7 Tips for Managing Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called
blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes
from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by
the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for
energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough or any insulin or doesn’t use
insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.
Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health
problems. Although diabetes has no cure, you can take steps to manage your
diabetes and stay healthy.
Sometimes people call diabetes “a touch of sugar” or “borderline diabetes.” These terms suggest that someone doesn’t really have diabetes or has
a less serious case, but every case of diabetes is serious.
You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are age 45 or
older, have a family history of diabetes, or are overweight. Physical
inactivity, race, and certain health problems such as high blood pressure also
affect your chance of developing type 2 diabetes. You are also more likely to
develop type 2 diabetes if you have prediabetes or had gestational
diabetes when you were pregnant. Learn more about risk factors for type 2
diabetes.
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