For 2,000 years diabetes has been recognized as a disease that has led to devastating deaths and has caused loved ones to no longer be with us. Diabetes is one of the many diseases we wish there could be a cure for. Often times people ask themselves, “Can diabetes be cured?” Well the answer is not yet found, but what can be found is “how can we, as citizens help curb this epidemic?” In order for people to find a cure, we must first focus on breaking down the bigger picture. There are a few things that could possibly help with ourselves and the loved ones around us. In a regular digestive system, the hormone called insulin allows energy to be produced by allowing glucose (sugars) to exit from fat cells and muscle cells from the pancreas. People …show more content…
Think of all the food you eat in one day, how many carbs and sugars would you say are in your food? I know often times we don’t really focus on the amount because it’s just food, right? But it’s important to atleast keep this thought in mind. Cutting back on carbs could help prevent from having diabetes. If we begin a diet on the limiting the amount of carbs and sugars we eat, our possibility from having diabetes could decrease. Not only would this help us, but others around us might want to do the same when they see a change in our eating habbits and see we are taking care of ourselves and the reasons for it. Eating a healthy diet would helplower our glucose level. Regulating meals and snacks and eatong fruits and vegitables as well as wholegrain would be a great dieat to stat out with. It is important to balance out the carbs, proteins and fats.There are More than 29 million Americans have diabetes, 1 in 4 don’t know. This is why it is important for us to get checked as often as we can because even if we try to be on a diet, it can be easy to break and get in bad Habits again. I have a friend who has had diabetes all her life and she just now recently found out when she went to the doctor to get