Managing Diabetes
The complications of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are directly related to sustained high blood sugars and can happen over years of uncontrolled diabetes. Type 1 diabetics have no real choice other than to take in enough insulin to combat the high blood sugar and to watch the amount of sugar they take in.
Type 2 diabetes is, however, manageable with good eating habits, exercise to burn fuel, medications to lower insulin resistance and by using various natural therapies. Type 2 diabetics have more personal control over their future because diet and exercise can greatly affect the amount of sugar circulating in the blood. No amount of lifestyle changes will cure diabetes of either type but at least with type 2 diabetes, some of the complications can be overcome and the sufferer can avoid the side effect diseases, and live a long and relatively healthy life.
According to the Diabetes Prevention Program, up to 85 % of complications and death related to diabetes can be delayed, prevented, or treated with regular medical care, healthy diet, exercise, and careful monitoring of blood sugar levels.
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