(SunStar) A GROUP has reminded the public about the negative impacts or dangers of diabetes, which has long-term complications on the person who has it.
The Cebu chapter of the Diabetes Philippines Inc. has conducted a lecture and awareness program as part of the culminating activity of the Diabetes Awareness Week 2022 (fourth week of July), which carried the theme “Say NO to XXX, NO to Xtra Rice, NO to Xtra Calories, NO to Xtra Pounds” at the Barangay Guadalupe Sports Complex in Cebu City on Saturday morning, July 23, 2022
Diabetologist Dr. Marissa Garcia, president of the Diabetes Philippines-Cebu Chapter, advised the public to be conscious of what they eat—avoid, if not, eat moderately, food with too much carbohydrate such as bread, rice, noodles and pasta as these are major causes of diabetes.
Garcia defined diabetes as chronic or long lasting with negative impacts on the body when a person’s blood sugar increases because the body’s insulin or a hormone from the pancreas could no longer control the increase of blood sugar… Read More