Today I want to take a few moments to talk with you guys about a topic that is very important and close to my heart. Y’all with me?
My senior year of college, I had a class with a {very} tall blonde named Erin, and in no time at all we were practically attached at the hip. One of the joys of becoming best friends with Erin was getting the chance to know her boyfriend, Kevin, who also quickly become one of my dearest friends.
Kevin is one of the few people in my life who also knows firsthand what it is like to live with a chronic illness, as he is a type 1 diabetic. Diabetes is not just something that happens to people on the Biggest Loser, or people who eat nothing besides sugar; while obesity and an unhealthy diet can definitely put a person at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, genetics are also at play – for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes – and even the thin, healthy-looking person next to you at the gym can be fighting diabetes. Kevin is proof of this – he was an athlete all through college and is one of the most physically fit people I know.
There are a lot of misunderstandings about diabetes in our country, so I wanted to give Kevin a chance to answer some questions about his experience, and to give my lovely readers {that’s you!} some insight into this disease, and why our diets and exercise are so important.