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Don Francisco talks about the serious illness he suffers: What does the Chilean have?
Don Francisco celebrated his 80th birthday last December, and although the Chilean is accustomed to his loyal fans to see him smiling, in good spirits and very healthy, the TV driver suffers from a serious illness that affects millions of people. ‘Hispanics in the United States, and that if you don’t have millimeter care, it can cause serious problems and even put those who suffer from it at risk of death.
Don Francisco spoke to People in Spanish, and there he revealed that he has been suffering from type 2 diabetes for more than twenty years, which gave him a complete turn in his life, due to the seriousness involved in the disease and the cures. which requires.
“The truth is, it’s always been very difficult. I must have done 20 or 25 different diets and they all failed. At some point they were successful and then I failed. So I tried first not to eat sugar and try to avoid the carbohydrates, “the presenter confessed, his real name is Mario Kreutzberger.
And in his quest for balance to try to control the disease, which generates highs and lows in blood sugar levels that affect the system, Don Francisco confessed that he became a vegetarian for several years, after several failed diets. .
“It’s hard to understand over time that diets don’t work, one has to find a way of life, a way of eating,” said the caller, who turned his life around after a trip. in India, where he said goodbye to red meats. “I liked the system and for seven years I was a vegetarian. But then, doing ‘The Traveling Camera’, I had to go to Norway, where I didn’t hear about any vegetables and I ate fish and meat again, and all the rest “.
Despite his illness, Don Francisco claims that from time to time he tries to take a forbidden taste.
“One has to get some gifts … In my personal case, for example, I don’t eat carbs all week, at least one day a week, in which I eat everything,” the presenter told the said publication.
The Chilean animator stressed that diabetes is such a serious disease in which food consumption must be measured and recalled an experience he had 20 years ago with a team in his segment the ‘Traveling Chamber’, which he taught her that from now on she should be very careful with food and quantities to avoid making the disease worse.
“We all weighed ourselves on the balance of the airport and I said to the camera, to the sound engineer [y] to the journalist who accompanied me: ‘I’m going to eat exactly half of what you eat … If they ate a loaf of bread, I ate half a loaf of bread. If they ate a soup, I would take half a soup … After a fortnight we weighed the same weight as at the same airport and everyone had kept their weight, except me, who had lifted three kilos, ”Don Francisco mentioned. “That meant I had to take better care of myself because others didn’t have my problem.”
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