Diabetes common misconceptions 1, the occurrence of diabetes and eat sugar related: the occurrence of diabetes is mainly related to genetics and obesity. There is no clear relationship with sugar consumption, but eating too much sugar can cause obesity and participate in the occurrence of diabetes. 2.Diabetes can be cured: the partial gene therapy oral insulin, etc.: diabetes is currently a chronic lifelong disease, but can be treated and get long-term good control. 3, type 2 diabetes does not need insulin therapy: insulin is currently the strongest drug to lower blood sugar, there is no drug to replace it, type 2 diabetes in many cases need to supplement exogenous insulin. 4, insulin therapy has toxicity into hidden dependence, etc.: insulin does not have any toxicity into hidden dependence, the use must be enabled in a timely manner. 5, diabetes does not need to control the diet: a reasonable diet plan is the basic measure of diabetes blood glucose control. 6 .Eat less, no other restrictions; snacks are not controlled: the basic principles of diet control are: total control, structure adjustment. Eat less and more meals, and eat more fresh vegetables. 7, can not eat fruit: diabetic patients can eat fruit, the key is what to eat under what circumstances, how much to eat, what fruit to eat, when to eat? 8, in order to urinate less, and thus drink less water: polyuria is not a result of more water in the body, but a result of high blood sugar. The fundamental way to improve polyuria is to control blood sugar. “Imported substances” in the only water (plain water, mineral water and tea) more good, diabetic patients do not wait for thirst before drinking water, to take the initiative to drink more water. 9, more food and more medicine, blood sugar will not be high: more food, more medicine can be the practice, will only aggravate diabetes. 10, sugar-free food to eat at will, honey laxative more to come: sugar-free food just does not contain monosaccharides or disaccharides, but still contains a large number of carbohydrates, must be calculated in the total share of calories a day, can not just eat. Honey contains a considerable amount of glucose and fructose, which can raise blood sugar. 11, anti-diabetic drugs have toxicity: there are many types of anti-diabetic drugs, most of which do not have obvious toxic effects, some drugs used for a long time, in addition to lowering blood sugar, but also certain role outside of lowering sugar. But need to be used reasonably and in accordance with medical advice. 12, as long as you feel good: high blood sugar and blood sugar fluctuations are sometimes not felt. 13, surgery, islet transplantation and stem cell therapy may cure diabetes: the above three methods have certain effect on diabetes, but need to grasp the strict indications, not recommended to carry out routinely, more research is still needed.