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- 3. A type of sugar found in many fruits and vegetables. This sugar is commonly used as a sweetener, but is not recommended for those with diabetes.
- 8. A disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to insulin is impaired.
- 11. The color for diabetes awareness.
- 14. A health condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
- 15. A treatment for kidney failure in which the blood is artificially cleaned.
- 17. A healthcare professional that advises people about meal planning, weight control, and diabetes management.
- 19. A sweet-tasting, crystalline, soluble carbohydrate.
- 21. A doctor that treats people with hormone problems.
- 22. A type of carbohydrate that the body can’t digest. Consuming enough of this can improve blood sugar levels.
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- 1. A sugar that the body uses for energy. The body must have enough insulin to use this sugar properly.
- 2. A type of beverage commonly used to treat low blood sugar.
- 4. The organ where insulin is produced.
- 5. Nerve damage causing weakness, numbness, tingling, or pain, commonly in the hands and feet. Diabetes is a common cause of this condition, and it is why diabetics commonly wear shoes with orthotic insoles.
- 6. Too much glucose in the blood.
- 7. This type of diabetes is when blood sugar levels rise in women during pregnancy. Women that get this type of diabetes during pregnancy are at higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes later on.
- 9. The type of diabetes in which the body does not produce insulin.
- 10. A natural sugar substitute that has no calories.
- 12. Macronutrient broken down to glucose to provide energy to the body.
- 13. Too little glucose in the blood.
- 16. A hormone produced in the pancreas that helps the body use glucose for energy and regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
- 18. The type of diabetes in which the body produces too little insulin or it does not use it correctly.
- 20. Name of Jonas brother with diabetes.