Bitter Sugar

Diabetes?a hereditary disease?can affect families over many generations. Occurrences can often be compounded by unhealthy dietary and lifestyle choices. In this first part of this book I have described the struggles I have faced with diabetes in my family. Both my grandfathers and my father were diagnosed with diabetes before I was even a year old. The disease spans at least two generations in my family maybe more. Through research into the prevalence symptoms and preventative measures relevant to the disease I hope to prevent the continuation of this cycle. I conducted survey-based research to discern the prevalence of diabetes and discuss implications comparing my own data to data obtained from the CDC to determine validity. Lastly I provided ways of identifying the disease through common symptoms as an early diagnosis can make regulation easier and provided habits that are conducive to the prevention of diabetes.