Diabetes is a disease that has devastating consequences. In addition to increasing the risk for heart disease and stroke, it is a major cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure. According to the Nigerian Diabetes Foundation, Nigeria has the highest rates of diabetes in Africa and given the nutrition transition in which we are giving up our healthy traditional diets and lifestyles for inferior western based eating and exercise habits, the rates are only anticipated to increase.

The good news is that most cases of diabetes can be prevented but first you must know they risk factors.

What is diabetes?

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to process glucose (sugar), the preferred source of energy. This happens because the body is unable to make a hormone called insulin or does not make enough of it. Insulin helps glucose enter the cells so that you can have fuel for everything from breathing to running a marathon
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