Basics

Diabetes is a complex disease that affects many areas of a person's life. There are currently over 2 million people with diabetes in the UK and there are up to another 750,000 people with diabetes who have the condition and don’t know it . (Source Diabetes UK)

If you have diabetes, you should know that a balanced diet, regular exercise and conscientious blood glucose monitoring all play an important part in maintaining your health.The first step, through, is to learn why these factors and others are so important. That begins with knowing exactly what is happening in your body. They say that knowledge is power, and nowhere is this more evident than with the treatment of diabetes. You may want information as general as the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, or you may have a specific question about diabetes.

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