| First and foremost I Am Not A Doctor. This is | | | | that long before the disease causes problems that |
| not medical advise. I am however a diabetic. The | | | | require you to go to the doctor. |
| information contained here is based on my own | | | | Many in the general population are unaware that |
| research for my own information. I feel that this | | | | more diabetes die every year than those that |
| information may be of value to others who may | | | | have breast cancer and HIV combined. |
| have blood sugar problems, or who just want | | | | To put it another way, for every 100 people that |
| more information. I can not stress enough, if you | | | | have diabetes, over 60 of them will die from |
| have a medical problem, you need to consult with | | | | heart disease or stroke. That's two out of every |
| your doctor. The information here should not be | | | | three people that have diabetes. |
| used to diagnosis or treat any medical problems. | | | | Many people think if you're overweight you're |
| With that said I will continue: Diabetes like many | | | | going to develop none-insulin dependent diabetes, |
| other major health problems have some serious | | | | commonly known as Type II diabetes. They |
| myths out in the public mind. Many times people | | | | sometimes think this comes from eating to much |
| consider blood sugar problems to not be as | | | | sugar or sweets. Thus causing you to become |
| serious as say a heart attach, a stroke or cancer. | | | | overweight. |
| Because diabetes is what is considered a "silent | | | | 1.) As far as being overweight does not mean |
| disease" we do not give it the consideration we | | | | that you will for sure develop the disease. It is |
| should. Another "silent disease" is Hypertension, | | | | only a risk factor for it. |
| which is also found in many cases along with | | | | Other risk factors that play just as big a role, and |
| diabetes. | | | | in some cases more so are: |
| Side Note: | | | | - Ethnic Background |
| Many health professionals now think that Diabetes, | | | | - Family History |
| Hypertension, and Heart Disease all run together, | | | | - Life Style |
| that if you have one there is a very good chance | | | | 2.) Eating to much sugar or sweets in and by |
| that you will develop the other two. | | | | itself is not going to cause this disease. |
| By the time it has progressed to the point that it | | | | You can become overweight from other types of |
| causes you problems you are already way into | | | | food. Any diet that has high caloric value, whether |
| the disease process. At this point you probably | | | | it comes from sugar or from fat can produce |
| have damage to blood vessels and tissue. | | | | increased weight, thereby setting you up for the |
| Most Type II diabetics have had the disease for | | | | possibility of developing Type II diabetes. |
| 10 years before it is diagnosed. It usually takes | | | | |