14. Because you take medicine, it means you don’t have to make any lifestyle changes
Often people think that once their disease is ameliorated by medicine, they can continue living life as they did before. But don’t let your medicine or insulin be a safety blanket. Consider making serious lifestyle changes upon your diagnosis. Talk to a dietician to discuss coming up with a diabetes-friendly diet (and be sure to check out Zanini’s diabetes cookbook!) and exercise regularly as both of these actions have been found to be effective in treating diabetes.
14 Myths About Diabetes Treatment According to research in the Zero Sugar Diet, diabetics are up to four times more likely than people without diabetes to die of heart disease or experience a life-threatening stroke. Currently, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. And for those who don’t properly control their condition, the odds of health issues—which range from cardiovascular issues to nerve damage and kidney failure—increases exponentially.
