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Let's play a positivity game...

Aditya Singh said:
Everyone give one Benefits of being diabetic....
First of all I want say my benefit is that I have made strict schedule of eating and exercising and I take more healthy food...
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Mine would be the same as yours.

One other thing it has had as a positive is the "opening of the eyes" to the sheer ignorance of the medical profession in being to understand it at the basic level. It has also opened my eyes to what a real healthy diet is for me and that is most certainly not what dieticians and doctors have been hammering out for the last 50 years.

It has also led me to the world of research and self discovery in what works for me as I wander my own maze of the condition. These are all positives. My knowledge base has increased dramatically thanks to the experts doing podcasts etc, such as Ivor Cummin's, Bikman, Mason, Kendrick, Fung and many others who do have a real understanding of it and it's other issues etc. And oh what a difference low carb and keto makes to all aspects of my health!

Bada bing!
 
Tackling T2 and changing what I ate led me too

Reversing T2
Losing a lot of weight
Sleep Apnea gone
Acid reflux gone
Breathlessness gone
Hypertension gone

Multiple benefits alongside getting to know a lot of crazy people who are doing the same thing here!

Win, win, win...
 
It’s difficult to choose just one, but mine would be finding this forum, all the other benefits stemmed from advice here
 
bulkbiker said:
Tackling T2 and changing what I ate led me too

Reversing T2
Losing a lot of weight
Sleep Apnea gone
Acid reflux gone
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Me too....

oh, and the Return of the Full-Fat... cheese, butter, cream, Greek yoggie. Love me some dairy !

And Darjeeling tea, previously this exacerbated the acid reflux too much and I was forced to quit drinking it. It’s back!
 
Having a better understanding of body chemistry and how lifestyle affects it. Weighing 71kg -same as over 40 years ago! Appreciating the kindness of other people as a direct result of how I was cared for as a sickly child. Taking nothing for granted.
Ironically it has given me an optimistic outlook throughout my life.
 
It means we are so lucky to have diabetes....so I named it that we all are diabetic warrior's....we are the one who know everything about our body and it's reaction...
 
Rather have done this without becoming diabetic, but it did force me totally change my diet. Cut the carbs way back. Has worked great so far.
 
I'm prediabetic so I have to be careful what I eat... but I can have a glass of wine, olives, cheese and chorizo!
 
A benefit for me was it got rid of my fear of needles, as a child I hated em use to have a screaming fit if I got within 10 miles of one.. then , I got the big D and whoosh phobia disappeared , it had to really or I’d no be here I suppose, plus I know more about my body than I would if I didn’t have it , ther are far far worse things to have .
 
Aditya Singh said:
It means we are so lucky to have diabetes....so I named it that we all are diabetic warrior's....we are the one who know everything about our body and it's reaction...
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Lucky to have diabetes that is not a word I would ever wish to use

Benefits, well, tbh I personally can't think of any, I have it and it is just a small part of who I am, I manage it and try to get on with life the best way I can
 
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