Diabetes is a very common metabolic disease that I believe everyone has heard of, even if they don’t know about it. According to statistics, the proportion of Chinese adults suffering from diabetes is 10.6%, about 113.9 million people, and diabetes has become one of the chronic diseases that seriously threaten human health, and as far as the traditional medical treatment is concerned, diabetes is incurable, so some people are afraid of talking about “sugar”. However, many people do not know that most of the time, it is not the diabetes itself that threatens the life of a person with diabetes, but its complications. There are many complications associated with diabetes, including diabetic nephropathy, fatty liver, cerebrovascular disease, and myocardial infarction. These conditions are what directly threaten the lives of diabetics. If one can get better control of diabetes before it causes more serious complications, theoretically one can actually enjoy the same life expectancy as a non-diabetic. The cause of diabetes is mainly due to the absolute or relative insufficiency of insulin secretion by the pancreas, or the inability of insulin to perform its function properly and the reduced ability to utilize sugar, resulting in high blood sugar and sugar in the urine. The key to treating diabetes is to control blood sugar, and there are many ways to do this. In type 2 diabetes, for example, moderate, sustained and regular exercise can improve slow glucose metabolism and insulin function, as well as speed up blood circulation and prevent vascular aging, among other effects. Dietary therapy, with reasonable recipes and small, frequent meals, can also effectively control blood sugar levels. If the situation is more serious, you can take medication to control blood sugar according to the doctor’s recommendation. In addition, weight loss surgery is also very effective for type 2 diabetes. In conclusion, the most important thing for diabetic patients is to ensure their mindset and to realize that it is not diabetes itself that threatens your life, but the complications caused by diabetes. For diabetics, the thing to consider is not whether you can live a long life, but what you can do to live a long life. Diabetics are not very different from normal people in other ways, and as long as their blood sugar and condition are well controlled, they can live and work just as normally. As long as they don’t give up on themselves, adhere to treatment, and do a good job of self-monitoring, they can also live a long life, and those who have diabetes and still live to 80 or even 90 years old are very good examples.