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Diabetes is a chronic illness that can lead to serious and often fatal complications, including cardiovascular problems, amputations, coma and blindness. Recently, Canadian researchers determined that the life expectancy of diabetics was on average 13 years less than that of non-diabetics.
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Diabetes Myths & Facts
Myth: diabetes is not a serious
disease.
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Fact: diabetes is a serious, chronic
disease that can be controlled by
doing some changes in your lifestyle.
But still causes more deaths in a
year, two out of three people with
diabetes die from heart disease
Myth: Diabetes is caused by
eating too much sugar.
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Fact: Diet does not the cause of
diabetes but drinking a lot of
sugared drinks can increase the risk
of developing diabetes if you are
already at risk. Expert know that
diabetes is provoked by a
combination of genetic and lifestyle
factors. Sugar contributes the
obesity and obesity is main cause of
diabetes. Sugar elevates the blood
sugar and food break down quickly
into glucose in the blood, so sugar is
bad for diabetics.
Myth: People with type2 diabetes
can’t participate in sports or
exercise.
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Fact: Physical exercise is important
for everyone health either you are
diabetic or non diabetic. Regular
exercise can help to keep the blood
sugar level with in the target range
Myth: Women with diabetes
should not get pregnant.
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Fact: Diabetic pregnant woman
needs extra effort, commitment,
excellent blood sugar control and
knowledge in all areas of diabetes.If
she manage her diabetes well can
have normal pregnancy and give
birth to a healthy baby.
Myth: Type2 diabetes only affects
blood sugar levels, decreasing your
energy.
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Fact: Type2 diabetes has many
complications such as it can damage
to blood vessels and it is the cause of
heart disease. Other complications
like eye problem that includes
retinal detachment, diabetic
retinopathy, foot problem, kidney
disease, nerve damage and hearing
impairment.
Myth: Only adults can develop
type2 diabetes.
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Fact: Type 1diabetes is also called
“juvenile diabetes” which is caused
by disruption of pancreas’ ability to
produce insulin and it usually occurs
in school-aged children. Obesity and
physical inactivity or inactive
lifestyle is the major cause of type 2
diabetes. According to several
studies, in recent years more
children and teens have become
overweight, so it is a cause to
increase the type 2 diabetes in
young people.
Myth: All diabetics have to take
insulin injections.
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Fact: Insulin injection is usually
necessary for those with type 1
diabetes, in which the body no
longer produces the insulin. People
with type 2 diabetes have enough
insulin, but their bodies do not
respond well and some need pills or
insulin shots to help their bodies
that can use glucose for energy.
Most of the type2 diabetes cases can
helped by doing regular exercise,
adopting a healthy diet, by losing
weight and some other change in life
style.
