According to the International Diabetes Federation, 537 million adults on the planet are living with a diagnosis of diabetes. Additionally, about the same number of people simply do not know about their diagnosis and another 1 billion people are in a prediabetes state. What is the reason for these sad statistics, and, most importantly, can the disease be prevented?
Thanks to recent medical advances, many of the limitations that people with diabetes had to live with are now a thing of the past. Still, there are important questions that both diabetics and their loved ones need to know the answers to. We have tried to answer the most common ones.
When discussing reducing sweet foods in the diet, we often forget that some drinks have no less sugar than candy, cookies, and pastries. Let's take a deeper look.