If we leave out people who become diabetic due to injury or other disease that effect their pancreas (Type 3C) we are left with three broad types, Auto-Immune including Type 1 and LADA. Metabolic Type 2 and Genetic MODY and Gestational

First what are the RISK Factors for each?

Risks do not draw a straight line to the disease but are just that – a “risk” that YOU may get it IF:

Type 1 – Family History (hereditary), Age – greatest risk is to “children”, pre-teens/early teens, Caucasian, other… read more

If you routinely eat sugar replacements can your body start to recognize them as sugar and you'll start getting spikes? To me this makes no sense (if you eat enough fiber your body doesn't start to break it down as sugar!) but someone on another forum insisted this was a thing.

Thanks!

Emily.

All of us here have either been diagnosed with Diabetes or have someone close to us that have been given the news

So what is the "criteria" that separates us from Joe or Jane SugerEater?

Currently it is simply having an A1C, above 6.5% (47.5 mmol's in the IFCC scale) "twice in a row" measured 90 days apart

That's it, that's all - that "test" is all that is required for the Doc to determine "You have Diabetes"

No matter what you do after that, no matter how you control your blood sugar - no… read more

Do people think there is a connection between stress and depression and diabetes? If so, to what extent do you feel the connections exist? My personal feeling is that the connections between these factors may be underestimated. I feel that 50%, and perhaps somewhat more, of the reason for my diabetes, comes from levels of stress and depression. Do others feel the same way? Thank you.

The other day I was watching some show, characters were all excited when one said “Slow Down – you need to manage your expectations”.

I got thinking - does this apply to Diabetics?

The day we get our Diagnosis our Life changes Forever.

I see many who seem to think their next 10, 20 or 30 years have gone down the drain now that they are “Diabetic”.

Whether we choose to ignore it, jump right in with both feet or settle somewhere in the middle Diabetes will be with us for the rest of our days… read more

The next in a series of Diabetic Complications that we want to avoid

(credit to the Mayo Clinic for the paraphrased information in this post)

This complication affects the eyes - and losing my vision is pretty high on the "I never want to experience list"

Blood vessels that feed the light sensitive tissue in the retina get damaged due to high sugar levels over time

While most diabetics will develop some level of Retinopathy (called NDPR or Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy – which is… read more

I was just doing a bit of reading and tripped over a couple of statistics (Canadian) comparing Diabetics to Non-Diabetics with regards to use of medical services

Depending on the country we live in we make up 10 to 12% of the population

We (should) know that it is uncontrolled diabetes that is likely to take us out, but if we control out blood sugar to near normal levels we alleviate the likelihood of developing complications

These are simply the numbers:

And while we can argue this or that… read more