Diabetes is a global epidemic and Nigeria is not an exception. Your knowledge of this disease will help you stay off the RED zone. Try if you can answer any of the following Diabetes myth correctly. You will be surprised how right or wrong you will be.

1. People who have it can’t eat sweets.
True
False

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2. It can't kill you.
True
False

3. People who have type 2 diabetes have:
a. Too much insulin
b. Too much blood sugar
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above

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5. You don't always have symptons
True
False

teletnobo:
1. False. Diabetics can eat anything as long as they watch their carbohydrate intake.
2. False. Diabetes will break the body down over time and lead to other complications.
3. B. Too much blood sugar because their body is desensitized to insulin or not making enough of it.

3. CORRECT ANSWER: Both of the above
Insulin is a hormone that helps your body turn sugar into energy. When you have type 2 diabetes, your cells don't respond to it like they should. This is called insulin resistance. When it happens, sugar backs up in your blood. Your pancreas makes even more insulin to get rid of the sugar. So you wind up with too much of both.

6. Which of these is a common symptom of high blood sugar?
a. Heavy thirst
b. Vomiting
c. Diarrhea
d. All of the above

7. Kids don't get type 2 Diabetes
True
False

8. You can prevent it
True
False

9. Lifestyle changes can cut your diabetes risk by:
a. 24%
b. 38%
c. 58%
d. 83%

10. This drink this can make you less likely to get diabetes:
a. Coffee
b. Red wine
c. Orange juice
d. None of the above

11. Which makes you more likely to get type 2 diabetes?
a. A high-sugar diet
b. A high-salt diet
c. Obesity
d. All of the above

12. Having it could make you more likely to get:
a. Blindness
b. Arthritis
c. Prostate cancer
d. All of the above

13. Over time, people who have it can also develop:
a. Depression
b. High blood pressure
c. Gum disease
d. All of the above

teletnobo:
4. Bonus Question: The pancreas is the only organ involved in regulating blood sugar
True
False

False.
Insulin and glucagon are hormones secreted by islet cells within the pancreas. They are both secreted in response to blood sugar levels, but in opposite fashion! Insulin is released in response to excess sugar in the blood. The effect of glucagon is to make the liver release the glucose it has stored in its cells into the bloodstream, with the net effect of increasing blood glucose. Glucagon also induces the liver (and some other cells such as muscle) to make glucose out of building blocks obtained from other nutrients found in the body (eg, protein). During absorption and digestion, the carbohydrates in the food you eat are reduced to their simplest form, glucose. Excess glucose is then removed from the blood, with the majority of it being converted into glycogen, the storage form of glucose, by the liver’s hepatic cells via a process called glycogenesis. So both the Pancreas and the Liver are involved in regulating blood sugar. That is why too much fat in the liver is a problem to diabetes patient.

Your question is highly educative.

DiabetesDr:
Diabetes is a global epidemic and Nigeria is not an exception. Your knowledge of this disease will help you stay off the RED zone. Try if you can answer any of the following Diabetes myth correctly. You will be surprised how right or wrong you will be.

1. People who have it can’t eat sweets.
True
False

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ANSWER: False
Good news! Dessert is not off the menu. You do need to watch your weight and eat a healthy, balanced diet. But you can have sweets in moderation, and as part of a healthy meal plan.

DiabetesDr:
2. It can't kill you.
True
False

ANSWER: False
Type 2 diabetes is one of the leading cause of death in the world. It accounts for 90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases of heart disease. If you have it, your overall death risk is about twice that of people your age who don’t.

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