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Living healthfully with diabetes at every stage in life means being aware of your body's, and your condition's, changing demands as you grow older. These strategies for managing your diabetes at every stage of your development are ways to lower blood sugar and will help keep you at your be...
Our mission is to be a helpful and supportive to anyone impacted by diabetes. We want to give you the knowledge, resources, and tools you need to live a healthy and fulfilling life. We believe that by educating and advocating for those with diabetes, we can help improve their quality of ...
Diabetes is a long-term condition, but when properly managed people with it can live healthy and fulfilling lives. The information and resources to help people to adapt and thrive have never been more widespread, nor the range of diabetes diet-friendly foods and drinks broader....
(glucose). This can lead to damage in many parts of the body, including blood vessels, kidneys, eyes and digestive system. Diabetes also increases the risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke and blindness. With proper management and self-care, people with diabetes can lead a healthy ...
American Diabetes Association Ambassador spreads healthy living message Safiya Basir has lived with Type 1 diabetes since she was 7 years old. She’s seen how both forms of the disease can be disastrous for someone’s health, and therefore made it her mission to spread the wor...
Lifestyle factors that adversely affect energy balance (physical inactivity and over-nutrition) play a major role in the development of both type 2 diabetes and obesity [9,10]. The importance of weight management, by means of a healthy, energy-restricted diet and a physically active lifestyle,...
Living with Diabetes: Directed by Bob Buruchian. The earliest known record of diabetes dates back to 1552 BC on Egyptian papyrus, written by a physician who mentions frequent urination as a symptom. In the summer of 1921, insulin was produced and proven
But the Internet hasn’t been doing a good job in connecting the real people who have diabetes with other real people. Those of us who have diabetes often feel isolated from our communities because of the special need we have to control our condition. Many of us, particularly those who li...
Living with type 2 diabetes To help you control blood sugar when you have diabetes ask these 7 questions written byVidya Sury No matter how hard you try to control blood sugar it can seem tough when you have diabetes. Even though you appear to be doing everything right, several factors ca...