Untreated DM can result in higher risks of heart attacks, strokes, and blindness, according to global Business Times.
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“There is much all of us can do to minimize our risk of getting the disease and, even if we do get it, to live long and healthy lives with it”, the statement said.
Professor Peter Weissberg, the British Heart Foundation’s medical director, said: ‘Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Therefore, today in this article we are here to give you a few quick insights about diabetes.
Fact: All foods containing carbohydrates may affect diabetes.
Even in high-income countries, the cost has increased in recent years beyond the reach of many, the statement said. The good news is that this group of people may have something to be thankful for, a new test which could catch kidney disease before it does irreversible damage.
” Eating healthy meals: Sticking to a diabetic meal plan will help, as apart from direct sugar intake, you need to keep a check on the natural sugar that comes along with fruits and vegetables. The private sector can improve the availability and affordability of healthier products and essential medicines”. Let us all step up to limit the impact of diabetes.
In order to highlight the immediate need for attention to the condition, the WHO has also decided to make diabetes and its prevention their focus for World Health Day 2016.
Following on from last year’s theme of healthy living, the theme of this year’s event is a healthy breakfast and start to the day.
Healthcare experts said that thenumber of people with diabetes is increasing due to population growth, aging, urbanisation, and increasing the prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity.
Laura has had type one diabetes since she was 14 years old. “Optimal management, education and prevention are key components of diabetes care, and campaigns like these are vital for disease prevention”. Sufferers of type 1 diabetes are insulin-dependent and are often diagnosed in people below 40.
Mrs Cunliffe said Maori, Pacific Islanders and Indians were genetically predisposed to developing type 2 diabetes with Maori three times more likely to develop the disease than non-Maori.
“Previously thought to be a relatively benign condition, it is now known that having GDM puts women at high risk of subsequently developing type 2 diabetes – a condition that needs lifelong treatment and is associated with a number of serious complications”, he said.
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This photo taken Wednesday, May 13, 2015, shows insulin pills taken by Hayden Murphy, 13, who is participating in a study in Plainfield, Ill.to try to prevent or at least delay Type 1 diabetes. With Saturday marking World Diabetes Day, here’s everything you need to know about diabetes, especially as diets and foods that seem ever more rife with sugar.
