Diabetes is a common condition. Recent statistics show that in 29 million cases are currently in existence and a total of 8.1 million of those people had yet to be diagnosed. The prevalence increases with age so that approximately one out of every four people over the age of 65 suffers from the condition.

However, the 1 in 10 age 20 to 64 really illustrates the prevalence of this disease no matter the age of the sufferer. There are approximately 1.8 million new cases of diabetes diagnosed each year in the US. The Centers For Disease Control estimates that 1 in 3 babies born in the year 2000 will have diabetes, staggering.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a disorder of sugar metabolism. Sugar isn’t properly used or stored so that glucose, the main sugar in the body, goes up, causing many health problems. There are actually two main types of diabetes that both result in an elevated glucose level. These are: Continue reading →

As diabetes mellitus becomes more prevalent in our developed society, we need to clear up the many misconceptions about the condition.

Type 2 diabetes is very common and an ever increasingly prevalent illness that is largely preventable. Out of the 29.1 million diagnosed cases of diabetes, type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% to 95% of them.

By knowing more about the disease, we can do things to prevent the steep rise in its incidence, and hopefully prevent our children and their children from getting it.

Here are the most common misconceptions about diabetes: Continue reading →