia during exercise. We have also figured out how to use sport to reduce and body weight gain, talked about insulin resistance, interrelation of physical activity and nutrition, and more”
Alexey Shkuratov, coach, candidate master of sports in acrobatics, CCM power triathlon, the Vice-champion of the North-West bodybuilding Vice-champion of Russia and Eastern Europe on bodybuilding.
Who came up with that idea?
Catherine Argir – the first Deputy of the General Director of “ELTA”. It is the only Russian manufacturers of devices for measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood. In pharmacies you can find them under the brand name “Satellite”.
“The project DiaChallenge was born, because we want to be healthy in the first place among public values. Watch it will be useful and interesting not only to people with diabetes and their families, but also people not associated with the disease,” says Catherine.