High blood sugar levels pose a health risk for men. As Drs. Oz and Roizen write on page 144 of
their book, YOU Staying Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your
Warranty. “When you have diabetes—the disease that’s associated with blood
sugar and insulin malfunction—you are essentially pickling yourself, basting
yourself in fluid that has a high concentration of sugar. The difference is that your diabetic pickle
doesn’t exactly go all that well with a sandwich and some chips.” Roizen, M, Oz, Mehmet, YOU Staying
Young: The Owner’s Manual for Extending
Your Warranty, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007), 144.
13 million
men over the age of 20 have diabetes.
Some of them do not know they have diabetes. The three classic symptoms of diabetes
include high levels of thirst (polydipsia), hunger (polyphagia), and urinating
frequently (polyuria). Other symptoms a
person may experience include unexplained weight loss, feeling tired, frequent
infections, tingling and numbness of feet or hands, blurry eyesight, and
bruises/cuts that heal slower than normal.
For more information about diabetes risk for men, http://www.driveforfive.com/high-blood-sugar.aspx or
When it
comes to living healthy with diabetes, there’s much that people can do to
prevent complications. You can learn much from your doctor and the American
Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org
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