World Diabetes Day: 15 Simple Truths About This Disease

15 diabetes truths that can save your life

Whether you’re a newly diagnosed diabetic or been dealing with it like a boss for years, chances are that you’ve come across many who misunderstand and stereotype this potentially deadly disease.

For starters, thin people can also get diabetes (being overweight is one big risk factor for type 2 diabetes and just anyone can get type 1 diabetes). To think that eating donuts alone will give you either type of diabetes or leading a sugar-free life will protect you from it, is a gross over-simplification of this complicated disease.

Diabetes impacts the patient mentally as well as physically by high and low blood sugars and it can have potentially dangerous consequences if not managed properly.

On this World Diabetes Day, pledge to stop instagramming pictures of calorie-dense food with #DiabetesOnAPlate - it’s a misnomer. Mithais and butter chicken alone cannot give you this disease, instead know these basic truths about diabetes which affects 65 million Indians:

Also Read: Five Silent Signs That You Have Type 2 Diabetes