This year’s theme for World Health Day is diabetes.
Diabetes is a devastating disease. Click here to learn more.
Left untreated, diabetes can cause:
- Heart disease
- Blindness
- Stroke
- Nerve damage (which can result in amputations)
- Neuropathy
- Kidney failure
- High blood pressure
- Foot problems
- Dental problems
- Peripheral artery disease
- Death
The two major contributors to type 2 diabetes are lifestyle and genetics. Unfortunately we have no say about the genes we’re born with. But we do have complete control over the foods we eat and the exercise we fit into our lives.
Being over-weight or obese is usually caused by poor nutrition and inactivity. Which in my book makes it SO PREVENTABLE!
So I am asking you to give your health & wellness serious consideration. If not for you, for your family and friends. Or someone that depends on you.
Decide on ONE thing you can do to help yourself or someone else. Need help? Go here. And pass it on… A life depends on it!