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I'm in a Muslim country with high rates of diabetes. Apparently people are being advised when they attend prayers in the mosques here NOT to fast if they have diabetes, and talks with medical specialists are being held in the mosques in the run-up to Ramadan. What bothers me though is that this...

Very interesting. I live in a country with a very high rate of type 2 diabetes (and high sugar consumption), and yet many of the diabetics whom I know are nowhere near obese - in some cases, they are below normal BMI. If obesity were the only risk factor for diabetes, these people should be in...

Dark Horse, thank you for those two links, and my apologies for not responding earlier. Btw, we are in Morocco. Good doctors, state of the art clinics (for those with medical insurance): but absolutely no inter-disciplinary follow-up, no "cardiac rehabilitation" or "cardiac rehabilitation nurses".

Thank you Anna and LittleGreyCat. We're not in the UK, so don't have access to the same services, eg physiotherapy or any forms of medically supervised exercise. Aqua is available at the nearest gym. There are no yoga classes, but we have done yoga at home in the past, so I think we may go back...

Hi, I've just joined this forum because I am looking for advice for my husband. He had a heart attack two years ago, as a result of which he had a stent fitted and is now on medication for his heart problem. At the same time he was found to have T2 diabetes. He manages his diabetes pretty well...