Everyone knows everything about diabetes—particularly those who don’t have it. Uninformed family members, friends, and even strangers think they know all about your diabetes and are quick to judge you, give you advice, or ask whether you can do whatever the activity under discussion is.
There are numerous myths regarding diabetes. Some are archaic scraps of information that are simply no longer true. Others were never true in the first place but have been believed by people both with diabetes and without it. Finally, some myths are just … well … bizarre.
The following are truths to dispel some of the fiction surrounding diabetes.
MYTH #1: People with diabetes can’t eat any sugar.
I doubt there’s a person with diabetes who hasn’t been asked, “Can you eat that?”
