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HEALTH
Initiative

Diabetes is caused when the body becomes
THE JOURNEY TO resistant to insulin, a naturally occurring hormone

POSITIVE LIVING WITH your pancreas makes for allowing your body to

use sugar (glucose) for energy.
DIABETES What should you do if you suspect you have diabetes?

most consistently normal sugar levels, Diabetes Federation (IDF), there were history of diabetes, ethnicity and high
to ensure a good quality of life. There’s 2,28 million diagnosed cases of Type blood glucose during pregnancy. It can
no cure for Type 1 diabetes, although 2 diabetes in South Africa in 2015¹. In go undiagnosed for years. Due to the
researchers are working on preventing the case of Type 2 diabetes, insulin is progressive nature of the disease, most
the disease as well as the further produced, but the body’s cells do not Type 2 cases will eventually need insulin
destructive progression of the disease in respond to it correctly. Instead, the to be added to their treatment. However,
people who are newly diagnosed. body becomes resistant to insulin. It is many cases of Type 2 diabetes can be
most often, but not always, associated prevented by making simple changes
• Type 2 diabetes is far more common with obesity, poor diet, physical in our everyday lives and knowing the
and, according to the International inactivity,advancing age, family risks.

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