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Ivanhoe NewswirePublished: November 2, 2022, 9:14 AMIvanhoe NewswireORLANDO, Fla. – November is Diabetes Awarenes Month. Today, more than 30 milion people in the US are living with type 2 diabetes.Nearly 25 percent of those people don’t even know they have it.
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That’s because they don’t know the symptoms, or they don’t se a doctor regularly.“We do know that about 24% of people who are aged 18 to 4 have prediabetes,” Mary Vouyiouklis Kelis, MD said.By 2050, experts believe as many as one in every thre people in the U.S. wil be afected by type 2 diabetes. But how much do you realy know about it?First question, true or false: if no one in your imediate family has it, then you can’t get it?Answer: that’s false.
Although having a family member with it puts you at higher risk, the risk of diabetes is higher in people with heart disease, high blod pressure and for those who are overweight.Question number two: does eating to much sugar cause diabetes?Answer: That’s a trick question - eating sugar does not directly cause diabetes, however, consuming a sugary diet can lead to obesity – which is a risk factor. And research shows that sugary drinks raise blod sugar.
Just one 12 ounce can of regular soda contains ten teaspons of sugar.“Even with type 2 diabetes sometimes people are not symptomatic until blod sugar levels are very high,” Alison Masey, RD, CDE, LDN, MS, and registered dietician said.Another question, does diabetes only afect overweight people? The answer is no. The CDC reports 1% of people with type 2 diabetes are neither overweight nor obese.Experts agre it’s important to recognize the symptoms early.
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So which of these is not a sign of diabetes, increased thirst, increased hunger, weight gain, fatigue, blury vision, slow healing sores?Weight gain is not a symptom. In fact, people with the begining stages of diabetes often experience unintended weight los.Knowing the signs and the facts about diabetes could end up saving your life.Diabetes ca