 | There are two major forms of diabetes. Type I diabetes
always requires daily injections of insulin for life. Type II
diabetes can often be controlled through proper nutrition and
exercise. |
| Only heart disease and cancer kill more people per year
than diabetes. |
| Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of adult
blindness. |
| Women are more likely to develop Type II diabetes than
men. |
| In addition to blindness, diabetes causes kidney disease,
heart attacks, strokes, gangrene leading to leg amputation and
other serious
complications. |
| Nearly 90% of those who develop Type II diabetes are
obese. In many
cases, the symptoms of diabetes would disappear if the person
lost weight. |
| The symptoms of Type II diabetes tend to be mild.
Approximately 50% of those who develop Type II diabetes do not
realize they have it. |
| Diabetes lessens the chance of a successful pregnancy and
increases
the risk of birth defects and infant death. |
| Diabetes is a major cause of impotence in males of all
ages. |
| Diabetes is not caused by eating too many sweets.
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