Diabetic
adjective
Related to diabetes, a disease that affects your body's ability to use sugar.
She was diagnosed as a diabetic patient.
Often appears as...
- diabetic diet
- diabetic complications
noun
A person who has diabetes.
His grandmother is a diabetic and needs to manage her sugar levels carefully.
Often appears as...
- type 1 diabetic
- type 2 diabetic
adjective
Related to diabetes, a disease that affects your body's ability to use sugar.
She was diagnosed as a diabetic patient.
Often appears as...
- diabetic diet
- diabetic complications
noun
A person who has diabetes.
His grandmother is a diabetic and needs to manage her sugar levels carefully.
Often appears as...
- type 1 diabetic
- type 2 diabetic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'diabetic' to describe anything associated with the medical condition diabetes.
Diabetic symptoms can vary from person to person.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Diabetic' shouldn't be used interchangeably with 'diabetes'. One is an adjective, the other a noun.
She follows a strict diabetic regime, not a diabetes regime.
Pro Tip 3/3Compassion
Be sensitive when referring to someone's diabetic condition, as it is a personal health issue.
He manages his diabetic condition with care and discipline.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'diabetic' to describe anything associated with the medical condition diabetes.
Diabetic symptoms can vary from person to person.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Diabetic' shouldn't be used interchangeably with 'diabetes'. One is an adjective, the other a noun.
She follows a strict diabetic regime, not a diabetes regime.
Pro Tip 3/3Compassion
Be sensitive when referring to someone's diabetic condition, as it is a personal health issue.
He manages his diabetic condition with care and discipline.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'diabetic' to describe anything associated with the medical condition diabetes.
Diabetic symptoms can vary from person to person.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Interchangeable
'Diabetic' shouldn't be used interchangeably with 'diabetes'. One is an adjective, the other a noun.
She follows a strict diabetic regime, not a diabetes regime.
Pro Tip 3/3Compassion
Be sensitive when referring to someone's diabetic condition, as it is a personal health issue.
He manages his diabetic condition with care and discipline.
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Peter Attia: What if...
I brought some for her parents. But more importantly, see, I passed no judgment on her, because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself. So why was it that, just a few nights later, as I stood in that same E.R. and determined that my diabetic patient did indeed need an amputation,
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What's missing in the...
He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his treatments. After I was expelled, I could not afford to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a hospital.
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Khalil Ramadi:...
Using our devices, we could stimulate the stomach to tackle nausea or influence satiety or the intestine to change the way we digest things like glucose by affecting absorption of nutrients in food. This could mean new, noninvasive therapies for the 34 million diabetics in the US
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What the US health care...
This is particularly an issue for diabetics. We give them medications that lower their blood sugar. On days when they don't have enough food, it puts them at risk for a life-threatening side effect of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
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Why the Price of Insulin...
in improving the quality of life with diabetes. Frederick Banting, the creator of insulin, sold the patent for just one dollar, so that anyone who needed insulin could have access to it. And yet, diabetics are still losing their lives
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Is the obesity crisis...
parents but more importantly you see I pass no judgment on her because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself so why was it that just a few nights later as I stood in that same ER and determined that my diabetic
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Dogs Can Smell Cancer PIPE...
they just don't know that we're interested but with a little training dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous patient from a selection of urine samples they can even be taught to let diabetics like Steven know that his
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The psychological weight...
normal blood sugar without medication for more than five years i am no longer a type 2 diabetic so thank you very much so if any of you have a health issue that you need to deal with or a life change you need to deal
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The future of good food...
half a million food safety violations in just nine months. Alarmingly, one in every four diabetics in the world now comes from China. The stories around food are scary and somewhat overwhelming,
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17-Year-Old Cancer...
like one of the best things that you can do the brief moment of this entire test that was one of the happiest moments of that entire draids it's like a diabetic test yet and you
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Peter Attia: What if...
I brought some for her parents. But more importantly, see, I passed no judgment on her, because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself. So why was it that, just a few nights later, as I stood in that same E.R. and determined that my diabetic patient did indeed need an amputation,
Video examples
What's missing in the...
He had been diabetic for many years when I still worked in Dubai, and my salary was always sufficient to pay for his treatments. After I was expelled, I could not afford to sustain his treatment, and even in the last days of his life, I could not afford to take him to a hospital.
Video examples
Khalil Ramadi:...
Using our devices, we could stimulate the stomach to tackle nausea or influence satiety or the intestine to change the way we digest things like glucose by affecting absorption of nutrients in food. This could mean new, noninvasive therapies for the 34 million diabetics in the US
Video examples
What the US health care...
This is particularly an issue for diabetics. We give them medications that lower their blood sugar. On days when they don't have enough food, it puts them at risk for a life-threatening side effect of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
Video examples
Why the Price of Insulin...
in improving the quality of life with diabetes. Frederick Banting, the creator of insulin, sold the patent for just one dollar, so that anyone who needed insulin could have access to it. And yet, diabetics are still losing their lives
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
parents but more importantly you see I pass no judgment on her because obviously she had done nothing to bring this on herself so why was it that just a few nights later as I stood in that same ER and determined that my diabetic
Video examples
Dogs Can Smell Cancer PIPE...
they just don't know that we're interested but with a little training dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous patient from a selection of urine samples they can even be taught to let diabetics like Steven know that his
Video examples
The psychological weight...
normal blood sugar without medication for more than five years i am no longer a type 2 diabetic so thank you very much so if any of you have a health issue that you need to deal with or a life change you need to deal
Video examples
The future of good food...
half a million food safety violations in just nine months. Alarmingly, one in every four diabetics in the world now comes from China. The stories around food are scary and somewhat overwhelming,
Video examples
17-Year-Old Cancer...
like one of the best things that you can do the brief moment of this entire test that was one of the happiest moments of that entire draids it's like a diabetic test yet and you
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Quote examples
Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
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Don Young
American Politician
I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.
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Mary Tyler Moore
American Actress
Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.
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Halle Berry
American Actress
I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.
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Angie Stone
American Musician
My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.
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Bret Michaels
American Musician
All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.
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Randy Jackson
American Musician
I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
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Damon Dash
American Businessman
A diabetic always wants to help another diabetic.
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Carnie Wilson
American Musician
I don't want to become a diabetic.
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Sue Townsend
English Novelist
I am the world's worst diabetic.
Quote examples
Frederick Banting
Canadian Scientist
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
Quote examples
Don Young
American Politician
I can't convince you to put the drink down if you're an alcoholic, you have to want to do that. I can't convince you to stop eating the cookies when you're a diabetic. You have to do that. And that takes responsibility.
Quote examples
Mary Tyler Moore
American Actress
Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.
Quote examples
Halle Berry
American Actress
I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.
Quote examples
Angie Stone
American Musician
My mom was a diabetic. Her sister was a diabetic, so I was already a candidate.
Quote examples
Bret Michaels
American Musician
All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day.
Quote examples
Randy Jackson
American Musician
I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
Quote examples
Damon Dash
American Businessman
A diabetic always wants to help another diabetic.
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Carnie Wilson
American Musician
I don't want to become a diabetic.
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Sue Townsend
English Novelist
I am the world's worst diabetic.
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