Diabetes is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar.
The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it does make.
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To help educate the community, Life Roseacres Hospital is inviting residents to attend their Diabetes Awareness Workshop on August 24.
The workshop will be held at the hospital’s coffee shop from 10.30am until noon.
The workshop will include talks by Dr Andreas Stavrides (specialist physician), Anita Mostert (dietician) and Jade Young (podiatrist). They will cover topics including diabetes management, optimum blood sugar control with the right diet, dietary factors that affect sugar level, basic guidelines for a diabetic diet and foot care for people with diabetes.
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Guests interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to the hospital’s marketing coordinator Karen Landsberg by August 22, either by sending an email to karen.landsberg@lifehealthcare.co.za or by calling 011 842 7502.
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