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2022 Acura NSX Type S debuts with 600 HP, chassis tweaks and wilder looks

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The Type S is the ultimate NSX.


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2022 will be the final model year for the hybrid Acura NSX supercar, which launched in 2016 after a long gestation period. To mark the end of the NSX’s life, Acura is sending it off with an new higher-performance Type S model that just made its debut at Monterey Car Week with more power, improved dynamics and fresh styling.

The Type S retains the NSX’s hybrid setup, which features a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 engine paired with three electric motors. Type S-specific tweaks to the V6 include new intercoolers, new fuel injectors, and new turbochargers taken from the GT3 Evo race car. The engine’s output is now 520 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque, increases of 20 hp and 37 lb.-ft. over the standard car.  

Acura also tweaked the hybrid system’s battery, giving it 10% greater output and 20% higher usable capacity, which allowed for more power from the electric motors and a longer EV range (though Acura doesn’t specify how much longer). And the gear ratio for the dual motors at the front wheels is 20% lower, increasing off-the-line torque. Total output for the Type S is 600 hp and 492 lb.-ft., up 27 hp and 16 lb.-ft. over the regular NSX, making it Acura’s most powerful road car ever. Acura also says the Type S is its quickest production car ever, and while no performance specs are given, the brand does say it’ll lap the Suzuka circuit in Japan two seconds quicker than the normal NSX.

New bumpers, splitters and intakes improve cooling and downforce.


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The nine-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission has also been retuned. There’s a new Rapid Downshift feature that allows the driver to hold down the left paddle for 0.6-second, at which point the transmission selects the lowest possible gear — no more need to click through individual gears. Upshifts in Sport and Sport Plus modes are 50% quicker when using the paddles, and in Sport Plus the transmission now downshifts almost immediately if the brakes are hit without the car getting manually downshifted. In Track mode the Type S can be downshifted earlier, thanks to a rev threshold that’s 1,500 rpm higher.

Upgrades for the Type S aren’t limited to the powertrain. There are new forged five-spoke wheels that have a higher negative offset and widen the track by 0.4-inch at the front and 0.8-inch at the rear compared to the standard NSX, and they’re wrapped in special Pirelli P Zero tires that were developed specially for the Type S. The new tires are sized 245/35ZR19 at the front and 305/30ZR20 at the back, and Acura says they provide a 6% increase in lateral grip. The Type S has new suspension calibrations for less body roll and brake dive, the torque vectoring system has improved response at turn-in and corner exit, and the active engine and intake sound systems have been overhauled to provide a more “integrated” engine note. A new Lightweight Package adds carbon-ceramic brakes (already an option on the standard NSX), a carbon-fiber engine cover and lots of carbon interior trim. It costs $13,000, and Acura says it reduces weight by 58 pounds.

The new wheels have special Pirelli tires.


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Of course, Acura couldn’t put out a Type S model without changing the styling, too. The front bumper is completely new, ditching the regular car’s mustachioed look for a much pointier nose with larger air intakes. The carbon-fiber front splitter reduces lift, and the outboard intakes act as air curtains through to the sides of the car. At the rear is a redesigned bumper with a larger carbon diffuser that improves downforce, with little fins that prevent wake from the tires. A carbon-fiber roof is now standard, and there’s carbon on the side skirts and spoiler too. The mirrors, door handles and badges are gloss black, the exhaust has a dark finish, and the head and taillights have tinted lenses. Finally, the Type S gets decals on the quarter panels, a numbered plaque on the engine cowling and a red engine cover. Changes to the interior are fairly minimal, amounting to an Alcantara headliner, an embroidered Type S logo on the glovebox and embossed NSX logos on the headrests.

There will be no “regular” 2022 NSX, as every NSX that rolls off the line at Acura’s assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio will be a Type S. Only 350 will be built worldwide, with 300 of those coming to the US, marking the first time an NSX Type S has been sold outside of Japan. Seventy units of the total Type S production will be finished in a new matte Gotham Gray color. The NSX Type S will start at $171,495 including destination, which is just $12,000 more than the outgoing 2021 NSX. Order books are now open online, though Acura doesn’t say when deliveries will start.

The 2022 Acura NSX Type S is a proper supercar send-off


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Lotus Type 62-2 Coachbuilt By Radford Revealed: Gorgeous Looks, 600 HP

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You’ve probably never heard the name Radford before, and understandably so. The British coachbuilding venture hasn’t been around since the late 1960s. But now designer Mark Stubbs, motoring specialist Ant Anstead, and Formula One World Champion Jenson Button have revived the nameplate, and the end result of that triad of talent is this gorgeous Lotus Type 62-2 coachbuilt by Radford, the company’s first new project.

Inspired by the iconic Lotus Type 62 race car from the 1960s, this modern road-going version blends retro cues with contemporary chassis components from the latest Lotus Evora. And mounted in the middle, a supercharged 3.5-liter V6 engine delivers as much as 600 horsepower (447 kilowatts), depending on the spec.

The base Type 62-2 “Classic” uses the Evora’s standard supercharged 3.5-liter engine to produce 430 hp (321 kW). The “Gold Leaf” model sports that same engine, but with 500 hp (373 kW) thanks to upgraded pistons and camshafts. At the top of the range is the “JPS” variant, which boasts a new supercharger and upgraded tuning software to bring the total output to 600 horses (447 kW).

The Classic model sports a standard six-speed manual transmission with an optional seven-speed dual-clutch, while the Gold Leaf and JPS trims use the DCT exclusively and come with an electronic limited-slip differential. The Classic and Gold Leaf versions also get four-piston AP Racing brakes, while the JPS opts for more powerful carbon-ceramic stoppers.

No matter the trim though, each Type 62-2 uses the same Lotus monocoque chassis, with a bespoke rear subframe designed by Radford to improve strength, stiffness, and agility. That setup also helps keep the curb weight down; the Type 62-2 tips the scales at a dry weight of just 2,204 pounds (1,000 kilograms). And the company notes that Jenson Button personally calibrated the car to achieve “exceptional steering feel and driver feedback.”

Stylistically, the Classic version is the most subtle of the bunch. Designed without a rear wing, it wears 17-inch wheels up front and 18-inch wheels on the rear. The Gold Leaf model pays homage to the classic Lotus race car with retro livery, track-focused aerodynamics, and a prominent “double ducktail” spoiler specially applied by Lotus to improve downforce on the track. And this model rides on 18- and 19-inch wheels.

On the inside, the Type 62-S features two “wing mirror” cameras that project an image of the outside world onto the driver- and passenger-side A-pillars. The rear-view mirror is a camera as well – due to the solid rear panel – and a 6.0-inch digital cluster lives just behind the steering wheel. The digital dash includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, which allows you to pump audio from your phone through the five speakers within the cabin.

Radford doesn’t say how much this beauty will cost, but limited to just 62 units worldwide, we can’t imagine the Type 62-2 comes cheap. Production will start at the company’s facility in California beginning later this year, with the first example expected to hit the road early in 2022.

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The Radford Type 62-2 Is a Modern Take on a Sixties Folk Hero

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The Lotus legend is built almost entirely off the success of Colin Chapman’s Formula 1 team and the exceptional road cars his company built during that program’s golden age. However, the company also raced sports cars at the time, including the oft-forgotten Type 62 that raced and won in class as a test mule for the company’s 907 engine during the 1969 season. The freshly resurrected British coachbuilders at Radford felt that this car was worth remembering, so they have announced a limited production of 62 lightweight sports cars that carry on its design elements and spirit. They have a fitting partner, too: The Radford Type 62-2 will be built in alliance with Lotus themselves.

Being both inspired by and built in conjunction with Lotus, the Type 62-2 puts a heavy focus on weight savings. Lightness is added primarily through an aluminum chassis and a carbon fiber body, a combination that Radford claims leaves the car’s dry weight under their target of 2,204 pounds. the “simplify” half of the Lotus formula however, has been cleverly bypassed; this is a lightweight sports car inspired by a vintage racer, but it is one meant to function as a practical, usable road car, too.

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The uncompromising design shares all the dramatic hallmarks of the original Type 62, including some unique elements of a vintage racer of the day. However, those visual elements come with a few well-designed tricks to turn irritating elements into delightful advantages. Yes, the door line starts much higher than on the average road car, but the door itself features a GT40-style roof indentation (one Radford says is a tribute to the original Radford coachbuilder’s work on those doors on the first GT40 prototypes) that makes getting into the car fairly easy. A solid rear compartment would make traditional mirrors useless, but a clever camera solution built into the housings for what would normally hold side-view mirrors allows the driver to replicate the visibility of a much more traditional car. Even that densely-packed engine compartment leaves some room for luggage, a space that becomes even more useful if the buyer opts for custom luggage built by Radford partners Mason and Sons.

All Radford Type 62-2s feature a 3.5 liter supercharged V-6 that will sound very familiar to Lotus enthusiasts. However, the power output of that engine will be determined by the trim level the buyer chooses. The Classic guise boasts 430 horsepower, but the Gold Leaf trim level shown here brings internal improvements that bring power up to 500 hp. A JPS edition mentioned in the spec sheet upgrades the supercharger, taking the car up to 600 horsepower. The two higher trim levels come with a standard 7-speed dual clutch transmission and limited slip differential. Classic edition cars come with a standard 6-speed manual, but buyers will have the option to upgrade to both the 7-speed DCT and the more powerful motor from the Gold Leaf.

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Classic edition cars will feature solid colors and more conservative aerodynamics inspired by the first incarnations of the Lotus Type 62. Gold Leaf cars will wear aggressive double ducktail spoilers from the final forms of the racing car and a livery reminiscent of the classic red-gold-white scheme Lotus used when the car competed back in 1969. JPS cars will carry even more extreme aerodynamic features and will presumably be adorned in the black and gold John Player Special livery Lotus made famous in its later Formula 1 seasons.

Radford says that partner Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula 1 World Champion, participated directly in building out the car’s driving dynamics. Fellow partner Mark Stubbs designed the car itself. Both, along with television personality Ant Anstead and businessman Roger Behle, are co-founders of the modern incarnation of the legendary coachbuilder.

Just 62 Radford Type 62-2s will be built, each to the exacting custom specifications of the car’s individual buyers. As a result, the expectation is that each Type 62-2 will be a genuine one of a kind.

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Type Lumina Gets New Gameplay Trailer Introducing Hisui & Kohaku

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Type-moon released a new trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon launch both in Japan and in the west.

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Type-moon released a brand new trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon launch both in Japan and in the west.

The trailer focuses on two of the playable characters, Hisui and Kohaku. I guess you could define them one as they add as a tag-team and you select and play them together.

You can check it out below alongside an official description of the characters from the developer.

Hisui

“A maid for the Tohno family, responsible for household chores (except cooking) and taking care of Shiki.
She is Kohaku’s younger twin. Unlike her sister, she is known for wearing more modern, non-traditional clothing.
Her quiet nature makes her true feelings difficult to read, and her formal way of speaking has led Shiki to see her as being rather mechanical. Her fighting skills are not quite on the same level as her sister, but she holds her own well enough.”

Kohaku

“She and her twin sister Hisui have worked for the Tohno family since they were young. Her trademark outfit is an apron over a classic kimono. Apart from assisting Akiha, she does household chores and tends the garden. Her pharmaceutical knowledge means she is also responsible for Shiki when he falls ill. She is endlessly cheerful, always willing to help, and wears a constant smile.
In battle, Kohaku can be seen wielding the sword she keeps hidden in her broom, calling on strange plants, and even dropping fire bombs from above as if by magic. How she is capable of such things is still a mystery to those around her.”

Melty Blood: Type Lumina will release worldwide on September 30, 2021, for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam. you can check out the original announcement, an earlier trailer, plenty of screenshots, the introduction of Shiki Tohno, that of Kouma Kishima, the video focusing on Arcueid Brunestud, the trailer showcasing Ciel, and the promotion video for Akiha Tohno.

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Mariners author a new type of win, defeat Rockies 6-4

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If there’s a Mariners-style win this year, non-chaos division, it’s probably this: strong starting pitching holds the opposing team down enough for the offense to slowly stack a few runs on the board, either by scraping some runs off a starter or pouncing on the soft underbelly of another team’s bullpen, and then the bullpen comes in and closes the door. The majority of the heavy offensive lifting is done by the first three batters, who drag the rest of the lineup along behind them, with the bottom of the lineup occasionally punishing a mistake pitch for a solo homer. Tonight the Mariners flipped the script a little, spreading out the offense across the lineup and weathering a late-inning bullpen hiccup to guarantee at least a series split with the Rockies, meaning the Mariners haven’t lost a series since the Yankees came to town in early July.

The last time the Mariners faced Germán Márquez he had a perfect game going into the sixth inning, when Taylor Trammell put an end to that with a solo home run. With no Trammell in the lineup tonight it looked like Márquez might not perfecto the Mariners—Cal Raleigh worked his first ever big-league walk in the second inning to put an end to that idea early on—but a no-hitter felt very much on the table, as the Mariners’ approach of limiting Márquez from getting to a two-strike count and being able to deploy his curveball by swinging at the first pitch only resulted in quick innings for Márquez until the fourth inning, when Kyle Seager mercifully ended no-hit-watch by dunking a single into center field. Cal Raleigh followed that up with his first-ever MLB hit, but Jarred Kelenic and Dylan Moore struck out to end any threat.

Cal Raleigh had quite a night tonight on both sides of the dish—we’ll get to his offensive impact a little more later—as he helped Marco out of a little early trouble after Garrett Hampson singled three pitches into the game. Marco struck out Connor Joe, in for an injured Chris Owings, but during that at-bat Raleigh notched another first: his first MLB caught stealing.

Marco walked Trevor Story but got Charlie Blackmon to ground out to end the inning for a clean first inning. Overall his stuff looked much better tonight; his misses were mostly borderline pitches instead of big misses like they’ve been, and the changeup was an especially good weapon for him tonight, generating both whiffs and weak contact.

The one speedbump Marco hit tonight was in the fifth inning; he walked the eight-hole hitter, Joshua Fuentes, on five pitches, and then made a poor pitch to Connor Joe—88 middle-middle—which Joe redirected 440 feet for a no-doubter, non-Coors-aided two-run shot. That would be Marco’s last inning of the night, and two runs over five innings isn’t going to vastly improve his ERA, but having recapped Marco’s past few starts (and been sad while doing so), I can attest it was a much better-looking outing than his previous few.

Now trailing 2-0, it looked like the game was headed down a particularly stupid path as Mitch Haniger led off the next inning with a solid base hit, but was thrown trying to stretch what was maybe a generously-sized single into a hustle double but without the necessary hustle. Seager then hit a double that would have probably scored Haniger if he hadn’t had a sudden attack of the bad decisions, and then France hit a single that DEFINITELY would have scored Mitch if he hadn’t been overtaken by the farticus brainicus. That left the scoring opportunity in the hands of tenderfooted young rookie Cal Raleigh. I believe I actually said out loud, “no pressure, Cal.”

Make that no-pressure Cal:

Jarred Kelenic grounded out for the second out of the inning, which put any chance of scoring the go-ahead run into the slender yet strong hands of one Dylan Moore. DMo has been scuffling this year, especially on hittable pitches in the zone, which is maybe why Márquez felt like he could get away with grooving a slider middle-middle to him. And true to form, DMo fouled off that very hittable pitch. But then Márquez went back to that well a second time, and this time, this time Dylan did not miss:

Middle-of-the-order production? Extra-base hits and homers? It’s not the typical formula, but we are not mad about it, no we are not. Of course because this is a Mariners win there did have to be some top-of-the-order production, which came thanks to Mr. Ty France, who saw the Mariners attempting to squander a two-on no-out opportunity and said NON.

Those two extra runs would turn out to be important because again, boldly stepping outside of the genre conventions of a 2021 Mariners win, the bullpen actually wobbled a little tonight, making the game a little more heart-stopping than it could have been.

J.T. Chargois took over for Marco in the fifth, and managed to post a clean inning but needed an assist from Shed Long, who gunned down Ryan McMahon trying to go from first to third on an Elias Díaz single. No, like, literally, as once again the infielder-as-outfielder trope gets turned on its head:

Drew Steckenrider also worked a scoreless inning, this time getting help from Cal Raleigh behind the dish:

Again, having endured some…questionable receiving from Torrens earlier this season, it’s fresh and fun to have a receiver as good as Cal back there. He did have a couple hiccups here and there, as is to be expected when a young catcher goes from seeing the same familiar pitches in the minors to a whole new pitching staff (including some who weren’t even with the big-league club during spring training), but overall Cal was as impressive behind the dish as he was at it.

The biggest bullpen wobble came from the man who’s been the most reliable arm out there over the past few weeks. Charlie Blackmon led off the 8th by tripling against Paul Sewald, and then C.J. Cron, who stands at the plate like a salami hanging in a butcher-shop window, ambushed a first-pitch slider that slid into the upper middle of the zone, redirecting it 465 feet into the Colorado sunset. Sewald rebounded to get McMahon to fly out on a fastball, and Díaz to pop out softly on the slider before striking out pinch-hitter Brendan Rodgers again on the slider. Sliders aren’t easy to throw in Coors Field and it did seem like Sewald had found his handle on the pitch by the end, but there was still an inning to go with the Mariners’ lead trimmed to a decidedly not Coors-proof two runs.

After Carlos Estévez, casually throwing 98-99, dismissed the top of the Mariners order in the top of the 8th (Haniger did work a walk, but Seager and France struck out to end any thoughts of insurance runs), the upset-tummy feelings became a little more pronounced when Kendall Graveman led off by walking pinch-hitter Raimel Tapia. Why stray from the genre that produced so many first-half hits, I couldn’t help but wonder. Play the old stuff! Freebird! Etc. Thankfully, Graveman—himself throwing a cool 97-98—rebounded to get Hampson chasing after his slider, followed by an easy groundout off the bat of Connor Joe, and then dismissed Trevor Story, who should be freed from the prison of the Rockies ASAP, on three pitches, ending on another nasty slider Story chased out of the zone. Maybe the occasional genre switch isn’t so bad. After all, if Ian Fleming had never given up spy novels we wouldn’t have Disneyland’s second-best ride. Here’s to having some diverse fun in the second half of the season.



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Two Stars Spiraling Towards Explosive Doom Detected in Our Cosmic Neighborhood

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A binary star just 1,500 light-years away is spiraling towards a spectacular doom.

HD265435 consists of a type of dead star called a white dwarf and its binary companion; they’re orbiting each other so close together, the white dwarf is slurping material from the other star. Eventually, so the theory goes, the white dwarf will gain so much mass that it is no longer stable, exploding in a tremendous supernova.

 

That won’t be for a while yet, but the discovery of such a doomed binary is a rare one, say a team of scientists led by astronomer Ingrid Pelisoli from the University of Warwick in the UK; the finding can help us better understand the processes leading up to these incredible events.

This is important, because the type of supernova this unstable star will cause is what we call a standard candle – one of the key tools we use to measure cosmic distances.

Stars spend their lives (what we call the main sequence) busily fusing elements to heavier elements in their cores, but they don’t have an endless supply. Eventually, they will run out of stuff they can fuse, and die, ejecting their outer material. Depending on the mass of the star, several things can happen at this point.

For most stars, the core will collapse into an ultradense object, and what that object is will depend on the mass of the progenitor main-sequence star. For stars over 30 times the mass of the Sun, that will be a black hole. For stars between about 8 and 30 solar masses, it will be a neutron star. And for stars below 8 solar masses (including our Sun), it will be a white dwarf.

 

These stars still shine with residual heat, and take a very, very long time to cool to darkness. The only thing that keeps them from collapsing entirely under their own gravity is electron degeneracy pressure. At a certain pressure level, electrons are stripped from their atomic nuclei. Because identical electrons can’t occupy the same space, these electrons supply the outward pressure that keeps the star intact.

That has a limit, too. Over about 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, or the Chandrasekhar limit, the white dwarf becomes so unstable that it dies again, exploding in a Type Ia supernova. This can happen when the white dwarf orbits so close to a binary companion that it siphons material from the other star, tipping it over the Chandrasekhar limit.

But there’s a curious discrepancy in the number of observed Type Ia supernova remnants, and the number of Type Ia progenitor candidates – we simply haven’t found as many progenitors as there should be, based on the number of observable remnants.

This is why HD265435 is so exciting. At its 1,500 light-year distance, it’s the closest known Type Ia progenitor, which means we have the opportunity to study it in detail.

 

“We can estimate how many supernovae are going to be in our galaxy through observing many galaxies, or through what we know from stellar evolution, and this number is consistent,” Pelisoli said.

“But if we look for objects that can become supernovae, we don’t have enough. This discovery was very useful to put an estimate of what a hot subdwarf and white dwarf binaries can contribute. It still doesn’t seem to be a lot, none of the channels we observed seems to be enough.”

The binary itself is fascinating. It consists of the white dwarf, and a hot subdwarf, the latter being a red giant after it has ejected its outer layers and is about to begin fusing helium, having run out of hydrogen. This hot subdwarf is small, just 0.6 times the mass of the Sun, but extremely bright – so bright that it completely outshines the white dwarf. We can’t see the white dwarf at all.

Pelisoli and her team identified the binary by changes in brightness in the hot subdwarf. These changes suggested that the hot subdwarf is being pulled into a teardrop shape by something massive very close to it.

By carefully analyzing the brightness changes, the researchers were able to infer what is happening. A white dwarf about the same mass as the Sun is orbiting the hot subdwarf every 100 minutes or so, close enough to be siphoning material from the subdwarf and pulling its atmosphere out of shape.

Together, the masses of the two objects exceed the Chandrasekhar limit, which means a Type Ia supernova should occur… in about 70 million years or so. Before that happens, the white subdwarf will run out of material to fuse and turn into a second white dwarf star.

This discovery could help us to understand a massive problem with cosmology. Because the Chandrasekhar mass is within a known range, Type Ia supernovae have a determinable intrinsic brightness. This means we can use them to map distances in the local Universe – but we use several methods to do this, and different methods give us different results for the expansion rate of the Universe.

“The more we understand how supernovae work, the better we can calibrate our standard candles. This is very important at the moment because there’s a discrepancy between what we get from this kind of standard candle, and what we get through other methods,” Pelisoli said.

“The more we understand about how supernovae form, the better we can understand whether this discrepancy we are seeing is because of new physics that we’re unaware of and not taking into account, or simply because we’re underestimating the uncertainties in those distances.”

The research has been published in Nature Astronomy.

 

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Health

Diabetes type 2: Charcot foot is a symptom

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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition whereby one’s risk of high blood sugar levels is higher than normal. Blood sugar – the main type of sugar you get from food – nourishes the body but high levels can damage the body. If you have type 2 diabetes, the main regulating force – insulin – is impaired, which leads to high blood sugar levels.

Following a formal diagnosis, you’ll be recommended to make healthy lifestyle changes to stabilise your blood sugar levels.

There are two key components to blood sugar control – diet and exercise.

There’s nothing you cannot eat if you have type 2 diabetes, but you’ll have to limit certain foods.

Certain carbohydrate foods are broken down quickly by your body and therefore have a pronounced effect on blood sugar levels.

They include:

  • Some fruit and vegetables
  • Pulses
  • Wholegrain foods, such as porridge oats.

In addition to improving your diet, you should aim for 2.5 hours of activity a week, advises the NHS.

Physical exercise helps lower your blood sugar level.

You can be active anywhere as long as what you’re doing gets you out of breath.

This could be:

  • Fast walking
  • Climbing stairs
  • Doing more strenuous housework or gardening.



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