Diabetes is a disease with sugar as its principal cause, it has no cure and should be kept at bay else it can lead to fatality. Diabetes assaults the heart, leads to stroke which is a life ending disease, can cause blindness and some become crippled by it after developing cancerous ulcers and their leg have to be taken off. Patients suffers horribly and dies as most cannot afford dialysis, a painful mechanical evacuation of harmful substances from the body.
Most Nigerians eat foods with high carbohydrate content dictated by ignorance and poverty which often go together. The body needs a balanced diet of carbohydrates and protein to be healthy and ward off diseases but are unable to afford fish, meat or even beans.
Soft drinks companies tempt Nigerians to drink seas of their products and population of overweight people are growing and may soon explode. The International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) says that 285 million people suffer from the disease.
14th November is World Diabetes Day and I wish that everyone who knows about the disease should educate those who are ignorant that a lifestyle of balanced diet and regular exercise will keep diabetes away.
I have decided to start the campaign to educate people and prevent the disease.Love you all, Dupsie.