Every day 50 New Zealanders are diagnosed with diabetes.
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It’s really worth trying to avoid getting diabetes, because once you have it, unfortunately you’re stuck with it. But there’s heaps you can do to manage your condition that will help regulate your blood sugar and keep you as healthy as possible: eating better, losing weight, cutting back your drinking, and getting more exercise are essential.
If you’re diagnosed with diabetes or pre-diabetes and you chose to ignore it, you’re in for a troubled life. Unmanaged diabetes can lead to kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, ulcers, and amputation of arms and legs. So it’s totally worth putting in the effort to make some changes.