Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing lifestyle diseases. The costs of diabetes to our country are astronomical. This is according to the Association of Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA), which says that it is estimated that around 96 000 South Africans died of diabetes-related causes in 2021.
“In truth, the worst type of diabetes is diabetes that is untested, undiagnosed, or uncontrolled because this leads to dramatic health complications including blindness, loss of limbs and death.”