Quiz: Myths and Facts About Type 2 Diabetes

True

False

Good news! Dessert is not off the menu. You do need to watch your weight and eat a healthy, balanced diet. But you can have sweets in moderation, and as part of a healthy meal plan.

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False

Type 2 diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. According to the CDC, nearly 7 out of every 10 people with diabetes over the age of 65 will die of some form of heart disease. If you have it, your overall death risk is about twice that of people your age who don’t.

Too much insulin

Too much blood sugar

Both of the above

Neither of the above

Insulin is a hormone that helps your body turn sugar into energy. When you have type 2 diabetes, your cells don’t respond to it like they should. This is called insulin resistance. When it happens, sugar backs up in your blood. Your pancreas, until it eventually fails, makes even more insulin to get rid of the sugar. So you wind up with too much of both.

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False

Almost a third of people with diabetes (not just type 2 diabetes) don’t know they have it.

Heavy thirst

Vomiting

Diarrhea

All of the above

People with high blood sugar are often extremely thirsty. Other symptoms include dry mouth, being hungry more (especially after you eat), peeing more, fatigue, blurred vision, and headaches. Type 2 diabetes can also cause itching, numbness, and tingling in your hands and feet. You may notice that wounds heal more slowly than they used to. You could gain weight without knowing why, get frequent yeast infections, and have sexual problems.

True

False

Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes. But you can get it at any age. Doctors are seeing more kids who have it.

True

False

This disease doesn’t start suddenly. Some people are first diagnosed with prediabetes (also called impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose). Lifestyle changes like weight loss, eating a healthier diet, and getting more exercise can often ward off full-blown diabetes. If you’re at high risk, taking the prescription drug metformin can help. But you have to be willing to make lifestyle changes, too.

24%

38%

58%

83%

In a key study, people at high risk for type 2 diabetes were put on a weight loss and physical activity plan for 3 years. Researchers found it lowered their chances of getting the disease by 58%. The news was even better for people age 60 or older — their odds went down by 71%.

Coffee

Red wine

Orange juice

None of the above

People who often enjoy a cup of joe may be less likely to get type 2 diabetes than those who don’t.Experts say the benefit isn’t related to caffeine, but to other things in coffee — like antioxidants or magnesium and chromium. They all help your body use insulin. Still, no studies have proven that drinking it prevents the disease.

A high-sugar diet

A high-salt diet

Obesity

All of the above

High-sugar or high-salt diets are only risk factors if they lead to obesity. Others include age, family history, inactivity, and ethnicity — people of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Latino heritage have a higher risk. But even having one or more of the risk factors doesn’t mean you’ll get the disease.

Blindness

Arthritis

Prostate cancer

All of the above

Over time, high blood sugar can cause eye problems and blindness, heart disease, nerve and blood vessel damage, kidney disease, and other major health problems. There’s no evidence that diabetes causes prostate cancer or arthritis.

Depression

High blood pressure

Gum disease

All of the above

These two often go together. The CDC says depression is twice as common among people with diabetes as everyone else. But it’s not clear which comes first, or that one causes the other.

High blood pressure is often a complication of diabetes. People who have it are also more likely to get gum disease.

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American Diabetes Association: “Diabetes Myths.”

Arthritis Foundation: “Arthritis and Diabetes.”

CDC: “National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011,” “Diabetes, Heart Disease, and You.”

Diabetes Care (American Diabetes Association): “Intake of Fruit, Vegetables, and Fruit Juices and Risk of Diabetes in Women.”

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Harvard School of Public Health: “Diabetes and Depression Are a ‘Two-way Street,’ Study Finds.”

National Diabetes Education Program (NIH): “Diabetes Prevention Program Fact Sheet.”

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NIH): “Am I at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?”

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NIH): “Diabetes Overview.”

World Diabetes Foundation: “Diabetes Facts.”

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