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It’s Diabetes Day today and the perfect opportunity to talk about how we can change our lifestyles to avoid diabetes! Type 2 diabetes is not a contagious disease, but is nevertheless [...]

With today being World Obesity Day in Australia, we would like to discuss the major risk factors of diabetes, especially the biggest one, obesity, which seriously increases your risk of diabetes [...]

Mental Health Week begins on Oct 6, the perfect time to talk about how diabetes can cause depression. It’s time to spread awareness of the symptoms of depression and ensure the mental [...]

Today is World Heart Day! Let’s talk about the importance of recognizing the signs of a heart attack. Myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack is a serious medical condition. [...]

Our bodies use a hormone called insulin to process glucose in the food we eat into the energy that we need to live. Diabetes inhibits the body’s production of insulin, either stopping it [...]

The earliest symptoms of diabetes are the ones that come from having too much glucose, or sugar, in your blood. The symptoms of type 1 diabetes are usually much more severe, and happen much more [...]

What is Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that happens when the immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make a hormone called insulin. Insulin is [...]

The more we learn about diabetes, the easier it has become to control the disease and live a normal life. If you have diabetes, you can still eat a fun and exciting diet full of flavor—and even [...]