Eight Surprising Facts About Diabetes

Did you know that more than 25 percent of Americans over the age of sixty-five have Diabetes? And that the disease is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States? Even though diabetes is a common condition, and a serious one, there’s still plenty of important information many of us just don’t know.  For example …

You may not know you have diabetes: Not only is diabetes often asymptomatic, many times its symptoms such as such as fatigue, blurry vision and mood swings are over-looked.

The size of your tummy can be critical: The most dangerous place to carry extra padding is around your stomach. A waist measurement of more than 32 inches for women and 37 inches for men poses an increased risk of diabetes.

Green leafy vegetables cut your chance of developing diabetes: A 2010 UK study published in the British Medical Journal reports that a greater intake of green leafy vegetables can equate to a 14 per cent reduction in diabetes risk.

Skipping breakfast puts you at risk: Research shows people who skipped breakfast during their childhood, and then continued to do so as adults, have a larger waist circumference and higher cholesterol levels (both contributors towards diabetes) than those who’ve eaten breakfast regularly throughout their lives.