I saw a post online about a young lady in her early twenties who had her leg amputated due to type 2 diabetes, and throughout the video, she admitted to being misinformed that diabetes was a disease that only older people had. Based on the video, I deduced that it was type 2 diabetics, which are the most common type of diabetics.
During the interview, she showed some of her previous photos and admitted that the part she would miss the most is going out, living her life, and having fun. She was in tears, unable to believe that her leg had to be amputated to save her life. But how exactly did she get there? Apparently, diabetes is a silent killer, and that's how she got there, it's not magic.
I am sure she was thinking "damn it, so a beautiful lady with one leg now, how did I get here, but I have always been healthy, is this a dream?"
This got me contemplating the type of "enjoyment" she meant, and apart from the life of alcohol and drugs that young people indulge in, I also discovered that eating surgary things is one of such thing that young people indulge in. There are people who want to consume sugar at the slightest provocation. They mix it with beans, tuber crops such as yam, and even ripe plantains, which is already surgary.
People knows The Danger Of Sugar
It is a common phenomenon that sugar is harmful; many people are aware that a large amount of sugar is harmful to the human body, but they continue to indulge all the time, and most of the time, people use their youth to justify their sugar consumption.
The human body is a complex system, which is why a 10-year-old can develop type 2 diabetes. The process of long-term sugar consumption is what causes it; the body can withstand a lot of damage from what people eat, but it can no longer do so, which means the body can no longer produce insulin, which regulates sugar in the body.
It is not just sugar; carbohydrates in the body convert to sugar, so when people consume too many carbs and raw sugar for an extended period of time, they develop diabetes, and it does not matter how young they are. The most dangerous aspect of diabetes is not realizing you have it. Knowing your blood sugar level is critical.
The Deception Of Looking & Feeling Healthy
Many people do not believe that checking these things on a regular basis is necessary; they believe that as long as they can wake up and feel good, they are fine. This is to say that many people use symptoms to diagnose themselves; however, a symptom is simply a sign that a condition has progressed beyond the asymptomatic stage and is now causing problems.
So, checking the body helps people solve problems and ailments in the asymptomatic stage, when the problems are present but not severe enough to cause symptoms. Diabetes is diagnosed based on the sugar level in the blood, but the best time to change one's diet and eating habits is when they are prediabetic, which means their sugar level is no longer normal but is still too low to be classified as complete diabetes.
The Biggest Danger
The danger of diabetes is always underestimated; the kidneys are the most affected, and believe me, when a person's sugar level rises so high and stays there, they can no longer make insulin, and the sugar running through the system begins to break down body cells, which is why people get wounds that are so severe that they require amputation to survive.
I am confident that the lady in that interview would have had significant kidney damage if tested, and her doctor may have ignored testing her kidney because she is still asymptomatic.
So, what is a healthy sugar level?
It is normal to have a blood sugar level of 100 mg/dL or lower. A little higher, say 100 to 108, is still acceptable, but anything higher than this is prediabetic, and this is the point at which you should begin reducing your sugar intake. I checked my sugar levels a few months ago, and they were around 103. I knew it was just above normal, but I still hated it.
So I eliminated sodas from my diet, reduced my tea consumption (I used to drink several teaspoons of tea every day), and stopped eating surgery fruits such as bananas, mangoes, and apples. Although the sugar in apples is fructose, and because it is not pure sugar, the body can still cope, and I know I can not continue to consume 4 to 5 per week, so I cut it out completely, but I continued to eat bread and rice, as they are now the only sources of carbon hydrate in my system.
Although I took yam once in a while, but because it's a source of carbonhydrate that has fiber, I still continued with it.
So, to lower my sugar level, I ate cucumber for about 3 to 4 months, and the next time I checked, it was around 78.
Cucumber
Cucumber is a fruit that can also be used as a vegetable. It has a remarkable ability to lower blood sugar levels. I took at least 5 average-sized cucumbers per week for over three months before rechecking my sugar level. Ice creams, cakes, and various types of sodas are the most significant contributors to a high blood sugar level.
Now, there are people who have been taking this in large quantities and still feel fine; the truth is that their sugar levels may be in the 500s and 600s, but because they feel good, they are unaware of it; it takes a few years to completely damage the body and kidney.
I will advise you to take your sugar level seriously; many people have suffered irreversible damage as a result of diabetes; do not think you are too beautiful, handsome, or even too healthy to be affected.
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