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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
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- Insulin
This has been bugging me for a while. We all know that hydration is key for diabetics (and for high blood pressure sufferers), but what constitutes hydration? e.g. for my gender and weight, it's recommended I drink the equivalent of 17 cups of water a day, but does it have to be water, or can it be tea, coffee, zero sugar pop, etc? I did pose this question to a diabetic nurse and I eventually got the unconvincing answer that it could be anything, but I really got the impression that she didn't really know and it was just drummed into her drink plenty of water.