| Being diagnosed with diabetes times back was just | | | | more healthy years to patients. Many of the diseases |
| like a death sentence judgment. This led to | | | | that occur as a result of high levels of sugar in the |
| stigmisation of the patients and many feared testing | | | | blood have been avoided too, these include kidney |
| their blood sugars fearing the worst. This however | | | | failure, blindness, nerve damage, heart attacks and |
| has changed over time as more methods of | | | | stroke. |
| controlling the disease become generally accepted | | | | Proper balanced diet is vital to provide the body with |
| around the globe. This has greatly reduced the | | | | much needed nutrients. Evenly spaced snacks rich in |
| number of deaths that occur in relation to diabetes | | | | carbohydrates should be incorporated in a diabetic so |
| complications. | | | | as to provide evenly spaced bouts of energy |
| With proper control of glucose levels in the body, | | | | thereby keeping the blood sugar near to normal |
| deaths and progress of the disease is slowed adding | | | | everyday. |