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Post by Admin on May 22, 2015 21:34:18 GMT 7
Is is good to be diabetic here compared with other countries - for example in the UK testing strips and meters are free.
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Post by francislee on May 24, 2015 14:41:09 GMT 7
it's never good to be sick no matter where.
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henry
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Post by henry on Oct 10, 2016 12:31:04 GMT 7
Why all the fuss ? Just promote the LCHF diet and there will be less people with diabetes. If our government promote LCHF diet, the health cost will be greatly reduced and the millions of dollars can be used for better purposes.
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Post by Bonnie on Dec 1, 2016 15:32:57 GMT 7
While I don't have diabetes, I talk to them everyday as a dietitian. I would say that it seems like the best thing about having diabetes when you're living in Singapore is that you are relatively well taken care of by the hospitals/clinics who have one of the best healthcare systems in the world (I won't argue it's the best but it's not too terrible. At least much better than developing countries). It's also pretty good that there's amazing public transport here (and prohibitive COE) making people forced to get out and walk to places instead of being couch potatoes / stuck in their cars! There is also a high prevalence of diabetes here so (while this is by no means a good thing!) there is more support and understanding about it among the community.
The worst thing would be the plethora of tasty (and very unhealthy) hawker and local food available, and the stress of the work lifestyle here that makes it difficult for many to spend much time or energy on taking care of their health (including making healthy diet choices, doing exercise, or getting enough sleep).
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