Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body loses its ability to process glucose, the raw sugar that serves as the source of energy to your cells. As the population ages, the number of people with diabetes grows. But good news is that there are many food stores that now offer a full section on food that are good for diabetics. Some ways you can get diabetes is by having high blood sugars, it can also be hereditary. There are many ways to help with diabetes, for example you can use a diary to record your daily activities including diet, exercise, medications and blood sugar levels.

My personal reaction to this article is that I find it to be a bit scary that as our population ages the amount of people that have diabetes increases. This means, that as I get older, the chances of me getting diabetes gets larger and larger. Some ways that this article could relate to teens are:

There are teens who have diabetes, and might want to know some ways to treat it. If teens are curios about diabetes, this article will explain everything to them. Teens could have diabetes and not even know it, this article can show them that they do.

Some interesting things that you as the reader could take away from this article are that an estimated 2-3 million Canadians have diabetes. Also 1.1 million Canadians with diabetes go undiagnosed every year. And finally there are three types of diabetes: Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetes. You should recommend this article to your friends who might have questions about diabetes and want to find answers. This article will answer most questions you have about diabetes. It is easy to read and people should be educated on this subject.