Why diet management is vital for diabetes control ?

[patliputra]

Out of three pillars of diabetes management diet,excercise and drugs, diet is supposed to be the most important one. Any reason ?

[MikePollard]

Sugar, whether sucrose or carbohydrate flashing over to glucose will kill you in a slow agonising fashion if you are diabetic.

Never mind type 2, try being type 1 in the absence of endogenous insulin!

[patliputra]

If untreated diabetes might cause several complications but never a slow agonising death. In my experience I have seen many diabetics leading a normal life without any treatment or diet restrictions.

[suramo Star in reply to patliputra]

Patliputra

D erodes your body and health from inside. Those who live without meds and diet control are sitting on a volcano. Their body looks normal externally but they have a weak body. There is lots of damage to their bodies. They realize when they encounter a complication. Believe me then their lives become the worst and pitiable. I have seen many with paralysis, dialysis gangrene etc. Ever go to a diabetic ward and you will find many such patients repenting for their carelessness.

Although not related to D but chronic drunkards also die pitifully. They die in pieces. Careless D too die in pieces.

May god bless them

[santanuchemistry]

Diet is the input to our body.

Excercise can b the catalyst in process of intaking d the food and insulin by the body itself.

Drugs helps us in fighting and getting the output for the best test results.

The IPO model for diabetes II.