Posts Tagged: Diabetes Awareness

Coping with Diabetes Burnout: Regaining Motivation for Self-Care

Living with diabetes can be a daily challenge, requiring constant monitoring, medication management, and lifestyle adjustments. Over time, the relentless demands of diabetes self-care can lead to a phenomenon known as “diabetes burnout.” Diabetes burnout is a state of emotional and physical exhaustion where the responsibilities of managing diabetes become overwhelming. In this blog post,…

What Are the Symptoms of Diabetes?

Diabetes symptoms

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. It’s estimated that around 537 million people have diabetes — around 37.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. Additionally, roughly 96 million Americans have prediabetes, which means they have higher-than-normal blood sugar levels, but they are not high enough for a Type 2…

Diabetes Facts: Can It Be Prevented or Reversed?

Understanding some of the more common diabetes facts is critical to generating awareness and helping with prevention. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t familiar with these facts, which is why November is National Diabetes Month. Hopefully, by spreading awareness of the following diabetes facts, people take greater care when it comes to preventing and treating diabetes.…

National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes. This year’s focus is on prediabetes and preventing diabetes. Prediabetes is a serious health condition where your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough yet to be diagnosed as type 2…

10 Critical Diabetes Facts

Diabetes is a serious disease affecting millions of people around the world. It’s a chronic illness that affects the body’s ability to break food down into energy. When you eat, the food becomes glucose, which is then released into your bloodstream. The glucose is used as energy because of a hormone called “insulin” that’s produced…