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So few people understand what diabetes is that it’s helpful to get a general bit of information on this disease. Even the most basic but factual information can help you get an idea about what to look out for in monitoring your own health.

Basically speaking, you cannot “get” diabetes from eating or drinking too much sugar. Whoever made up that story did us all a dis-service. You will end up overweight from your high caloric intake, but you won’t mysteriously develop what the “old folks” used to call “sugar diabetes”.

Too many high calorie foods and beverages will, however set you on the road to obesity. If you become obese from a steady diet of high caloric food and drink and neglect to exercise you will, however, increase your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

If you’ve got diabetes then you have a high level of sugar in your bloodstream. A state of diabetes means that the body has a problem processing glucose (i.e., sugar). You may have diabetes but show no outward signs of having any illness. Meanwhile, the damage is being one in your body — you see no obvious symptoms.

Here’s a list of some conditions you might find yourself dealing with. The symptoms include:

- a state of constant thirst
- an increase in urination
- a large appetite, usually without weight gain
- extreme fatigue
- a yeast infection (in either a man or a woman)
- impotence in males
- general feelings of being ill or nauseous

For more information about Diabetes and how you can recognize the sypmtoms and ultimately control the disease for a better life, visit Control Your Diabetes.