Type 2 Diabetes has developed into a disease that has become feared by many people. Strange, but whenever someone thinks they might have diabetes and symptoms of diabetes like excessive thirst, frequent urination, headaches, blurry vision, to name a few, they automatically now jump to the conclusion they have diabetes. This is exacerbated by people who are also sedentary in lifestyle, and who are obese in physical proportions.
In some ways, jumping to these sorts of conclusions is helpful, as it can alert people to the possibilities that you may be diabetic, whereas about 25 plus years ago, because obesity wasn't the epidemic it is today in our society, it wasn't considered as being a likely possibility when the same diabetes symptoms were experienced. There also used to be a false assumption that because you were diabetic, you had to avoid sugar at all costs. Hence why it was termed sugar diabetes by the layperson a few decades ago. So having diabetes symptoms should be a warning sign to you, particularly if it is prevalent in your family history, or if you are obese, to undertake testing for diabetes with your GP.
Testing for Diabetes is the only real way you will know for sure whether you have diabetes and symptoms of diabetes, or whether you have pre diabetes. If you are pre diabetic, which means your blood sugar levels are elevated above the normal blood sugar range, then you may be able to reverse the possibility of becoming diabetic by following a pre diabetes diet regimen. However if you have had two above normal blood sugar range blood tests done over a period of time, then there is every chance, you will become classified as type 2 diabetic. the typical test for diabetes is one where you are provided with a highly concentrated glucose drink, and your blood sugar levels are recorded over a period of hours. The result from this determines how well your body is able to deal with the glucose entering your blood stream. Anything outside of what would happen in a normal 'non diabetic' person is then classed as diabetic.
The essential point to take away from this is that diabetes isn't selective. If you have it, you need to know, so you can undertake to deal with it the best way possible, and in doing so, help you to live as normal a life as possible with the disease, rather than putting your head in the sand, and pretending everything is fine, whilst the disease carries on doing irreparable damage to your vital nerves and organs.
In some ways, jumping to these sorts of conclusions is helpful, as it can alert people to the possibilities that you may be diabetic, whereas about 25 plus years ago, because obesity wasn't the epidemic it is today in our society, it wasn't considered as being a likely possibility when the same diabetes symptoms were experienced. There also used to be a false assumption that because you were diabetic, you had to avoid sugar at all costs. Hence why it was termed sugar diabetes by the layperson a few decades ago. So having diabetes symptoms should be a warning sign to you, particularly if it is prevalent in your family history, or if you are obese, to undertake testing for diabetes with your GP.
Testing for Diabetes is the only real way you will know for sure whether you have diabetes and symptoms of diabetes, or whether you have pre diabetes. If you are pre diabetic, which means your blood sugar levels are elevated above the normal blood sugar range, then you may be able to reverse the possibility of becoming diabetic by following a pre diabetes diet regimen. However if you have had two above normal blood sugar range blood tests done over a period of time, then there is every chance, you will become classified as type 2 diabetic. the typical test for diabetes is one where you are provided with a highly concentrated glucose drink, and your blood sugar levels are recorded over a period of hours. The result from this determines how well your body is able to deal with the glucose entering your blood stream. Anything outside of what would happen in a normal 'non diabetic' person is then classed as diabetic.
The essential point to take away from this is that diabetes isn't selective. If you have it, you need to know, so you can undertake to deal with it the best way possible, and in doing so, help you to live as normal a life as possible with the disease, rather than putting your head in the sand, and pretending everything is fine, whilst the disease carries on doing irreparable damage to your vital nerves and organs.
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