jennahaywar
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Hi Jenny
I've had a very sweet tooth all my life. I'm now over 60 and was only diagnosed this year. I'm not saying carry on and you've got decades of bad eating ahead of you, but rather if you start being sensible, mostly, now and only eating chocolate and things in moderation then you can stop worrying about diabetes and other health issues.
A bit of commonsense and moderation will leave you free to enjoy other parts of your life, fully and for many years to come
If you are over stressing and worrying about dietary stuff now you might like to look for help and support now, before it goes too far.
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Hi, You are still too young to see the long term damage that such a diet can cause but good thing is you are aware and conscious and asking which means you will hopefully do the right thing and make changes for better.
It is unlikely that forum members here can give you a clear answer for whether or not you have already developed diabetic conditions but it really is quite simple to check for yourself. Purchase a glucometer and as you are just doing preliminary checks you can go for a really cheap one... some are available on Amazon for as cheap as 10 to 15 quids and check your blood glucose first thing in the morning. The day before you test make sure you have followed a normal eating pattern so you know what your fasting blood glucose level is next day morning under normal circumstances. Now if the reading is higher than 7, you have reason to see the doctor because for non diabetics it shouldn't be that high first thing in the morning. If its between 5.7 to 7 then you must make changes to your life style and pronto. If it's below 5.7 you may still have age on your side to help you avoid becoming a full time diabetic.
Whatever you do, please do make sure you are taking positive action. Here's hoping you will never have to participate in these forums as a fellow diabetic. Stay safe and healthy.
I am a engineer by training so I could no help myself with my response! !!! Will you ever get diabetes? I do not know, but your diet is not helping matters ...... I do not know if you are over weight, but being overweight significantly increases the risk for getting diabetes. Even if you are not over weight now because you are young, but it could catch up with you when are older. Being over weight could lead to insulin resistance. Sometimes diabetes run in families it does in mine. I would concentrate on what you can control which is your diet. I just want to give some tools to help you to make decisionsHi thank you for your detailed response and i’ll take this all on board! i know my diet hasn’t been any good and indeed excessive however i’m just wondering if anyone can offer any clarification or judgement if it would likely cause diabetes? this is why i’ve been so panicked as the internet doesn’t offer such answers ( obviously i know it’s hard to tell as you do not know me but any ideas would be appreciated)
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