Tribunjogja.com – Checking blood sugar levels routinely can detect and anticipate diseases that lurk in the body, such as diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose or blood sugar levels are too high.
Glucose comes from the food we eat. Processing of glucose in the body is regulated by insulin.
When the body cannot produce insulin or insulin cannot function properly, the glucose will accumulate in the blood.
The buildup of glucose in the blood over time can cause eye, kidney, and nerve damage. Diabetes can also cause heart disease and stroke.
You need to know, data compiled by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes RI) from the 2014 Sample Registration Survey found that diabetes has become the biggest cause of death.
Diabetes is the leading cause of death after stroke and coronary heart disease, with the percentage reaching 6.7 percent.
In fact, in 2017 data from the Diabetes Federation (IDF) Atlas stated that Indonesia was ranked sixth in the world with the highest number of diabetics.
These data show that diabetes has become a deadly and dangerous disease that we cannot ignore.
Also read: Types of Blood Sugar Lowering Foods for Diabetics
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